Tourism Tattler Issue 2 of 2018
The 2nd edition of Tourism Tattler features two travel Destinations (South Africa and Italy), a close-up look at Africa’s Fascinating Spiders, two Property Reviews (Aquila and Isibindi Game Reserves), and a Transport review on the all-new Mercedes-Benz X-Class.
The 2nd edition of Tourism Tattler features two travel Destinations (South Africa and Italy), a close-up look at Africa’s Fascinating Spiders, two Property Reviews (Aquila and Isibindi Game Reserves), and a Transport review on the all-new Mercedes-Benz X-Class.
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Orb-weaver Spiders<br />
Orb weaver spider (Nephila komaci) females<br />
can have a body-length as large as 3.8 cm<br />
(1.5”) with legs spanning 10-12 cm (4-5”).<br />
Golden silk orb-weaver males, being 1-4<br />
times smaller than females, are <strong>of</strong>ten<br />
cannibalized during their first copulation.<br />
Also <strong>of</strong> the orb-weaver genus, Darwin’s Bark<br />
Spider (Caerostris darwini), discovered in<br />
Madagascar in 2009, is capable <strong>of</strong> weaving<br />
webs measuring up to 28,000 cm 2 (4,340 sq<br />
in). Its silk is the toughest biological material<br />
ever studied, over ten times tougher than a<br />
similarly-sized piece <strong>of</strong> Kevlar.<br />
<strong>Tourism</strong> <strong>Tattler</strong> Trade Journal<br />
<strong>Issue</strong> 2 <strong>of</strong> <strong>2018</strong>
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