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Christopher Viney / Biological Ooze

What do banana slugs and giraffe spit have in common? Protective slime! We talk to professor Christopher Viney about slimy things (including how the heck you collect giraffe spit).

Click above to listen to Part 2 of A Twist of Slime, featuring Christopher Viney, Professor of materials science and engineering at the University of California, Merced.

A Twist of Slime:
​Part 1: Molly Gets Slimed!

Part 2: Christopher Viney / Biological Ooze

Part 3: Katharina Ribbeck / Marvelous Mucus

Part 4: Anna Rose Hopkins / Edible Jellyfish

Part 5: Ruth Kassinger / Algae Everywhere

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