What sticky sea creatures can teach us about making glue

Name: What sticky sea creatures can teach us about making glue
Uploaded: 2019-01-24T15:43:54Z
Duration: 13 min 49 s
Description: What if we could harness the sticking powers of sea creatures like mussels, oysters and barnacles, which refuse to budge even on wet, stormy coastlines? Dive into the wonderful world of animals that make their own glue and cement with scientist Jonathan Wilker -- and preview some of the amazing things we can learn from how they do it.

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Jonathan Wilker |

TEDxPurdueU

• March 2018

What if we could harness the sticking powers of sea creatures like mussels, oysters and barnacles, which refuse to budge even on wet, stormy coastlines? Dive into the wonderful world of animals that make their own glue and cement with scientist Jonathan Wilker -- and preview some of the amazing things we can learn from how they do it.