this is cool

[BCscorp]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113223398

Wow very intricate work and amazing natural colour

 

[Abby]

Cool story! thanks for sharing

 

[Steve Calceatum]

Wow!!! That's amazing.....

 

[Exo]

I've heard that scientists think it is posible to make bullet-proff vests out of spider silk, wouldn't that be awesome?

 

[Franklin]

I've heard that scientists think it is posible to make bullet-proff vests out of spider silk, wouldn't that be awesome?

my OBT has already made 2

doesn't protect from bites though

 

[Londoner]

Wow. Interesting stuff!

 

[night4now]

Amazing... I mean, wow.

 

[ranchulas]

Awesome story! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Ariel]

I think this was already posted in the true spider section. Still very cool...:clap:

 

[Jack III]

Well....I guess that's what half a million dollars of spider silk looks like.

They didn't say what they did with the orb weavers after they "milked" them of silk. Leaves me wondering.

Fairly cool....thanks for sharing the link.

 

[Hobo]

Well....I guess that's what half a million dollars of spider silk looks like.

They didn't say what they did with the orb weavers after they "milked" them of silk. Leaves me wondering.

Fairly cool....thanks for sharing the link.

Yes they did. It says that the spiders were relesed 'back into nature'.

 

[bholmes]

thats pretty dang cool