Science Café: "About slimeballs and survivalists".

Biological superglue 

Kassel, 06.01.2020 - The Kassel Science Cafés are already starting the new year next Thursday: "On slime slingers and survival artists" is the title of the current edition of the Kassel Science Café event series.

Prof. Dr. Georg Mayer from the Department of Zoology at the University of Kassel will give an insight into the life of stump-footed animals, among other things, on January 9, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. in the Braumanufaktur Steckenpferd. 

Stump-footed animals are invertebrates that are native primarily to the warm forests of the southern hemisphere and visually resemble our centipedes. What makes these animals special is their strategy for catching prey: they hurl a sticky slime that solidifies as soon as the prey animal hit with it tries to free itself by kicking. This biological superglue cannot harm the stubby feet themselves, because their skin is coated with a kind of nanostructure. The research of Prof. Dr. Georg Mayer not only deals with classical questions of biology of these interesting animals, but also with questions of material science and chemistry.  
 
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