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Parrot fish find a neat little ledge to nestle under and then spit vast amounts of mucous, wrapping themselves in this sticky cocoon as if in a sleeping bag. Info from: http://www.zoofriends.org.au/childrens_activities/articles/sleeping_on_the_job.html a snail??
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What aquatic creature sleeps inside a mucus bag?
parrot fish do so that it is harder for hungry eels to smell them
What is inside a dime?
baby mucus
What is inside your noses?
Mucus and jijuoo
What is mucus?
Mucus is that green stuff inside your nose. It's also inside your throat-it's there to (hopefully) stop viruses, bacteria and anything else that may start a disease getting inside your body. You swallow it and they get destroyed in the stomach. Mucus is the slimy matter secreted by your mucous membranes to provide lubrication and protection from germs. An example is the mucus in your nose.Mucus as in mucus plug, and mucus membrane.
Where is mucus?
it is green stuff inside your nose
What animal sleeps in a mucus bag?
The parrot fish sleeps in a mucus bag. This fish lives in the tropical coral reefs located in tropical oceans that are mainly around the equator. The parrot fish forms this mucus bag from a special gland in it body basically named the mucus gland. This bag that the parrot fish forms around its body is sticky and clear. I takes about a half hour to form and for the fish to break free in the morning. The mucus bag helps protect the fish during his sleep from predators and releases a sort of fragrance if you will to frighten predators away.
How does mucus help frogs survive?
From my knowledge, I'm pretty sure that the mucus that surrounds a frog's body helps to keep it moist when it is out of the water, seeing as a frog is an amphibious creature.
What is the inside of your Stomach. lined with?
Mucus to be less specific
What is inside a baby's lungs when it is born?
Intrauteran fluid and mucus.
What substance coats an protects the inside of the stomach?
A lining made of mucus.
How is the stomach protected from acid?
The stomach is protected from acid by mucus, a slippery substance. The mucus covers the inside of the whole stomach. If there is a patch of mucus that is not there then it will cause a lot of pain from the acid.
Are there salivary glands in fish?
True salivary glands are rarely found in fish or aquatic tetrapod, although there are often individual mucus-secreting cells.
