2022 | United States | Short

Deep Look: Silkworms Spin Cocoons That Spell Their Own Doom

  • English English 5 mins
  • Director | Mike Seely
  • Writer | -
  • Producer | -

STATUS: Released

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Those precious silk garments in your closet were made by the caterpillars of a fuzzy white moth – thousands of them. Silkworms spin a cocoon with a single strand of silk up to 10 city blocks long. Humans have bred these insects into weaving machines that can no longer survive in the wild.

Silk Evolution Domestication Vulnerability Filament
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