Which is the strongest natural fibre known to man?
Correct answer: Spider silk
TwaughtBane
Reference should have been made to its tensile strength, not its overall strength.
Happy Dread
I've literally just been making friends with the slider that's been living under my toilet for a few days... he seemed friendly enough, told me he's a web designer...
QuizLord
Anyone else besides me, ever wondered why everything sticks or gets stuck in a web...but the Spider..its just amazing!!
Inori J Fei
I would not like the job of trying to milk a spider for its silk 😂 venom is bad enough
Player #12683385
learned on documentary that a spiders web gets covered with dew drops weighing many more times than the web itself that it actually gets stronger when wet!!!!
other than that anything with six eyes looking at me creep me out.....
i do not LOVE all of "Gods" little creatures!!!
Player #2159281
spider silk is used in making cross hairs on scopes ...like surveyor scopes
E=MC2
SharingCity, I recently watched a documentary on that very subject. It showed how they were manipulating animals that secrete milk to instead secrete the webbing similar to that on the spider. The procedure discussed the manipulation of DNA. The first thing that came to mind? We are crossing the line..
Player #17248394
Player #12683385, I learned about one spider that could make an air bubble around it self and sink to the bottom of a pool
Guillermo
I spell it "spidre" .. because I enjoy being pretentious
yvonnefoxx66
Me and spiders DO NOT get along. they don't have to worry about me milking it
Sanak
QuizLord, that's because the spider only walks on strands of the web that aren't sticky.
Joshua
Happy Dread, You made me lol! 😂😂
Player #132187902
spiders are amazing & fascinating
betty
PBS sewing info. Some designer made a dress from silk of the golden spider. It was beautiful fabric, but imagine the cost.
Max
Contradictory. Had a question on here yesterday saying that a variety of marine molluscs teeth are stronger that spider silk. Make your minds up quizmasters!
Moonlight
Inori J Fei, They are not all venom.. just a minority.
Black
It's an amazing aspect of nature
brickmartian
TwaughtBane, Agreed! I would be more impressed by knowing what a spiders silk strands strength would comparably lift in weight!
Ruairi
Happy Dread, I had one hanging out in the cubby by the toilet. I talked to him and he was there for weeks then hit vanished.
Jackie
Lucy, I'm watching that right now
Jackie
Fun guy, can make bullet proof vests
Jackie
Player #2159281, also used to make bullet proof vests!
Rebel
actually, I think it's now been overtaken by limpets teeth, might be wrong.
joey
they should make airplanes out that
Scott
Player #2159281, how does that work?
Victoria
Happy Dread, ,,haha, I love you for making friends with a little spider, I don’t kill Thema myself because they kill other pestie creepie crawlers, and they don’t bother me,,
Sally
back in the day 1800's the Cajuns would use spider webs for stitches!
SKY
Wench, ‘Twas a joke…chillax…
HRH YM
Happy Dread, lol nice one
Galit
It’s horrible that whenever humans discover something amazing in nature, the only thing they can think of is ways to use, to abuse, to force, to hurt, to enslave, to kill. And then they have the audacity to say “live and let live”.
Vettie
Ever been bitten by a spider? I have. By a walking spider - the worst kind. Like them when they are snuggly in their strong webs where I can see them!
gml
QuizLord, it's because they strategically weave their webs in order to capture their victims hence their meal.
victeh
I have always hated spiders but why is that the spiders webs are sticky.
Wannabe Vulcan
Blokkhed, the web is a lot thinner than even the thinnest cotton thread.
Wannabe Vulcan
VIQ, but those vests are really hard to get off!
Wannabe Vulcan
Player #36109548, I thought it was a turtle!
Wannabe Vulcan
Debidedodah, that sounds like a stretch.
Wannabe Vulcan
wesley, I don't either. My snake is terrified of them!
Wannabe Vulcan
Player #12683385, spiders have eight eyes.
Wannabe Vulcan
Happy Dread, wow, I was really caught up in that story!