catcamus
09-25-2009, 12:31 PM
Wow -- a golden tapestry made from the silk of 1 million spiders! The silk took 4 years to collect. I can see why they're using goats (see Got Silk? post above). Amyloid based orb weaver dragline silk is pretty amazing stuff!
see http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/09/spider-silk/#more-11363
see http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/09/spider-silk/#more-11363