Golden cape made by 1.2 million spiders

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Published on Jan 24, 2012 by

A golden cape has been woven from the silk of over a million spiders, taking four years to produce. . Report by Sophie Foster. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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  • Isn't it easier to train the spiders to make the cloth and pay them in flys?

  • Fantastic material spider's silk! I saw this programme were this guy had genetically modified a load of Goats to produce the spider's silk protein in their milk, so this should be much easier in the future

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  • wait ok if this is made from spider silk, by current scientific theories, this cape should be bulletproof.

  • vsauce~

  • +10 insect summoning 

  • I would buy it, but gold just isn't my color, oh well.

  • Now, where did I put my lighter?...

  • @sublime guide I see. Count me in as a supporter.

  • @thebettyliem And that's how SOPA is born (SpidersOngoingProtectionActiv­icts)

    :D

  • @locouk Nice comment! :D

  • How much does it cost to buy the vest

  • Wow, I would HATE to be one of the guys who had to catch those 1.2 million spiders... Especially because the bigger the better.

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