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Did You Know That Spider Silk is Stronger Than Steel and Kevlar?

September 24, 2009 at 4:28 AM Leave a comment

I didn’t.  Here’s a fascinating article about 1 million spiders and a rare golden cloth.

This caught my eye because an Orb Weaver spider (it looks like this) made a home outside our kitchen window a few months ago.  We’ve had a wonderful time watching it maintain and rebuild its beautiful web (something it only does at night).  And we’ve watched it catch flies and moths.  It hides in a corner during the day but when something flies into the web it dashes out and immediately wraps the bug in silk (while it’s still alive) and then hauls it up into the corner and sucks the life out of it.

I’ve come to like the little guy.  I’ve even caught a few flies and hooked them into his web to make sure he has enough to eat.

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