![Two men led a team of 80 people, spent 5 years collecting 1.2 million golden orb spiders, milked them for their silk, and created the rarest textile on Earth: A golden silk Two men led a team of 80 people, spent 5 years collecting 1.2 million golden orb spiders, milked them for their silk, and created the rarest textile on Earth: A golden silk](https://external-preview.redd.it/4x3PI_AoXrmXGspLdSGicHqUAfXl-9MV5vSzYcppvVg.jpg?auto=webp&s=30f732fce64d0e6189618311f0a0f972386a15fd)
Two men led a team of 80 people, spent 5 years collecting 1.2 million golden orb spiders, milked them for their silk, and created the rarest textile on Earth: A golden silk
![Ferris Jabr on X: "Detail of a unique cape made from *undyed* silk collected from more than 1 million golden orb-weaver spiders over 3 years in Madagascar https://t.co/OL2p3MCyK8" / X Ferris Jabr on X: "Detail of a unique cape made from *undyed* silk collected from more than 1 million golden orb-weaver spiders over 3 years in Madagascar https://t.co/OL2p3MCyK8" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C4AgQNfVcAARbu6.jpg)
Ferris Jabr on X: "Detail of a unique cape made from *undyed* silk collected from more than 1 million golden orb-weaver spiders over 3 years in Madagascar https://t.co/OL2p3MCyK8" / X
![V&A on X: "It took three years for this exquisitely brocaded shawl and cape to be made. Painstakingly harvested from more than one million female golden orb-weaver spiders, it is the world's V&A on X: "It took three years for this exquisitely brocaded shawl and cape to be made. Painstakingly harvested from more than one million female golden orb-weaver spiders, it is the world's](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EUC67yLWAAIVGon.jpg)