How Strong Is a Black Widow’s Web?
biology | science | spiders | the action lab
Many spiders are harmless and even helpful, but you don’t want to mess with a black widow. That didn’t stop The Action Lab from getting up close with one of these venomous arachnids to test whether their web-spinning silk is as strong as steel or if that’s just a myth. Today, we learned that spiders produce different kinds of silk depending on their needs.
