Have you ever wondered how spiders make their webs?
If you've ever seen a new building getting built, you know that they use wooden boards to frame the house. Instead of boards, spiders produce silk threads to build their webs. Did you know it takes about 1 hour for a spider to make a web.
A spiders organ is called a spinneret, a spinneret spins up the silk. Spiders don't just use nets for catching food. Hunting spiders often make silk to use as drag lines to trail behind them as safety nets while they walk. Other spiders use a specialised silk to create egg sacs, or even to build a little protective shelter for themselves.
