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Scientists found a spider that builds 80-foot webs, and its silk is tougher than steel

A spider no larger than a coin has upended what scientists thought they knew about natural materials. Discovered in the wilds ...
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This Tiny Madagascar Spider Creates Silk Ten Times Tougher Than Kevlar (and Performs Oral Sex)

The Darwin’s bark spider silk has a tensile strength of around 1.6 gigapascals, several times stronger than structural iron, ...

Why only female Darwin’s bark spiders weave the toughest webs

Discover why only female Darwin's bark spiders produce the strongest silk, surpassing steel in toughness and strength.
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This Spider Spins the World’s Largest Webs — Then Eats Them

Have you ever heard of a spider that eats its own web? Chances are, you probably haven’t, but that is what Darwin’s bark spider is famous for. These spiders eat their own silk to produce more later, ...
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Darwin's bark spider "Caerostris darwini"

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Filmed in Madagascar by Matjaz Gregoric, this video shows a Darwin's bark spider subduing a dragonfly on her web. Females of this newly named ...
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These Spiders Build the World’s Largest Webs

Some see them as architectural marvels of nature, while others can hardly bear to look at them: Spider webs both fascinate and frighten. While they usually measure only a few inches in Central ...