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Spider Goat pictures, does anyone have any?

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nadiraziz | 3 years, 3 months ago
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A goat that produces spider's web protein is about to revolutionise the materials industry.

Stronger and more flexible than steel, spider silk offers a lightweight alternative to carbon fibre.

Up to now it has been impossible to produce "spider fibre" on a commercial scale. Unlike silk worms, spiders are too anti-social to farm successfully.

Now a Canadian company claims to be on the verge of producing unlimited quantities of spider silk - in goat's milk.

Using techniques similar to those used to produce Dolly the sheep, scientists at Nexia Biotechnologies in Quebec have bred goats with spider genes. (BBC)
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space-angel | 3 years, 3 months ago
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I can't seem to find any, but from reading about them i don't think they look any different than your average goat. They are just genetically mutated so that their milk contains a protein genetically similar to the spider's silk. When extracted these proteins can be spun much like silk from spiders and produce a denser and stronger fiber (named biosteel). It can even be used in bullet-proof vests as it is twice as strong as Kevlar.

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deanmachine777 | 3 years, 3 months ago
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These are said to be the first "web kids," Webster and Pete. They do indeed look like a normal goat.
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