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The strong, flexible silk from the Nephila
is used... by the natives of Papua...The enormous webs of these
spiders are abundant in the forest and are a readily available
source of silk.
Long bamboo poles are bent over into a loop and are erected
where the webs occur most densely in the forest. A frame of this
shape is particularly suitable for the spider, which obligingly
spins its web across it, thereby constructing an instant fishing
net, which is dipped into the river... 31
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