HTTP:: One Million Golden Spiders 039 Web Used for Golden Cloth
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The fact that spiders' webs are stronger than just about any material their size is widely known among scientists. Kevlar and steel strands as thin as spider threads have nothing on the natural compound, in terms of resistance and endurance. In an effort that went on for more than four years, a team of workers managed to create the world's largest spider silk cloth, complete with natural, golden color tones. The amazing object went on display at the American Museum of Natural History, in New York City, yesterday, Wired reports. It took 70 workers more than four years to roam the streets and poles of Madagascar, and collect the sufficient number of spiders needed to complete this textile. Golden orb spiders were the only variety used in the effort, as they are the only species that can yield the golden silk. Once the spiders were trapped, a team of 12 workers got on the job of extracting about 80 feet of silk out of each and every one of them. All these fibers were later p!
ut together, and then woven into the golden cloth. “Spider silk is very elastic, and it has a tensile strength that is incredibly strong compared to steel or Kevlar. There’s scientific research going on all over the world right now trying to replicate the tensile properties of spider silk and apply it to all sort...
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