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RE: Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for December 11, 2019
I agree. The exosuit is very interesting. It looks like it would be fun to try, but probably only usable in rigidly controlled situations at first. Since it's limited to 200 pounds, it sounds like it wouldn't be suited for halibut, even if it weren't for the handling challenges.
That's also interesting about the slime. I had no idea that halibut produced slime like that.
Imagine a 300 lb. headless, flat slug. Grab it and stagger over to the freezer racks, to slide it onto a tray. Then imagine stumbling, and dropping the limp, slimy, tapered corpse onto the wet concrete floor. Then envision trying to somehow peel it off the floor, flopping, limp, slippery and slimy, ~six feet long, a foot thick, and a yard wide, weighing 300 lb.s, and stuck to the floor by suction.
That job sucked LOL.