2006-08-04 08:04:47 · 31 answers · asked by NANA D 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
No. Some spiders webs are as strong as silk. watch the discovery channel
2006-08-04 08:08:12 · answer #1 · answered by kram_7777 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, spider silk (from which a web is made) is a lot stonger than hair. The strength of spider silk lies not just in its shear strength but also in its elasticity.
Comparing the two hair is much more brittle.
Having said that human hair is actually very strong.
Incidentally, human hair strength varies between the races. Black hair is the weakest, asian hair the strongest, and caucasian hair the most elastic.
2006-08-04 09:59:40 · answer #2 · answered by Ian H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes an interesting question, I once had a pet spider and gave it a lovely house made of human hair, every time he went to bed in it, it just fell apart.
It would take me hours every day to rebuild it.
Then one day he escaped and I found him asleep in a spiders web.
He was quite secure, so..er..yes..obviously spiders web is stronger than human hair for making spiders houses out of.
2006-08-04 08:19:45 · answer #3 · answered by Robert Abuse 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it depends because I think that some spiders do make webs that are stronger so it might come out even
2006-08-04 08:10:29 · answer #4 · answered by roxy10 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wikipedia says that the tensile strength of spider web is 1.3Gpa..
while most steels are less than this.
the tensile strength of human hair varies depending on what radiation its been exposed to, the colour it is, whether its been dyed, how much it has been shampooed/conditioned. all these factors and more effects the tensile strength of hair.
so the question is does the strand of hair your refering to have a tensile strength of greater than 1.3Gpa?
but generally it would be safe to say that spider silk is stronger than hair at the same thickness.
2006-08-05 02:21:32 · answer #5 · answered by Punkazoidacus 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's thicker and it doesn't break quite so easily. I know my hair is pretty strong. I can tie it in a knot... so I would have to say that human hair is stronger than the silk a spider spins.
2006-08-04 08:08:12 · answer #6 · answered by Sleeping Beauty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-14 19:25:56 · answer #7 · answered by silvestre 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but not in relation to its weight.
In relation to it's weight a spiders thread is as strong as a steel cable, much stronger than human hair. But human hair is larger and heavier, so in reality yes.
2006-08-04 08:13:09 · answer #8 · answered by AndyB 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't a spiders web supposed to be stronger than steel?
If so, then no it's not.
2006-08-04 08:14:15 · answer #9 · answered by Hello Dave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it's not. If human hair were as thin as a spider's web strand then it would break more easily.
2006-08-04 08:12:52 · answer #10 · answered by Michael T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋