“Fiber for fiber, spider silk is stronger and more elastic than even the synthetic material Kevlar, which is widely used in bulletproof vests.”
Reminds me of the joke about why they don’t just make the whole airplane out of what they use to make the black box. It would be indestructible.
Malagasy Spiders Spin the World’s Toughest Biological Material - ScienceNOW
Source: news.sciencemag.org
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