From this
To this:
Spiders?
Yup. Spiders.
It is specifically female golden orb-weaver spiders from Madagascar. To
get enough silk for the cloth took nearly eight years but the as you can see,
the results are pretty much amazing. It produce a rich golden yellow colour
(natural colour of the spider's silk). Where Spider's silk is actually
made up of chains of amino acids. In other words, it is simply a protein
(Meat,fish,eggs). Yucks.
*Find out more about the spider silk cloth in this video from the
American Museum of Natural History below.
Amazing fact about spider's silk :
- Spider
silk is incredibly tough and is stronger by weight than steel. 5 times
stronger than steel of the same diameter.
- Almost
as strong as Kevlar (Bulletproof Vest)
- Finer
than the human hair
- It
remains unbroken after being stretched 2-4 times its original length
Yup. Spiders.
It is specifically female golden orb-weaver spiders from Madagascar. To
get enough silk for the cloth took nearly eight years but the as you can see,
the results are pretty much amazing. It produce a rich golden yellow colour
(natural colour of the spider's silk). Where Spider's silk is actually
made up of chains of amino acids. In other words, it is simply a protein
(Meat,fish,eggs). Yucks.
*Find out more about the spider silk cloth in this video from the
American Museum of Natural History below.
Amazing fact about spider's silk :
- Spider silk is incredibly tough and is stronger by weight than steel. 5 times stronger than steel of the same diameter.
- Almost as strong as Kevlar (Bulletproof Vest)
- Finer than the human hair
- It remains unbroken after being stretched 2-4 times its original length
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