Scientists May Have Solved the Secret of Silk

Reuters ^ | Wed, Aug 27, 2003

[presidio9]

[adam_az]

Scientists develop synthetic silk manufacturing device:

[Trot]

Shortly after this photo was taken, Jervis mysteriously disappeared. About two weeks later, his shriveled body was found under a huge web.

[PoorMuttly]

Imagine if Muttlys could spin webs.

I'm afraid to even mention this one to Santa.

[LiteKeeper]

SPOTREP

[afraidfortherepublic]

I know where the cousins of those spders live...

[RightWhale]

the research, published in this week's edition of science journal Nature

Nature is to science as the New York Times is to journalism.

[far sider]

Wow. Evolution is so smart.

[SuziQ]

There is an organization that is experimenting with using spicer genes in the milk producing glands of goats to create milk with the strong silk fibers. I think they has planned to try to use the fibers for bulletproof vests, etc. I can't remember where I read it, but it was VEY interesting.

[weegee]

Your post reminded me of this article:

Man Confuses Snow with Vandalism

BERLIN (Reuters) - A Gambian man unused to Germany's winter weather woke up to find his car had gone completely white overnight and called police to complain vandals had painted it.

Police in the central German town of Hildesheim responding to investigate the crime discovered the man had mistaken snow on his car for paint when he looked down from his apartment window.

"To him it looked like paint when he was looking down on the car from the fifth floor. He was really worried and it wasn't a hoax, otherwise he would have been fined for it," police spokesman Walter Wallott said Monday.

[weegee]

You can also make really gooey string cheese with that.

[SuziQ]

Here's that info about the company I mentioned before doing the experiments on spider silk and goat's milk.

[LibKill]

Imagine if Muttlys could spin webs.

MUTTLY! What are you scheming now? :)

[tet68]

Muttly couldn't spin a webb, but Hillery! sure could.
Poor Muttly, caught and sucked dry by the spideress herself.
Just a shadow of his former muttlyness.

[PoorMuttly]

One never knows...DO one ?!!

Muttly wouldn't be his old reliable self without constant scheming, would he. Not to worry...but you have both stumbled upon the tip of my latest future triumph...the Giant Vile Politician Roach-Motel Web of Retribution...of the Muttly Kind.

(Therefore..."Activate Plan B. The Weasel Has Combusted...REPEAT...The Weasel Has Combusted. End of Transmission.")

[shaggy eel]

,,, the vessel has composted?

[PoorMuttly]

...you're such an eel...

[shaggy eel]

,,, you've been peeking when my silk's off?

[PoorMuttly]

everybody knows...they just don't talk about it.

Something about fish and typing disturbs people.