Word: viscous
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Chemical Warfare. Termite soldiers are so specialized for war that they cannot even feed themselves, must be crammed by workers. Their fantastic defense mechanism is designed solely for use against their chief enemy, ants. The soldiers' enlarged heads (see cut, p. 38) contain glands which produce a viscous chemical. Some times it is squirted forth in a gooey stream which entangles the attackers, and some times confuses and repels them by its odor...
...simulate blood vessels. He dropped a bullet in the largest tube, attached the mouth of the tube to a spigot, turned on the water. The bullet pushed along through the smaller tubes; when the water was turned on full force, the bullet spurted out across the room. A viscous substance like blood, said Waddie, can push a bullet out with greater force than water...