I cant supply links here either, but I did hear this story about a month ago on TV, except they said it was goats and spiders, and that what happened was that the same protien that spiders use to make silk, was present in quantity in the goat's milk, and that they could refine the milk somehow and make silk artificially.
They then use the silk to make stuff like bullet resistant vests, high strength rope, and possibly building materials.
Pretty wild stuff really, but allso fairly plausable, and no doubt possible, and to my mind, it is only making use of what knowledge and technology we have, even though it is screwing with nature.
Wonder if the famale Goapider tries to kill the male ones after mating?
Imagine if the HTC sheep had that.. lol
They DO!....ever successfully straffed one?....bulletproof wool.