Godon also likened mud’s physical properties to wet bathroom tile as it sticks to your feet after stepping out of the shower.

Then, to understand how well the mud flowed, the researchers placed some on a machine called a rheometer that spun the sample ...

Tests in the lab showed that real moose hooves act like suction cups, reducing the force needed to pull their feet out of sticky mud. The key lies in the way the split hooves break the suction when ...