1 Million Spiders Make Golden Silk for Rare Cloth

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/09/spider-silk/

by alex_c • 17 years ago

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zandorg• 17 years ago

Reminds me of the Human League song 'Being Boiled' about silkworm usage.

Good article!

GiraffeNecktie• 17 years ago

dupe

ars• 17 years ago

Semi-Dup http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=839231

rokhayakebe• 17 years ago

Talk about scalling an operation. How many companies have one million employees?

sketerpot2• 17 years ago

I remember that species of spider; they're scary as hell, and have killed somewhere around 20 people through fear alone. The good news is that they're not aggressive. I bumped into one of their freakishly strong webs once, and thought I had hit a tree branch (!), but when I looked up I saw an enormous spider cowering above me.

fallentimes• 17 years ago

>killed somewhere around 20 people through fear alone.

Do you mean without even biting them? How do the people die? Panic attack/heart attack?

sketerpot2• 17 years ago

They either have a heart attack or walk off a cliff. This is rare, but there are a lot of these spiders. In areas where they live, it's common to see them sitting in giant webs above streets and hiking trails. Waiting.

1 Million Spiders Make Golden Silk for Rare Cloth

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