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Spider Wranglers Weave One-Of-A-Kind Tapestry
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| September 27, 2009
| September 27, 2009
Posted on 09/28/2009 6:30:35 PM PDT by Fred Nerks
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A stunning golden tapestry woven from spider silk is unveiled at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City after four years of work — and the help of more than 1 million spiders.
Two Nephila madagascariensis spiders that were used to create the golden tapestry.
To: LucyT
fascinating, thanks for the link Lucy
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posted on
09/28/2009 6:31:40 PM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
(fair dinkum)
To: Fred Nerks
Dubai will order 100s of them.
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posted on
09/28/2009 6:34:58 PM PDT
by
LukeL
(Yasser Arafat: "I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize")
To: Fred Nerks
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posted on
09/28/2009 6:35:21 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
Beautiful tapestry, but I would not want to handle those scary looking dudes. Spiders give me the heebie-jeebies.
To: Fred Nerks
I wonder what the tensile strength is... I bet they wouldn’t let me put in on an Instron to find out.
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posted on
09/28/2009 6:40:36 PM PDT
by
Sloth
(Yo, I'm happy for ya, and Ima let ya finish, but Lazamataz had one of the best taglines of all time!)
To: Fred Nerks; null and void; stockpirate; george76; PhilDragoo; Candor7; GOPJ; BP2; MeekOneGOP; ...
You're welcome, Fred Nerks. A FRiend sent it to me. Thanks for posting it. For some reason, I'm unable to start a thread on this computer; don't know if it is the firewall or the computer owner.
... completely off topic.
Check out this exquisite Tapestry.
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posted on
09/28/2009 6:41:08 PM PDT
by
LucyT
("The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." - M.Thatcher)
To: Fred Nerks
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posted on
09/28/2009 6:41:17 PM PDT
by
HelloooClareece
("We make war that we may live in peace". Aristotle)
To: JoeProBono
nature does it best:
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posted on
09/28/2009 6:41:28 PM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
(fair dinkum)
To: Fred Nerks
Wow! Stunning! Those spiders have GOT to be related to the Golden Orb Weavers that live in my garden. Totally harmless, and masters at their craft, but on a smaller scale.
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posted on
09/28/2009 6:43:40 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: LucyT
From my recent camping trip, I caught this fellow crossing the road:
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posted on
09/28/2009 6:48:07 PM PDT
by
Las Vegas Ron
(Obama's Blackberry, who's on the other end?)
To: Sloth
By weight I’ll bet it’s stronger than steel...
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posted on
09/28/2009 6:50:07 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
(UN mixing democracies & dictators' is like mixing ice cream and shit-all of it stinks.(Steyn))
To: Fred Nerks
great story but remember visiting NPR makes your eyes bleed.
Careful now!
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posted on
09/28/2009 6:59:21 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(Angry about where our country is going with the current regime at the helm.)
To: Las Vegas Ron
I stoned many a hairy old tarantula as a child — they were plentiful in the country where I grew up, and still are. I wonder if they spin webs. Still give me the creeps.
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posted on
09/28/2009 7:00:10 PM PDT
by
Jedidah
To: LucyT
Beautiful and amazing. Thanks for the link.
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posted on
09/28/2009 7:01:08 PM PDT
by
Jedidah
To: Fred Nerks
DO
NOT
LIKE
SPIDERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
09/28/2009 7:02:25 PM PDT
by
Danae
(No political party should pick candidates. That's the voters job.)
To: Jedidah
I stoned many a hairy old tarantula as a child Actually, this was the first time I ever saw one. He was crossing the road on the way back to our camp site, I wouldn't have harmed him....unless he wore out his welcome of course
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posted on
09/28/2009 7:03:50 PM PDT
by
Las Vegas Ron
(Obama's Blackberry, who's on the other end?)
To: JoeProBono
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
runs screaming
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posted on
09/28/2009 7:04:00 PM PDT
by
Danae
(No political party should pick candidates. That's the voters job.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
09/28/2009 7:07:45 PM PDT
by
LucyT
("The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." - M.Thatcher)
To: Fred Nerks
The only known spider silk tapestry was shown in Paris in 1900 but then disappeared.”
What are the odds that this one will disappear too?
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posted on
09/28/2009 7:08:14 PM PDT
by
philetus
(Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get.)
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