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Who produces the most silk?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

As a group, the silk worms have a corner on this answer: it's they who produce the most silk used by humans as fibre.

If, however, you want to know which animals -- Spiders, caterpillars and so forth, produce the most 'silk', your answer may depend on a more narrowly defined question.

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