I saw an ad for a hanger that you could install to handle heavy loads for only a dollar. It was a 16d nail. I would love to take the Uber ride with a ghost. Maybe we could go halfsies.
Never invent something useful – especially if govt is interested. Check out how much the early developers of radar earned vs, the man that sold “pet rocks”!
To answer 57Belair and Janbic: Black widows do indeed make webs. To explain the strength of the silk, here is a clip from an article in Wikipedia: “The ultimate tensile strength and other physical properties of Latrodectus hesperus (western black widow) silk were found to be similar to the properties of silk from orb-weaving spiders that had been tested in other studies. The tensile strength for the three kinds of silk measured in the Blackledge study was about 1,000 MPa. The ultimate strength reported in a previous study for Nephila edulis was 1,290 ± 160 MPa.11 The tensile strength of spider silk is comparable to that of steel wire of the same thickness.12[not in citation given] However, as the density of steel is about six times that of silk,13 silk is correspondingly stronger than steel wire of the same weight.”
The Norden bombsite used a woman’s hair: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Babnik_Brown because the black widow spider’s web couldn’t withstand the temperature variations.
Templo S.U.D. almost 7 years ago
I don’t know which is more cunning: Steve’s product or the Chinese Über drivers’ pictures.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member almost 7 years ago
I saw an ad for a hanger that you could install to handle heavy loads for only a dollar. It was a 16d nail. I would love to take the Uber ride with a ghost. Maybe we could go halfsies.
Neo Stryder almost 7 years ago
Well, Steve was not lying about what the product was, he just embroided the description.
Gent almost 7 years ago
So, the Black Widow spider’s silk was used in making more widows.
tuslog1964 almost 7 years ago
Never invent something useful – especially if govt is interested. Check out how much the early developers of radar earned vs, the man that sold “pet rocks”!
JanBic Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Black Widow spiders do not make webs so I doubt their silk was used. It must has been some other spider.
finnygirl Premium Member almost 7 years ago
To answer 57Belair and Janbic: Black widows do indeed make webs. To explain the strength of the silk, here is a clip from an article in Wikipedia: “The ultimate tensile strength and other physical properties of Latrodectus hesperus (western black widow) silk were found to be similar to the properties of silk from orb-weaving spiders that had been tested in other studies. The tensile strength for the three kinds of silk measured in the Blackledge study was about 1,000 MPa. The ultimate strength reported in a previous study for Nephila edulis was 1,290 ± 160 MPa.11 The tensile strength of spider silk is comparable to that of steel wire of the same thickness.12[not in citation given] However, as the density of steel is about six times that of silk,13 silk is correspondingly stronger than steel wire of the same weight.”
Indianapolis Smith almost 7 years ago
The Norden bombsite used a woman’s hair: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Babnik_Brown because the black widow spider’s web couldn’t withstand the temperature variations.