Spider Web Design
In Spider Web Design, spiders create amazing webs, but how do they do it? Scientists have learned how spiders create and use multiple types of silk to design webs. Humans are starting to apply the qualities of spiders’ silk to engineering projects.
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Q: What about spiders’ silk makes it so strong?
A: Spiders spin silk that starts as a liquid, then becomes solid, and multiple strands combine to make it stronger.
Q: What do spiders use their different types of silk for?
A: Spiders spin silk that is strong and they can build with; they also spin sticky silk to wrap their prey in.
Q: How do the water droplets that collect on webs help the web?
A: They make the web more flexible so it can stretch without breaking when an insect lands on the it.
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