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RockRaven
(16,422 posts)My definition of harm is not limited to envenomation and/or predation... Scaring the life out of someone is included.
mbusby
(825 posts)From wikipedia...
"Researchers led by Masao Nakagaki at Shinshu University, Japan, have succeeded in creating a silk thread that is stronger, softer, and more durable than conventional silk by injecting silkworm eggs with genes of the spider. The silkworms that hatch weave cocoons containing 10% spider protein. The dragline silk is said to have many uses, such as bulletproof vests, sutures after an operation, tennis rackets, fishing line, and nets. A Japanese manufacturer, Okamoto, had begun developing commercial applications for the spider silk, and planned to release extra-thin, durable spider socks by 2010."
jpak
(41,780 posts)You just didn't go out in the woods.
Yikes
Ka-Dinh Oy
(11,686 posts)OldBaldy1701E
(6,464 posts)eppur_se_muova
(37,548 posts)And I'm sorry, but that web looks like shit. Nothing like the lovely, intricately symmetrical orb webs I see around here.
SCantiGOP
(14,288 posts)As far as being harmless to humans, that does not really convey the feeling if you walk into a web and see a spider the size of your face looking at you.