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
2 posted on
09/28/2009 6:31:40 PM PDT by
Fred Nerks
(fair dinkum)
To: Fred Nerks
Dubai will order 100s of them.
3 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
4 posted on
09/28/2009 6:35:21 PM PDT by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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.
6 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
8 posted on
09/28/2009 6:41:17 PM PDT by
HelloooClareece
("We make war that we may live in peace". Aristotle)
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.
10 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: Fred Nerks
great story but remember visiting NPR makes your eyes bleed.
Careful now!
13 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: Fred Nerks
DO
NOT
LIKE
SPIDERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
16 posted on
09/28/2009 7:02:25 PM PDT by
Danae
(No political party should pick candidates. That's the voters job.)
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?
20 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.)
To: Fred Nerks
That’s incredible. Just unbelievably amazing.
Not that it makes me any more comfortable around spiders mind you.
22 posted on
09/28/2009 7:12:51 PM PDT by
rom
(Israel got Saul before they got David. Where's our David?)
To: Fred Nerks
Those 2 spiders look kinda tired
36 posted on
09/28/2009 8:39:20 PM PDT by
Kevmo
(So America gets what America deserves - the destruction of its Constitution. ~Leo Donofrio, 6/1/09)
To: Fred Nerks
Spending $500000 on collecting and weaving spider silk to see if it can be done is God’s way of saying, “You have too much money.”
37 posted on
09/28/2009 9:15:44 PM PDT by
wildbill
(You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
To: Fred Nerks
Thought you might be interested in this.
40 posted on
09/28/2009 10:54:57 PM PDT by
ntnychik
To: potlatch
Thought you might be interested in this.
43 posted on
09/28/2009 11:07:55 PM PDT by
ntnychik
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