Sneak Peek: Silkworms Spin Cocoons That Spell Their Own Doom
Added 2022-05-16 20:14:00 +0000 UTCThose precious silk garments in your closet were made by the caterpillars of a fuzzy, white moth — thousands of them. Silkworms spin a cocoon with a single strand of silk up to 10 city blocks long. Humans have bred these insects into weaving machines that can no longer survive in the wild.
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Beautiful! That was very interesting
Darron Perry Jr
2022-05-16 23:19:30 +0000 UTC
