Some spider silk facts: It's 5 times stronger than kevlar and only about a third of the weight. It's 3 times stronger than steel (if it were made into spider-silk steel- whatever that is. Anyone finds out, please reply.) And a strand about the thickness of a pencil, and just as long, could stop a 747 in mid flight. Cool huh!
My only fear is this: only 5% of the goats that are put together with this spider gene are able to produce spider silk. What are they doing with the other 95%? Hopefully not milling them together to try and get a Super Spidergoat! HA!
JT & Tea by Joseph T. Gould
