Alexandra Kleeman

I feel like things are weirder in our food production chain than I can even make up. I wouldn't invent pink slime, but pink slime exists: It's a non-fictional entity. Like, that stuff grosses me out so much, I couldn't make it up.

American Author

J. F. Powers

I have the ability to create and be in touch with God. I can't change bread and wine into body and blood, but I can take the scum or the slime of the earth and make it into a man or woman.

American Novelist

Mario Cuomo

I am one who believes that the world goes from the slime to the sublime. And you can take Darwin and all your philosophers and all your ontologists, and that's the direction.

American Politician

Marc Almond

I don't enjoy being a celebrity, I don't want any part of that or any part of that fame for fame... i'd actually rather die than be a celebrity slime!!!

British Musician

Jane Velez-Mitchell

It was gross enough for fast food restaurants to ban, but apparently our government wants so-called pink slime to be a staple in your kids' lunches.

American Journalist

John Tyler Bonner

My prime interests are in evolution and development. I use the cellular slime molds as a tool to seek an understanding of those twin disciplines.

American Educator

Liza Koshy

This is a dream that I have been dreaming to live! From watching 'Double Dare' to hosting it! I am ready for a summer of slime and nose-picking.

American Actress

Franz Kafka

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.

Novelist

Aeschylus

By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.

Greek Poet

Terry Sanford

The word 'slime' often evokes images of disgust or decay in storytelling and description.

Negative Imagery

Although slime is frequently depicted as green, it can be any color in reality.

Not Always Green

'Slime' is often used to describe substances related to animals, like snails or fish.

Associated with Creatures

Calling someone 'slime' conveys strong disapproval and is often seen as very offensive.

Disapproval Tone

Using 'slime' as an insult is casual and common in informal discussions among peers.

Colloquial Insult

To 'slime' something suggests a slow movement, similar to a slug or snail.

Sluggish Movement

The verb 'to slime' implies creating a mess that might be difficult to clean.

Messy Action

In medical situations, 'slime' is a less formal term often used to describe unpleasant bodily fluids.

Medical Context

'Slime' in a medical context often indicates something is wrong, like an infection.

Indicative of Disease

 over here don't forget about that one do you have three you have three feet of you so what's really Kyle is are you leaving on me that one just bit me it kind of hurts when leeches are feeding they go into complete torpor they're just like drunk with your blood look that guy is like guts slime dripping off

The extraordinary lives...

 Nudibranchs, which are sea slugs covered in protective slime, can actually steal the jelly's defenses by eating the cnidocytes and transferring them to specialized sacks for later use, as weapons against their own predators. Even humans might benefit from the sting of a jellyfish one day.

How does a jellyfish...

 by sliming up their propellers. In addition to mastering the art of slime and knot-tying, hagfish have four little hearts and can survive 36 hours without oxygen unscathed. Oh, and they also clean the seafloor and cycle essential nutrients in the deep sea.

Hagfish: The world's...

 unless there's some form of really extreme meditation, but through the time lapse, I could observe some really interesting behaviors. For instance, having fed on a nice pile of oats, the slime mold goes off to explore new territories

Heather Barnett: What...

 and study the evidence. Here’s what you most victims have been completely drained of their life’s essence. Some have a thin line of slime separating digits— some of which were drained and others spared. Which leads you to mystery

Can you solve the...

 I've seen these fish have a very delicate skin no scales and they have a slime layer that protects them from infection we're tagging and releasing these fish to learn about their behavior so this fat fish has an individual

River Catfish Release PIPE...

 it's entire body is covered in a thick and noxious slime it's so gluttonous but once their jaws are in they can't get them out other ants seem to give a helping hand

Ants Devour Slug Alive!...

 its entire body is covered in a thick and noxious slime it's so glutinous that once their jaws are in they can't get them out other ants seem to give a helping hand

Best Of Ants PIPE BBC Earth

 and noxious slime it's so glutinous that once their jaws are in they can't get them out other ants seem to give a helping hand

Best of Tiny Animals PIPE...

 scientists now realize that slug slime holds important messages