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Old 10-20-2014, 06:22 PM   #44 (permalink)
Lord Larehip
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Spider silk has more tensile strength than steel. It would make ideal fabric but simply isn't plentiful enough. A garment made from spider silk would be impossible for the average person to afford.




Reconstructed image of a fossilized spider preserved in amber hundreds of millions of years ago.




While it may look like an oil painting, this is a fossilized specimen from China several million years old.



Trapdoor spider classified as Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi. Yes, it is named after Neil Young--for which he is quite proud.
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