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A hagfish is all covered in slime so that it can easily swim into the mouth of a sick or dead fish and suck out its flesh.


Gold rush


Gold rush
Researchers in New Zealand report that they have succeeded in using Indian mustard plants to purify gold ore from the soil. The plants absorb gold from the soil which has been dissolved in a chemical called "ammonium thiocyanate". After the plants absorb the gold, they are burned and the ashes can be refined to recover the gold. Scientists think that this method could be used as a way to commercially extract gold from the soil.
10 OCTOBER 1998, P. 15
New Scientist
10 OCTOBER 1998, P. 15

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