What is the greatest lubricant naturally produced by an animal?

For argument’s sake, the animal has to produce the lubricant naturally. Oil produced by an animal counts. Oil produced by humans using animal parts does not. I apologize for using such a crummy measurement as greatest. The best measurement I could find was dynamic coefficient of friction, but I’m not sure how good of a benchmark that is.

I’ve heard glowing praise for the spermaceti coming from the head of a sperm whale.

The secretions of the KY-Jellyfish.

synovial fluid

I think sperm whale oil was tops too, it was even used in automatic transmission fluid until it was outlawed in the 70’s.

Lanolin?

Possum snot - as evidenced by my construction foreman, way back then, when he’d advise, “Watch out! That’s slicker than possum snot.”

I always thought it was greasy grimey gopher guts, myself.

The mucous produced by slugs?

I knew a fellow from Maine who swore by donkey snot.

In the opinion of many, Beaver Flux is especially great…

The rare bacterium on the ocean floor which I think scientests have only classified with a latin name, the teflonicus sprayicus.

A banana slug must be awful slippery.

Eel slime has to be right up there. Slippery as anything.

Catshit on a linoleum floor is legendary for its slipperiness.

You owe me a new key board. The one I have is all stick and covered in pop.

Why restrict it to animals.

check out Sylk - a natural lubricant made from Kiwi fruit vines - very smooth.

Simon

Heh, I stand corrected.

No, that would be “Slickah than greased cougar snot on polished brass.”

ditto