http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/09/16/a-spider-web-that-spans-rivers-made-from-the-world%E2%80%99s-toughest-biological-material/ (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/09/16/a-spider-web-that-spans-rivers-made-from-the-world%E2%80%99s-toughest-biological-material/) NOT SAFE FOR FRED AND SUU.
I'd post pictures here but would rather not incur wrath.
Damn, if that's the web, how big is the spider?
One day, we shall wear armors woven from the silk of spiders.
Quote from: Doktor Blight on September 16, 2010, 10:16:26 PM
Damn, if that's the web, how big is the spider?
3-4 cm with legs outstretched says the article.
Wow, though. I can't seem to find pictures of them, though. :(
Quote from: Mistress Freeky, HRN on September 16, 2010, 10:21:24 PM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on September 16, 2010, 10:16:26 PM
Damn, if that's the web, how big is the spider?
3-4 cm with legs outstretched says the article.
Wow, though. I can't seem to find pictures of them, though. :(
Yeah, I'm not so good with metric, I was hoping to be able to see one on the web itself
Quote from: Mistress Freeky, HRN on September 16, 2010, 10:21:24 PM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on September 16, 2010, 10:16:26 PM
Damn, if that's the web, how big is the spider?
3-4 cm with legs outstretched says the article.
Wow, though. I can't seem to find pictures of them, though. :(
That's not a big critter. That's like the one I had in my house a couple weeks ago. :x
Either way, orb weavers are pretty fascinating. I fucking hate them because their spiders, but the way they can construct their webs always amazes me. I once sat...from the comfort of my own house through glass, and watched one build her web, it's like an art form.
Wait, never mind, I think I see it.
Quote from: Cudgel on September 16, 2010, 10:17:56 PM
One day, we shall wear armors woven from the silk of spiders.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/09/spider-silk/
1 Million Spiders Make Golden Silk for Rare Cloth
I thought I got a link to this from PD.
Fastidious little creatures aren't they?
I found this linked from the OP article:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/04/24/singaporean-spiders-spit-venomous-glue-work-together-eat-each-other/
What magnificent creatures! I love spiders!