tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070744.post3538938797317122578..comments2023-10-20T10:08:03.133+01:00Comments on SomeBeans: Spider silkSomeBeanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076372969807940310noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070744.post-85521758089897734912010-08-15T14:14:09.393+01:002010-08-15T14:14:09.393+01:00'In much the same way knowing the proteins tha...'In much the same way knowing the proteins that go up to make up a human is rarely enough to understand, let alone cure, a disease.' <br /><br />Perhaps we should clone you for future doctors then perhaps we will make more headway with the denialists who can't even be bothered to believe their own research when it comes to Lyme DiseaseJoannehttp://lookingatlyme.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070744.post-35492852480308012222010-07-29T20:06:42.775+01:002010-07-29T20:06:42.775+01:00@nora_lumiere best not mention the "running a...@nora_lumiere best not mention the "running and jumping" auprès de @happymouffetard!SomeBeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11076372969807940310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070744.post-46477936031335403652010-07-29T19:57:30.188+01:002010-07-29T19:57:30.188+01:00Spiders are so versatile!
A spider can have 2, 4, ...Spiders are so versatile!<br />A spider can have 2, 4, 6 or 8 spinarets and can make different silks with each.<br />Apparently they need all those legs for manipulating their silks as well as running and jumping.<br />And the lighter ones can fly around on their silk, thousands of feet in the air and land miles away.N.L. Lumierehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02896097973227483745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070744.post-72809171778663014642010-07-29T19:38:29.753+01:002010-07-29T19:38:29.753+01:00@billygottajob courtesy of @happymouffetard: http:...@billygottajob courtesy of @happymouffetard: http://bit.ly/8ZWv64<br />Spinnarets based on hairs. They seem uncertain of the original function, and suggest leaving a trail. Another possibility would be making eggcases/coccoons - this doesn't have to happen fast, and the material produced doesn't need to have outstanding properties. Weird thought: silk as fast growing hair!SomeBeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11076372969807940310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070744.post-61835553443497969432010-07-29T19:26:54.949+01:002010-07-29T19:26:54.949+01:00Fascinating. Has much work been done on the evolut...Fascinating. Has much work been done on the evolution of silk? It seems to be one of those hard to imagine chicken and egg scenarios. Until silk obtained the physical and chemical attributes it finally possessed, it's difficult to understand what its advantages would have been. But presumably some kind of competitive advantage must have been driving the development. It seems hardly likely that the biochemistry of silk and the functional form of spinnerets could have evolved in one go!Billy Gotta-Jobhttp://www.billynojob.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com