It took four years, but for the first time, spider silk has been used for weaving a huge 3.3 by 1.2 meter tapestry. This incredibly strong material has always been a pain to collect because of its owners' rather unwilling demeanor and thus problems involved in collecting the silk. Now, however, the spiders have been hooked up to machines. Despite this, the massive amount of spiders still took a very long time to produce the silk, which is why the method will not soon go commercial.
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-Brown Rhino
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