April 30, 2013 — The world's stickiest fish, with an adhesive force up to 230 times its bodyweight, is set to inspire a new household superglue, according to researchers in North Carolina.
The small Northern Clingfish is found in the Pacific, off the north west coast of the the US.
It uses modified fins as a suction disk to hold onto the underside of rocks amid crashing waves.
It fastens itself to rough edges by using pads of tiny hairs called microvilli which are similar to those on a gecko's feet.
Researcher Dylan Wainwright and his colleagues from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina said the method is quick, reversible and readily works underwater.
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