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Tapping Secrets of Aussie Spider’s Unique Silk: Strong New Genetic Material Touted – SciTechDaily
An international collaboration has provided the first insights into a new type of silk produced by the very unusual Australian basket-web spider, which uses it …
The basket-web spider in its natural form with its unique lobster pot web and silk, which has now been revealed as uniquely robust. Credit: Professor Mark Elgar, the University of Melbourne
An international collaboration has provided the first insights into a new type of silk produced by the very unusual Australian basket-web spider, which uses it to build a lobster pot web that protects its eggs and trap prey.
The basket-web spider weaves a silk that is uniquely rigid and so robust that the b…
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