Who doesn't love a floppy, slime-filled, hot dog shaped creature of the deep sea? On this Smologies (It's like if Ologies were more Smol) we return to our conversation with Tim Winegard, a professional hagfishologist (YES IT'S A WORD) at Chapman University, and he dishes on the world's slimiest treasures. You're gonna learn about things like why you don't always need a spine and how special ketchup is and, of course, lots and lots about mucus.Also in case you didn't know, Smologies is indeed an abbreviated, de-filthed episode of Ologies for when you only have 20 minutes to learn something interesting about the thing your date said they're into in their profile you've got kids with you in the car who are definitely going to repeat the curse word they learned from their ol' GrandfatherWard all through fingerpainting class.More links at alieward.com/smologies/hagfishThe uncut, adult version is up at: alieward.com/ologies/hagfishologyStitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get podcasts.A donation went to:Sponsor links: alieward.com/ologies-sponsorsTranscripts & bleeped full episodes at: alieward.com/ologies-extrasBecome a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: www.Patreon.com/ologiesOlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, pins, totes and STIIIICKERS!Follow twitter.com/ologies or instagram.com/ologiesFollow twitter.com/AlieWard or instagram.com/AlieWardSmologies editing/direction by Zeke Rodrigues Thomas of MindJam MediaSound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media & Steven Ray MorrisSmologies theme song by Harold MalcolmSpecial production thanks to Susan Hale, Noel Dilworth, Erin Talbert, Boni Dutch, Shannon Feltus, Caleb Patton, Kelly Dwyer and Emily White