How silkworms make silk

[@haveaniceday1692]

I think it is so interesting that someone had looked at that cocoon many years ago and thought what can we make from this

[@brianbrown2237]

Agreed! 😄

[@Wo7dup]

The Chinese

[@h.c.malsawmsanga8646]

Princess Xi lingshi it fell on her cup of tea

[@VeganoGuy]

Some sick bastar, years ago, thought, what can I make of another life's home for my own selfish pleasures.?

[@firewoodloki]

Back then people didn't play games or watch TV shows yet.

[@HighMaintenanceMinimalist]

I can't believe the amount of hard work that goes into producing this beautiful fabric. It's no wonder why it's so expensive.

[@VeganoGuy]

What about the hard work and life of the silk worm who doesn't get a penny? He just gets death.

[@RiamiAurum]

@@VeganoGuy I mean, to be fair, after the cocoon hatches and becomes a butterfly, all they do is mate for 7 days and starve to death

[@Cake_Never_Broke_Again]

@@VeganoGuy ninja it's just a worm

[@noxcure]

​@@VeganoGuyikr we should start paying those worms, although i dont think they have much use for human money 😂

[@apaitiamalupo7232]

I feel sad for those cocoon being boiled 😟 But wow....this is how it was made....all those hard work....wow

[@kevinolvera8124]

0:22 I like that one scene "This one is dead... Obviously"

[@Ramakrishnakunta]

I know right

[@brianbrown2237]

that part was funny, wasn't it? 🤣😆😄

[@eleanorroberts6849]

My great grandfather was a silk merchant in Bursa. It was so lovely to see this video. Thank you.

[@darshansawant8097]

So your grandfather murdered silk worms?

[@mamandu0378]

its amazing to think that real silk is basically spit but its super strong and flexible

[@nirozgarzia5763]

the video is too fast but still worth to watch.

[@churpina]

I had to pause it to understand :D

[@kinniecas9004]

Cha J. Saint how it's not fast at all

[@aedriun1]

Same ....rewind pause read play 🔄

[@ashininthetube]

True

[@vuyiswapriscadlamini6207]

you can also just slow down the speed. I did that

[@bernardopinteus5405]

why do they kill them instead of waiting for the silkmoth to emerge an then just collection the silk?

[@skylandersgiants5504]

Bernardo Caldeira they secrete acid which ruins the silk, the moths die in a few days anyway so it’s not really worth trying to let the worms live. The worms also dissolve themselves inside the cocoon before becoming a moth so they won’t feel anything

[@MonikaVaidya-n2z]

Yes you are really very correct

[@lilaclizard4504]

@@skylandersgiants5504 yup, much more humane than letting them hatch & die of starvation, having metamorphosed into a moth with no mouth

[@lilaclizard4504]

@Catch_Me_If_You_Can yes, they don't need a mouth after they cocoon, their only purpose at that stage of life is to mate & lay eggs & so evolution has removed all organs that take up space that could otherwise be filled with more eggs. I can definitely confirm this, because my last batch a couple of them seemed to still be large in their abdomens after dying, so I cut them open in case there were still eggs in there I could get out to hatch & there is NOTHING in there other than an egg chamber. Some of my boys took over 2 weeks to starve to death :'( It's so sad to watch! I never know what's best to do with them when they're like that

[@nikolaos6083]

@@lilaclizard4504 cremate them alive, it'll be quick if you throw them in fast. they only feel a second of pain. and yes, they feel pain, for those wondering. primitive, but they do.

[@peterfabell154]

Is there no way to obtain the silk without killing the moth inside?

[@sensor-sweep]

technically it's caterpillar spit

[@AllStar909]

Like honey's technically bee spit

[@joksizantos7520]

A gold spit, would want to have a spit that cost alot

[@陈元-e3f]

Be happy with wearing worm's spit! Haha

[@nikolaos6083]

@@AllStar909 bee puke. they partially digest it first, that's why you cannot make honey from condensed nectar.

[@cesarcueto1995]

And have you ever used toothpaste? Whose behind does that come from? You don't want to know.

[@Oshanii]

this video was a great idea. music and no words, made me concentrate better on the text.

[@segil123]

People are more concerned about a Caterpillars than the humans working for pennies to harvest the silk. Smh

[@Yusuf1187]

Working for low wages is way worse than being killed. Got it. Regardless dude, this video doesn't address how much they make. It's about the silkworms. It makes no sense to expect people to talk about every tangentially related issue in every video. You're using a red herring.

[@TheEpicnesscontained]

wtf do you mean 'tangentially related', this video isn't just about the silkworms, its about the PROCESS of making silk and the human workers are just a much a part of the process as the silk worms. If you argue for the 'rights' of the caterpillars but not the rights of the human workers who often work in inhumane conditions to make this silk then your argument as well as your logic is flawed.

[@lolacabana123]

Wow, I'd never thought I'd see the day that people were comparing human life, to that of an insect. The process of harvesting the silk is unfortunate for the worms, for sure, and if given the chance to put an end to it, I'd support it whole heartedly. However, I would stomp on 100 of them without a second thought if it meant a better life for just ONE of those workers

[@laurent9543]

@@lilaclizard4504 thank you.

[@edi9892]

Frankly, I care for neither much. I see much bigger problems. You can try to save the environment as much as you want, but when humans spread like silkworms, then it´s futile.

[@mancheaseskrelpher8419]

Please include metric units. If you must, you can have them alongside the imperial ones, but please for the love of science and all things logical include metric units.

[@kareenakayla4302]

6 years later and I still second this.🤦‍♀️

[@abunchofiguanaswithinterne2186]

IMPERIAL UNITS MASTER RACE

[@dolchd]

I cried this is beautiful, I never liked any kind of worms except for silk worms

[@neuto]

Huh. I had always imagined it was more a spiderweb-like thing that they continuously weaved throughout their lives. The reality looks darker.

[@EphemeralProductions]

so interesting! they are amazing little things.

[@JesterfaceBassplayer]

" What a marvel of a creature that can do these fantastical things.. Let's boil them." - Humanity

[@yafetkasalie8070]

Sad but true.

[@ozeej2258]

Name every horrible thing that you can do and some point in history a human has done it

[@The_Jazziest_Coffee]

well to be fair, we did exploit silkworms like most other animals. that isn't to say we boil them all. i suppose being the most powerful apex predator gave us the upper hand and let us take advantage of everything around us. this is just me having a neutral standpoint, since i really don't support either argument, and i just relay info

[@brianbrown2237]

🤣🤣

[@itsamememario545]

before seeing this, I thought they would be put on a special platform where they would produce silk without wrapping themselves, but I was just too naïve. This is so shocking....

[@sisselsun3870]

Jean Lee That’s how we made silk fan in ancient times…unfortunately it’s rather hard to control where they will climb and make the piece as plane and smooth as we wanted，especially for a large one. And they may pee and lay eggs on your work. （which would be worse to deal with）

[@itsamememario545]

孙怡宁 ohh, new knowledge :P your English is very good as a Chinese btw (I’m biologically a Chinese too)

[@simplya.t2332]

Yeah. . For me too 💔 i thought they're collecting those silk after it.. but they're killing them 😣 very poor lifes

[@kevinmachadogarcia8509]

@@simplya.t2332 they literally live 5-10 days at most after they come out of the silk cacoon.

[@brianbrown2237]

I though the same thing. 😕

[@Angel-n6v4f]

Amazing video about how we get natural silk from silkworms

[@vvvortic]

i learned this shit from worldofwarcraft

[@DeadManLand]

wtf duuuddde how r u even on the videos NOT related to league?

[@Nin13666]

this guy is sincerely god of the internet.

[@SuperDases]

+vvvortic HOLY FUCK!?!?!?!? OMG YOU ARE AT THIS VIDEO TOO! :D:D:D:D::D PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS :D:D:D: :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@joshstanding6402]

me too

[@amypalaciios]

I really liked this video for a presentation I'm doing in my class of Social Studies! Thanks I'll be showing this video to my classmates!

[@williamharrington757]

I hope they liked it, 7 years have already passed

[@MrPianoMan]

I'm here for science homework hahaha

[@genericusernamelast8914]

Me too

[@mia-dd2fi]

I'm here for world history ancient china homework

[@benbrown2974]

tEM needs to go to cooleg!! l LP pl LP LP

[@ambartaggar3580]

I'm here for DT( Design And Technology) homework.

[@bruh.momento420]

mia oh my goodness SAME

[@hmsdemolition8588]

Thank you , it brought back much memories , when I was a 5 years old boy

[@zknymumu4963]

Hello, I am a student and my final project is a commentary on Silk-production, so may I ask whether it is possible for me to show this silkworm video to approximately 50 people for non-profit reasons? Thank you!

[@davinam5328]

Hello Its late But did u manage in ur work

[@cloudballoon]

Why did my ancestors just love to make expensive things out of spit? Silk: silkworm spit Birds nest: swiftlet spit

[@Byeodee]

Tysm for this, i really need this for my school project :’D

[@CarfaayeCabdicali]

Good job

[@brushbros]

The farming and transport of mulberry branches with leaves still attached is the larger half of the equation.

[@nikytag]

That's amazing. I feel like everyone should watch this, just to know

[@cambotcecptt332]

But those poor worms

[@altalio5383]

the only type of larvae i touch

[@randomstuff2.031]

Man I learned so much from this thx for the video I had an assignment for my school work cuz im home schooled and I think I'm gonna get agood grade. Yeah thx

[@yuewang1276]

yea I had to do work about this too and im going to real school next week 🤔

[@brianbrown2237]

Ya'll r homeschooled?! Me too! Awesome. 😄

[@VonLuckow]

There's something magic in it

[@doggonemess1]

Love the 19th century spinning machines. Now I know where they all went - they just packed them up and sent them to Asia.

[@brianbrown2237]

🤣🤣

[@doggonemess1]

​@@brianbrown2237 I think it's great that they're still being used. It's funny to think that some of these machines are probably 150 years old.

[@Nemo_1213]

Wow that's amazing I liked this video And subscribed all Wow I love this channel

[@ThingsInc]

They must have a fuck ton of worms

[@-JustABookworm-]

Kind of unrelated, but I'm wondering if I can bring my silkworms from USA to china for a 10 hour flight

[@sunilsanjot8466]

Wow amazing Impressive

[@alexandrecote7674]

wow. thanks you so much for making videos like this one.

[@SanthiyaRadjacourouVIIIB]

It’s is a nice story of silk I like silk very much love you silk

[@CarfaayeCabdicali]

Good job 😂

[@Jbm0230]

I saw a video and it wasn’t just one strand it was coming out of both ends meaning it’s 2 separate strands.

[@VillyP]

god damn people keep complaining. It's a worm. Stop projecting your thoughts and feelings onto it.

[@brianbright7202]

The same people don't think twice when they wash their hands and kill germs. Oh! the poor germs!! Gotta draw the line somewhere.

[@khricket]

Single cellular organisms dont have brains.

[@bhavyajain3420]

your'e a worm

[@anonymooseart4958]

eonfox I know 😧,so glad I found this comment by the way😊

[@rojeanellis9293]

Anonymous User Why do you have to use the name God in the way you did????

[@louisthelemur1238]

I think most people watching are from around the world,so please try to use the metric system.they won't understand the imperial.

[@amygrier1927]

beautiful video, informative

[@EXChristianRamRam]

Silk cloth is Finest cloth in this world.

[@GamesForNoobs]

watching this for ap world assignment lol!

[@marvilato7104]

So this is why I keep seeing less and less butterflies

[@aedriun1]

Who came who with the idea of gathering this cocoon and take this out of it cause If it say 2500 worms for just a pound must of been a long shot of an idea...ingenuity of modern man at it's finest

[@beowulf7865]

guys dont cry for the worms because, you are already killing things by walking and breathing

[@Yusuf1187]

Yeah, so logically we should just kill whoever we feel like if they have something we want. What does it matter? You're killing accidentally anyone. Heck, people die from car accidents all the time. No different than running someone over on purpose.

[@diamondjayla340msp9]

Cool but still in sad earth worms 😰

[@diamondjayla340msp9]

Beowulf I don't get it...

[@Caio-sw7hh]

if i dont kill the worm it is at least 1 thing im not killing

[@deathbyseatoast8854]

lmao, how does their message in anyway say we should kill whoever we feel like if they have something we want. all they said was 'dont cry for the worms, because you are already killing things by walking and breathing' they're just ostracizing the people sad about the worms. not saying we should kill whoever we feel like. read messages properly next time OHP77. it can cause confusion.

[@craigcoates6247]

I love how someone thought "KZbin, now that is a great place for reading"

[@ljchannel1653]

I have pet silkworms...

[@lovinliverpool]

ick

[@TheOpelkoenjas]

@alan2021233 By either feeding them to your reptiles or by not letting them breed. Simple, no?

[@gurlienkour251]

Beautiful ❤

[@текаккоза]

As a person who handles silkworms everyday, I want to ask, why dye the nice colour? 🤣 the white of the silk looks nice.

[@brianbrown2237]

I though the white color looked pretty nice too! 😁😁

[@bfirmage]

You handle silk worms every day?

[@humhainnkamalkyy154]

Wao incredible...thanks for sharing

[@EmperorPenguin1217]

Y'all need to stop acting like you feel bad for the worms especially since they've been doing this for thousands of years and you have worn silk at least once in your life.

[@graciv]

So they get boiled alive?

[@efrenhernandez-ramirez4698]

Does this hurt the worm?

[@nondyindrani]

Nice

[@runetitan-lx4ih]

why do they not let them hatch then take the cocoon and turn it into silk then use them to make for babies to me that would be cheaper just takes longer

[@IdRatherLiveWithout]

takes longer = more expensive

[@sensor-sweep]

(from wikipedia) "If the animal is allowed to survive after spinning its cocoon and through the pupal phase of its lifecycle, it releases proteolytic enzymes to make a hole in the cocoon so it can emerge as an adult moth. These enzymes are destructive to the silk and can cause the silk fibers to break down..."

[@DClanisa]

rune titan there is a India Silk, a way to produce silk without boiling alive eggs silk worm

[@ZytaMi]

If they don't take it before they come out the silk would become damaged and dirty

[@realitycheckb2nature4life44]

Oh ok, that makes it right then. Maybe humans could just go without wearing silk, how about that

[@JayCeeMax]

Arduous process.

[@kattyshackshack2291]

A buzzfeed video done right

[@jessicamcpartland1928]

all these silkworms are killed (boiled)) after they make their cocoons? That's soo sad. No wonder vegans don't wear this, I feel so guilty for buying a silk head wrap now :(

[@zionrobotikz3841]

Mighty Jesus is amazing and so creative! 😘🌹

[@Hello-ig1px]

thank you my child, you can be too if you put in your effort. there is nothing that i can do, which you can't (except having an open dialogue with the creator).

[@parthlalakia3582]

Good

[@twomatoesuwu]

if do not know Cambodian silk is one of the best quality silk and it's not expensive.

[@TheEpicnesscontained]

anyone know the background music to this video?

[@voleakcocopor7275]

i am here for my pitch with dragon's den

[@yeshualionofjudah7107]

That's a lot of silk worms

[@bernardocaca8479]

Very nice 👍

[@stambhitaich9757]

I got it for my project

[@cradle0rderly_696]

nice video very simple and easy to understand it.

[@biancachavez7193]

So many of them killed

[@in3pired9]

I have a mulberry silk pillowcase

[@tamtlemilr1911]

Bugs don't have feelings.

[@tanaypandit7262]

Actually they do

[@empathycompassion6157]

Every life has its emotion and feeling.

[@saksenaashok7283]

Very nice ☺☺

[@sanjeets.3837]

Is it violent?

[@5332wonderboy]

That's stealing man. You are stealing some one's hard work.

[@ImNoHero27]

THE MOTHS AREN'T EVEN GOING TO USE THE COCOON

[@Mr7madness]

It takes an effort to steal something.

[@morgantaylor5992]

THEY WERE GONNA USE THEIR LIVES THO

[@marietta911]

same with honey, eggs, milk.

[@sundaydrive8240]

@@morgantaylor5992 for like a week

[@roronoaz4lyfe1947]

Lol I wonder who just thought I wonder if bug spit can turn into cloth

[@waynefilkins8394]

Where can I buy raw silk like shown at 1:35?

[@SantosJimenez-gf2tt]

Excelente

[@TheEpicnesscontained]

does anyone know the background song to this video???

[@billiestruepunk]

Bothing-Barengo

[@TheEpicnesscontained]

@@billiestruepunk pls don lie to me. that is not the song.

[@elyzasantos7670]

They are killing the moths how rude

[@g-whizzard]

I find it cruel that the moths can't fly anymore.

[@lilaclizard4504]

we can't swing from tree to tree anymore either, do you find that cruel too? If we don't need to do something to live, we tend to lose the ability to do it over thousands of generations. Silkworms have been so wrapped in cotton wool & protected for so many generations that they lost the ability to do things like fly. Good lesson in that as to what will happen if we keep wrapping our kids in cotton wool

[@TheSonicFairy]

Why they no show them waving their heads in a figure 8 motion!

[@Janarathanan]

It is nice

[@huyadonna882]

Came here from watching "Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell" by director Pham Thien An...

[@jyothijagadish4651]

New technology solutions update please please

[@sophiaruggeri3050]

Why am I watching this

[@rinkusinghsingh7953]

Please answer

[@shashankkumar7946]

can someone name the soundtrack please?

[@poolplexer]

"Boring"

[@yuewang1276]

@@poolplexer lol

[@radhikag3291]

Man is such a ruthless selfish being. I am sure there can be better ways to get silk from cocoon than boiling the cocoon

[@mcgelloe]

How much is one pound of silk? It looks very light so I'm guessing it's a big clump.

[@AllenLuoAllenLuo]

It weighs one pound

[@mcgelloe]

Allen Luo I meant its mass

[@Charlie-wx1yv]

MCGelloe Still 1 pound, convert a pound into kg you have the mass. If you mean the 'size' then it fits into the bag they showed. Mass is same as weight

[@mcgelloe]

Charlie Leonard Woops, I mistook volume for mass.

[@telesman8823]

Is the silk worm inside the cacoon while boiling it

[@scottw6704]

Yes. That's what a cocoon is - an encasement around a body.

[@bozenaostrowska3862]

Think about this bro

[@rosiemild8206]

This way is cruel and old now. In Viet Nam, Hanoi captial, a woman train worms to make silk by themselves. The quality is even better than the old one. They even make blanket in plane surface. No baby worm was killed. But training them is a very difficult technique

[@Bug_Bait]

That's sweet dude. Trained worms are so metal.

[@gumoa2866]

it's not cruel actually. When you think about being boiled is a better death than starving

[@thenexus8532]

They are full of sulphides are they not?

[@saquibalam1196]

Killing for fashion. Still talking about being humble?

[@momtazpervin5805]

super

[@rosemcginnis914]

This brutality needs to stop, people stop buying silk!

[@1238483C]

good things