The Caerostris Darwini spider discovered in the jungles of Madagascar creates the largest spiderwebs in the world. To take the structural stress of webs spanning 30-foot square areas the spider creates a type of silk, that is the toughest biological substance known to man, ten times stronger than kevlar.
The relatively small (whatever this means) spider has found a niche in spanning the airspace above rivers, that is too large for any other spider to cover.
The complete story on these amazing creatures can be found here.
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