Thursday, January 26, 2012

Gift item of the day


via Notcot a Yellow cape

An elaborately embroidered cape and a 4m long scarf have both been spun from the silk of more than a million spiders.


(the Madagascar golden spider was used to make the cloth, and the yellow is the natural colour of spider silk.)

BBC Story here
(click on audio then check link to photos)


or watch this:

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