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They already tried it with spiders: https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1504/1504.06751.pdf/ https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1504/1504.06751.pdf/ The problem
by the8472 10y ago
They already tried it with spiders: https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1504/1504.06751.pdf/ https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1504/1504.06751.pdf/
The problem is spiders are difficult to farm, unlike silkworms.
- samstave 10y agoafter reading the wikis about golden orb spiders today -- this makes sense. The guy who made that amazing garment from 1.2 million Golden Orb spiders [0] was hand harvesting the thread in a really primitive way...[1] Humans have been harvesting silkworm thread for ages, so we probably have much better methods of mass harvest. [0] http://i.imgur.com/y82WBEz.jpg http://i.imgur.com/y82WBEz.jpg [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u-g0OiYWOQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u-g0OiYWOQ