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Q&A Would armour made of spider silk work?

Would it be possible to use spider silk for armour, instead of metal? I am not worried about how to obtain the silk. I know that spiders are not domesticable and that they are too aggressive to ea...

8 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Luís Henrique‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Luís Henrique‭

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Q&A Anatomically correct Arachne

In the fantasy culture it's not uncommon to find Giant spiders with the upper body of a human. There are many variants as the spider body having only 4 legs and the upper human body have 2 additio...

9 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Charon‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Charon‭

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Q&A Could spiders make snare traps?

Snares are anchored cable nooses set to catch wild animals. There are two types, active and passive. An active snare has the wire under tension and a trigger to cause it to snap closed, while a pas...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Lex‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Lex‭

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Q&A How would a very large, sentient spider communicate?

I am world building/culture building for a story that I'm writing and one of the races/sapient species is patterned after spiders. I'm willing to take a lot of liberties with the physiology (for ex...

10 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by z2a‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by z2a‭

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Q&A What kind of world changes are necessary to make giant spiders feasible?

Far to the north, in a slushy and storm-torn wasteland, a city stands. Massive pillars jut hundreds of feet into the sky from their anchors deep beneath the rising and falling tides below the city....

4 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Jerenda‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Jerenda‭

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Rigorous Science Large spider walking upside down

Many fantasy stories involve large spiders like in Harry Potter. These creatures behave almost exactly like normal spiders despite their size. My question is: can large spiders still walk upside d...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Vincent‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Vincent‭