How velvet worms slime their prey
![slime tube opening in velvet worm](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ticker_ht_Slime_papilla.jpg?fit=840%2C460&ssl=1)
Researchers used scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to examine the opening of a slime-spewing tube, or oral papilla, in Peripatus solorzano velvet worms. The bar represents 100 microns.
Cristaino Sampaio-Costa
Researchers used scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to examine the opening of a slime-spewing tube, or oral papilla, in Peripatus solorzano velvet worms. The bar represents 100 microns.
Cristaino Sampaio-Costa