Method for sea floor drilling using hagfish slime as drilling fluid additive

1. A method for drilling formations, comprising:

mixing a selected amount of hagfish slime with water; and

drilling the formations using the slime-water mixture as a circulating drilling fluid.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mixture comprises between one part slime to ten parts water and one part slime to twenty parts water.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the drilling of formations using the slime-water mixture comprises drilling formations below the bottom of a body of water.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the water in the mixing of the hagfish slime is from the body of water.