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> somewhat like human mammary glands. This reminds me of a story of dolphins, who apparently suffer a lot from mercury poisoning, mostly caused by the smog of unfiltered coal plants entering their ecosystem. One issue of mercury poisoning is that the body has no way to get rid of it - it gets stored in the fats, IIRC. Unless you're a mammalian mom. Then the body gets rid of mercury through your milk. Mercury is most lethal at the infant age. So in short, most dolphin mothers' firstborns die [0]. Anyway, perhaps the carbon fibers are actually toxic, and the only way the spiders can get rid of the material is through their silk? [0] http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/02/11/revealing-cove-do...

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> somewhat like human mammary glands.

vanderZwanMay 7, 2015, 12:57 PM

> somewhat like human mammary glands. This reminds me of a story of dolphins, who apparently suffer a lot from mercury poisoning, mostly caused by the smog of unfiltered coal plants entering their ecosystem. One issue of mercury poisoning is that the body has no way to get rid of it - it gets stored in the fats, IIRC. Unless you're a mammalian mom. Then the body gets rid of mercury through your milk. Mercury is most lethal at the infant age. So in short, most dolphin mothers' firstborns die [0]. Anyway, perhaps the carbon fibers are actually toxic, and the only way the spiders can get rid of the material is through their silk? [0] http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/02/11/revealing-cove-do...

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