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SPIDER WEB

   We can see a spider web in almost every place. These spider webs are cleaned and disposed of as waste but are many uses in them. Many searches are making research on a spider web and bio-mice. Spider weave the web mainly to catch their prey. Spider produce their silk from the spinneret gland located at the tip of their abdomen. Different spider produces different silk based on their presence of pair of the spinneret. Spider build the web to save their energy to catch the prey. Instead, they spend this energy offset in producing a large amount of protein(amino acid) to form the silk.

   After, the silk lost its stickiness spider eat the web to recoup some energy used in spinning. There are different webs namely spiral web, tangled web, funnel web, tubular web, sheet web. In traditional European medicine, cobweb is used on wound or cut and help to heal and reduce bleeding. Spider wed are rich in vitamin K which help to stop bleeding. The effect of the drug can be measured by examining its effect on the spider.

   The stickiness of the spider is due to a droplet of glue suspended on the silk thread. This glue contains neurotoxins which make the prey immoveable. At high velocity the glue act as an elastic solid, resembling rubber; at low-velocity act as sticky glue. This allows them to attach food particle. The web is electrically conductive which made the silk attract the insects .ie .the flying insect tend to gain the static charges. The tensile and elasticity of the web is higher than the steel.

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