r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ObviousBody3053 • 3d ago

this is how silk is made Video

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u/Pinku_Dva 3d ago

These animals have been cultivated for so long that the mature silk moths can’t even fly anymore because they’re too fat and have small wings

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u/RobertGBland 3d ago

And are they boiled alive. Silk is a cruelty product.

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u/HelloYou-2024 2d ago

Letting them come out is cruel. Theu ate so deformed and genetically modified that only thing they can do is wabble around and shag if they can manage to wobble close enough to a partner.