Plastics may be replaced with a material made from the razor-sharp circular teeth found on a squid's tentacle sucker pad. 'We reviewed the current knowledge on squid ring teeth-based materials, which are an excellent alternative to plastics because they are eco-friendly and environmentally sustainable.' The elasticity, flexibility and strength of the squid ring teeth materials comes from the range of ways its molecules can arrange themselves. The squid ring teeth materials do this on the the nano-scale. The elasticity, flexibility and strength of the squid ring teeth (pictured) materials comes from the range of ways its molecules can arrange themselves.

Source: Daily Mail February 21, 2019 10:18 UTC