Spider Silk-Production and Processing of a Fascinating Biomaterial

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  Biological materials often exceed the characteristics and properties of man-made ones.One well-known example is spider silk with superior mechanical properties such as strength and toughness.During 400 million years of evolution spiders became outstanding silk producers.In contrast to insects,such as caterpillars of the mulberry moth Bombyx mori (commonly known as silkworms),spiders can produce different silks-orb web spiders even up to seven different ones.Orb web spiders can precisely control their production and application.Most spider silks are used for building the web,which reflects an optimized trap for flying prey.
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