How silkworms make silk

Silk production, or sericulture, is the nearly 5000 year old process that supplies the world with its most prized threads.

[haveaniceday]

I think it is so interesting that someone had looked at that cocoon many years ago and thought what can we make from this

[HighMaintenanceMinimalist]

I can't believe the amount of hard work that goes into producing this beautiful fabric. It's no wonder why it's so expensive.

[apaitiamalupo]

I feel sad for those cocoon being boiled 😟

But wow....this is how it was made....all those hard work....wow

[eleanorroberts]

My great grandfather was a silk merchant in Bursa. It was so lovely to see this video. Thank you.

[kevinolvera]

0:22 I like that one scene
"This one is dead...
Obviously"

[mamandu]

its amazing to think that real silk is basically spit but its super strong and flexible

[Oshanii]

this video was a great idea. music and no words, made me concentrate better on the text.

[nirozgarzia]

the video is too fast but still worth to watch.

[peterfabell]

Is there no way to obtain the silk without killing the moth inside?

[sensor-sweep]

technically it's caterpillar spit

[dolchd]

I cried this is beautiful,
I never liked any kind of worms except for silk worms

[neuto]

Huh. I had always imagined it was more a spiderweb-like thing that they continuously weaved throughout their lives. The reality looks darker.

[Angel-nvf]

Amazing video about how we get natural silk from silkworms

[amypalaciios]

I really liked this video for a presentation I'm doing in my class of Social Studies! Thanks I'll be showing this video to my classmates!

[EphemeralProductions]

so interesting! they are amazing little things. <3 too bad they have to kill the poor things though to get the cocoon.

[segil]

People are more concerned about a Caterpillars than the humans working for pennies to harvest the silk. Smh

[bernardopinteus]

why do they kill them instead of waiting for the silkmoth to emerge an then just collection the silk?

[hmsdemolition]

Thank you, it brought back much memories, when I was a 5 years old boy

[MrPianoMan]

I'm here for science homework hahaha

[JesterfaceBassplayer]

" What a marvel of a creature that can do these fantastical things.. Let's boil them." - Humanity