Rare Spider Silk on Exhibit at AMNH
Loading...
Uploaded by AMNHorg on Sep 24, 2009
A spectacular and extremely rare textile, woven from golden-colored silk thread produced by more than one million spiders in Madagascar is now on display at the American Museum of Natural History in the Grand Gallery.
Drawing on the legacy of a French missionary, Jacob Paul Camboué, this contemporary textile measures 11 feet by 4 feet and took four years to make using a painstaking technique.
Hear from Dr. Ian Tattersall, Curator, Division of Anthropology at AMNH, as well as Nicholas Godley, co-creator and owner of the silk along with his partner Simon Peers as they discuss this rare work.
For more information visit http://www.amnh.org
Produced/Edited by James Sims.
- 179 likes, 3 dislikes
-
Link to this comment:
Top Comments
All Comments (75)
-
Does it stop crossbow bolt? If not then it has no use!
-
they made this for Legolas
-
@plasticbarf they aren't venemous
-
... I want to touch it!
-
@plasticbarf They've started to breed goats that have the protein from spider silk in their milk. Its extremely strong compared to silkworm silk. But, it's hard to breed spiders and farm them, because they don't do well in groups. Hence the goat loophole.
-
I would've thought they'd have the chemical composition of the spider silk by now (2011, going into 2012) so it can be mass produced....
-
unike but cant vacummed!
-
I dont know how good a bulletproof vest it would make since the stuff stretches so much but I think it would be awesome as an inner skin to a spacecraft or aircraft. going through space and you hit a debris cloud where it goes through the outer layer but the inner skin stops it from puncturing.
-
i wonder how it would feel to rub one out on that using it
- 1:36Science Bulletins: GRAIL Spacecraft Ready to Ma...by AMNHorg1,231 views
- 2:46Science Bulletins: Earth's Green Carbon Machineby AMNHorg1,601 views
- 2:02Science Bulletins: Early Migration for Modern H...by AMNHorg3,961 views
- 1:52Science Bulletins: Whales Give Dolphins a Liftby AMNHorg227,357 views
- 10:26A Golden Spider-Silk Textile at the Art Institu...by ArtInstituteChicago16,225 views
- 3:04Shaolin Kung Fu KO'd American MMA fighterby IpMan198,283 views
- 2:51RARE!! Spider fish!by nickjr13131,548 views
- 4:07The Story of Silkby jgilgun26,444 views
- 3:02Nephila Clavipes. Golden Silk Spidersby wildstar126,188 views
- 3:29Golden-Silk Spidersby wildstar122,586 views
- 0:40Golden Orb Spider in Australiaby jomiki2654186,234 views
- 4:01Silk making part 1by dollytouch46,243 views
- 0:58Terror Spinner (Rare Elite Spider) Tamed 3.2.2by WoWdoofage46,914 views
- 2:27How silk is made in Chinaby polski8516,035 views
- 2:22Carbon Nanotubesby ChipDipvideo24,964 views
- 3:29Finally... The Invisibility Cloak in Action, On...by Sheilaaliens69,275 views
- 0:24OMG!!!RARE GIANT SPIDER IN MY HOUSE ON MY COUCH...by gamerqueen10300,923 views
- 2:22Ice Web Spider Silk Farmingby MrChimei6,745 views
- 2:00Bin Laden - Abbottabad Residents "It's all a fa...by yourfreedomexpired12,764 views
I don't use the word "mystical" very often, but this tapestry definitely seems mystical. Made by a million spiders, workers braving spider bites, a truly unique material. Although, I wish they would make some for experimentation (like what would happen if you shot a bullet at it?, would it stop it? Is it springy?)
plasticbarf 2 years ago 35
I like the part where the interviewee says "(collecting spiders) is not something that everyone wants to do"
Go figure, I would think people would be lining up to harvest giant venomous spiders.
plasticbarf 2 years ago 24