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by black6 22 days ago
[2015], with a nice correction from 2017 about the differences between compressive and tensile strength.
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And hardness. Diamond is hard but exactly because of that you can shatter a diamond with any hammer.
now, let's combine both.
Do you prefer a web-weaving snail or an extra-bitey spider? I'm leaning spider.
I want an orangutan that slowly spins webs of extruded snail teeth.
Poor goats