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Spiders Spin 'Silk Dope' into Nature's Toughest Material
54 points by ibobev - 5 comments
jdw64
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5 mins ago
Would it be uneconomical to make clothes from spider silk? But I'm curious what kind of spider Spider Man's web comes from.
dcminter
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5 mins ago
Define economical :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Spider_Silk_Cape
jibalt
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5 mins ago
> what kind of spider Spider Man's web comes from
Look it up ... there isn't one.
the__alchemist
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5 mins ago
This article goes into it... Need 1e6 spiders in 1e6 boxes.
Dylan16807
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5 mins ago
So it's probably 100-1000x as expensive as silk? That's doable.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Spider_Silk_Cape
Look it up ... there isn't one.