How Silk Is Made From Silkworm Cocoons #silk #silkworm #expensive #shorts

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[narwhalgaming]

Idk man, those silk cocoons be lookin like Mac and cheese 😭💀

[aznperson]

If you're patient, you can actually wait for the silkworms to mature enough that they leave the cocoons, and they are collected afterwards without having to kill any. This is a premium product called "ahimsa" silk.

[FilmyWPigulce]

Today I learned that silk isn't vegan.

[namelessgirl-]

I had that in my school we bring it home I was so scared lol in Japanese we call it Kaiko 蚕 silkworm it’s so cool I feed it leaves mulberry leaves. When it fully grown it will turn to a butterfly looking idk how to call it. Eventually my silkworm died all of them I had 4 but they all died RIP Kaido, Kairo, kaito and Kaiyo fly to heaven my silkworm

[lilye]

Don’t worry y’all! They’re in their liquified state usually at this point, which means they have no nervous system to feel the heat. Along with that, they’ve been domesticated for so long that they can’t fly AND don’t even have mouths which means they starve and die within 1-2 weeks, so honestly that’s more cruel. Of course, we can’t take back the past of that domestication, so buying silk is totally fine! But there are alternatives if it’s still discomforting to think about.

[ThandoMbathaa]

When I was a child, in South Africa🇿🇦, Silk worms were pets 😅

[MOMOHEARTS]

I love that nothing is wasted when they do this process. The silk is used for fabric and the bugs are used to eat or medicines.

[reesescreases]

there are monocultures of those mullberry leaves they feed to the silkworms. Depending on those agricultural practices, they may have more cruel and far reaching impacts on animals. Just because you can see the worm dying here you think about it, but agriculture driven habitat destruction is a driver of tens of thousands of more pain and death for insects, animals and people, so arguably you should think about those too, or even consider those impacts more even though it is trickier to count them.

[Titans.]

This is mulberry silk whereas non mulberry silk such as Eri and Muga is completely harmless, also known as ahimsa silk.

[AbrahamTheBadBadger]

Good to know that nothing is wasted after boiling the cacoons

That being said, what do they taste like?

[Kongocko]

If you are going to kill them im atleast glad they use them for food or medecine!

[grapes]

It’s fascinating to think that this same material has been worn for over 5, 000 years at this point

[Patricia-ei]

Another Gods blessings to mankind. Amen.

[MoonlitVampire]

I thought it was mac & cheese at first glance 😭

[Silencehypeknucklesthealien]

I dont think i want anything made out of silk no more at ALLL !

[Lakshmi_vaasudeva]

Will snail mucin make your skin sensitive to sun ??

[vishnuvardhangondu]

I don't know that they boiled alive😢😢... humans are cruel creatures ever...

[leswinpinto]

Before evolving into final form... Bruh gets fried

[casey]

Omg i so thought this was food as in mac n cheese with pepper on it then while im listening she said this are cocoons and then their silk as well they taken too 😮 damn so seen this differently 😮

[Cowboy]

Cameraman went too far
Me: is that blood?