Chuck Bryant
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So, yeah, that's one use of the silk is like literal climbing rope.
And like we said, like the solo caterpillar, which is many of the โ I keep wanting to say brands.
Varieties, species.
You know, they're just going around, they're eating, they're laying an egg, they're using the silk as like a lasso, or maybe they might make a little nest.
Like we said earlier, maybe they might restrain that snail.
But those gregarious kinds that live in big groups, they really get going with the silk production.
They make big nests in trees and around tree trunks.
They're like big tents, basically.
If you've seen big, you know, it looks like sort of a really dense spider web.
I guess sometimes those are spiders, right?
But they also use their little spinnerets as like a trail.
Like, hey, we're all going this way and we're going to lay this little trail.
And we know that, you know, if you want to get home, this is how you get home.
Yeah, like hand-me-down silk.
Or like, you know, a length of rope that grandpa gave you.