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1 Million Spiders Make Golden Silk for Rare Cloth
- zandorg 17y agoReminds me of the Human League song 'Being Boiled' about silkworm usage. Good article!
- GiraffeNecktie 17y agodupe
- ars 17y agoSemi-Dup http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=839231 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=839231
- rokhayakebe 17y agoTalk about scalling an operation. How many companies have one million employees?
- sketerpot 17y agoI remember that species of spider; they're scary as hell, and have killed somewhere around 20 people through fear alone. The good news is that they're not aggressive. I bumped into one of their freakishly strong webs once, and thought I had hit a tree branch (!), but when I looked up I saw an enormous spider cowering above me.
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- fallentimes 17y ago>killed somewhere around 20 people through fear alone. Do you mean without even biting them? How do the people die? Panic attack/heart attack?
- sketerpot 17y agoThey either have a heart attack or walk off a cliff. This is rare, but there are a lot of these spiders. In areas where they live, it's common to see them sitting in giant webs above streets and hiking trails. Waiting.