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Pound for pound (or rather, microgram for microgram) spider silk has a tensile strength higher than high-grade steel, and about the same as Kevlar (the material used to make bulletproof vests).
The reason we can tear through a web is only because the individual strands are so thin. If enough fibers are woven together, a thread made of spider silk could easily suspend a car - and at a fraction of the weight of a steel cable of similar strength.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoSpider silk is an extremely strong material and is on weight basis much stronger than steel but also lighter and more flexible . It has been suggested that a pencil thick strand of silk could stop a Boeing 747 in flight. (If the web is loose and not tight)
but i wouldn't want to meet the spider which spun it!
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∙ 10y agoThey both have different kinds of strength.
Diamond has a high scratch resistance. Spider web can be cut easily.
Spider silk has a high tensile strength. Diamond is brittle.
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∙ 15y agonot very...
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They spin there web in a cylinder like way
Is the nursery web spider poisonus?
Yes, the females is more poisonous than the males.
How many species of funnel web spiders are there?
There are about 40 different species of funnel web spiders.
Are funnle web grass spiders pousonis?
yes
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red back spiders eat flies that come from their web
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Well silk is known to be stronger than steel so at its best the spider can weave a stronger web than a full grown human
Are spiders web weavers?
Many spiders weave webs but not all do. Some spiders are ambush predators and do not build webs and still others actually chase their prey rather than relying on a web.
There are 26 spiders and flies on a web with 174 legs on it How many spiders are on the web?
26 spiders
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They spin there web in a cylinder like way
Is the nursery web spider poisonus?
Yes, the females is more poisonous than the males.
Do spiders eat roly poly bugs?
yes, the roll them in their web than attack them.
How many species of funnel web spiders are there?
There are about 40 different species of funnel web spiders.
In darts what is the spiders web?
The spiders web is the metal framework which separates the number sections on a dartboard.
Where do you find sydney funnel web spiders?
Sydney web spiders are found in Sydney, Australia .
Are funnel web spiders in Birmingham?
Funnel Web spiders only live in the tropics. Birmingham is safe from them.
Are female spiders more dangerous than the male?
yes but there are exceptions like the funnel web spiders in Australia , in that case the male is 5 times more dangerous than the female
Besides spinning webs can spiders spin words as well?
no it does not spin a web but it has enough poison to kill its prey
