# What sticky sea creatures can teach us about making glue

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxPurdueU
- Speaker: Jonathan Wilker
- Year: 2018
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Chemistry, Biology
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_wilker_what_sticky_sea_creatures_can_teach_us_about_making_glue)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What if we could harness the sticking powers of sea creatures like mussels, oysters and barnacles, which refuse to budge even on wet, stormy coastlines? Dive into the wonderful world of animals that make their own glue and cement with scientist Jonathan Wilker -- and preview some of the amazing things we can learn from how they do it.

## Lectures

1. [What sticky sea creatures can teach us about making glue](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jonathan_wilker_what_sticky_sea_creatures_can_teach_us_about_making_glue/997acd52b0de), 14 min (TED's player)