2006-12-07 04:30:02 · 27 answers · asked by clara m 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Silk is fiber produced as a cocoon covering by the silkworm, and valuable for its use in fine fabrics and textiles. The silkworm, in fact, is not a worm but a caterpillar. Although cocoon coverings of fiber are made by a large number of insects, only those of the mulberry silk moth, Bombyx mori, and a few other moths closely akin to it, are used by the silk industry. The silk of other insects, notably the spider, is used for certain manufacturing purposes, particularly for the cross hairs of telescopes and other optical instruments. For a description of the life and habits of the silk moth.
2006-12-07 04:34:13 · answer #1 · answered by Ras D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. You make leather from cow or deer skin. Silk comes from silk worms spinning webs.
2006-12-07 04:33:42 · answer #2 · answered by kj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Silk is made from the silk worm, cows and deers can not make silk.
2006-12-07 04:32:10 · answer #3 · answered by Mofabolist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leather is made out of cow or deer skin. But silk is from the silkworm.
2006-12-07 04:33:04 · answer #4 · answered by Cutebunny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with most of the others that a cowboy wouldn't have had time to keep a scrap book, but he might have picked up a few things on the trail and kept them. An arrowhead because at the time of the cattle drives Native Americans were still occasionally around, perhaps a leaf from an unusual weed he wanted to ask someone about, a map of some waterhole he wanted to remember or a good place to stop for the night or an unusual looking rock. Maybe a lock of horse mane from his good horse that died on the trail. You have to think of small stuff that would have been light weight and didn't take up much room. I doubt that he would keep a scrap of leather just as a souvenir unless he thought he might need to use it later.
2016-05-23 03:49:06 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cows and deers can make milk... not silk ! That's a funny question though.
2006-12-07 04:36:38 · answer #6 · answered by panama3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Silk is not an animal skin. It is made by silk worms .
2006-12-07 04:32:27 · answer #7 · answered by Hamish 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Silk is made from the cocoons of the silkworm caterpillar. After the caterpillar spins its cocoon, the cocoons are unwound, and the filaments are spun into silk thread. The thread is then woven into whatever sort of cloth is desired, such as satin, velvet, or jaquard.
2006-12-07 04:33:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither. Made from silk worms
2006-12-07 04:32:48 · answer #9 · answered by brock 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's made from the spinnings of the silk worm.
2006-12-07 04:31:44 · answer #10 · answered by FRANKFUSS 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋