| Kevlar, the fiber found in bulletproof vests and bicycle helmets, has less energy-absorbing capability than does either dragline or capture silk. |
| Orb-weaving spiders use this kind of silk like Spider-Man, as a dragline on which to make ascents and descents. |
| The 1,200 ton beast is thought to be the only walking dragline in the world to be preserved and open to the public. |
| Most of the research has focused on a type of silk known as dragline, which spiders use to construct the frame of their web. |
| The Bucyrus Erie 1150RB walking dragline was last used 12 years ago and St Aidan's is its resting place. |
| Of these, aggregate silk is an adhesive, and piriform silk is used to affix dragline silk to substrates. |
