Incredible textile woven from the silk threads of the golden orb spider. Spider silk is the divine fiber of the natural world; stronger than steel yet super flexible. Chemists and engineers have been trying to synthesize this silk for years but to no avail.
The above textile was produced over 4 years, with 70 weavers, and over one million wild spiders (that were released back into the wild.) It is now on view at the American Museum of Natural History, New York.
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10/15/09
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