Oct 14, 2009: Rare Silk - Page 3

Gravdigr · 10-24-2009, 05:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slothboy

HELL.
NO.

Don't want to look at that, touch the finished product, go near the spiders, or hav anything further to do with this whole affair. Good day!

I SAID GOOD DAY!

Ditto.

Quote:

Originally Posted by capnhowdy

They're pretty good at water spouts too. Even if they're itsy bitsy.

observer · 10-24-2009, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by newtimer

"...French missionary Jacob Paul Camboué, who worked with spiders in Madagascar during the 1880s and 1890s."

Ah, the good old days, when missionaries worked for a living and invented neat stuff. That would be a good position to be in.

Yeah, the missionary position is not bad, I suppose...

treehugger · 11-25-2009, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cicero

There's this spider that likes to hang out next to my keyboard, and mouse. We had to have a little talk. I think he was listening because there's no sign of him/it anymore....

DanaC · 11-25-2009, 05:36 PM

As long as they are not visible in my bedroom, I leave them to do their own thing. Anywhere else in the house (unless Mum's visiting), I don't mind them being there.

toranokaze · 12-11-2009, 05:05 PM

We have a subspecies of golden orb spiders down here, or at least I think they are, that weave a three foot web across the front of my place.

It is truly amazing what one can do with spider silk, and we are working on synthetic spider silk.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-12-2009, 12:58 AM

They've been working on synthetic spider silk, for a very long time, and last I read, not making much progress. It's devilishly complicated, and spiders produce something like 6 or 8 different types of silk, for different applications.

Oh, and the spider turning the liquid into thread is a mechanical, not chemical, process.

12-11-2009, 05:05 PM	#35
toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	We have a subspecies of golden orb spiders down here, or at least I think they are, that weave a three foot web across the front of my place. It is truly amazing what one can do with spider silk, and we are working on synthetic spider silk. __________________ "Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering.

12-12-2009, 12:58 AM	#36
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	They've been working on synthetic spider silk, for a very long time, and last I read, not making much progress. It's devilishly complicated, and spiders produce something like 6 or 8 different types of silk, for different applications. Oh, and the spider turning the liquid into thread is a mechanical, not chemical, process. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)