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Snails’ Teeth Beats Spider Silk As Nature’s Strongest Material

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨cm0002@libretechni.ca⁩ to ⁨science@mander.xyz⁩

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/spider-silk-loses-top-spot-natures-strongest-material-snails-teeth-180954346/

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  • toast@retrolemmy.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    What are we even talking about here - tensile versus compressive strength? How do you directly compare them?

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    • DougPiranha42@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Thats’s comparable to a single strand of spaghetti holding up about 3,300 one-pound bags of sugar
      Dear lord I really needed that to be brought down to my level. If they just say 3300 pounds, I have no idea how heavy that is.

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      • wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Have you looked at the US lately? If they still read, they still might miss it. 😅

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  • Beehaw_Girl@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I don’t mean to brag, but I can effortlessly walk right through spiderwebs & destroy them.

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