Somebody Get the Mediterranean a Tissue!

Mucilage. Yeah, it's as nasty as it sounds.

See that picture? It's basically aquatic snot. Mmmm.

GeekDad reminded me that I had heard a story about this earlier. Check the reminder story here.

National Geographic has the original story on the substance, along with some video:

Plus, Bill Nye (the Science Guy) spoke on the subject on Rachel Maddow tonight: