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Show How 8llk Worms Work. On uttnlulng their full growth silk worms seek something to vthjch to. ut-tach ut-tach themselves lu order to wind themselves them-selves up In their silk envelopes. Having Hav-ing found It, the worm spins a thread from COO to, 1,CJ yards long, wrapping wrap-ping it around its body us It spins. This takes from 80 to 48 hours. If left alone the worm's skin hardens, Its internal organs disintegrate to a thin jelly and then begin reorganizing themselves Into those of a butterfly. Within a week -or ten days It would be a butterfly and as auch would eat Jts wsy out through Us envelee stlh. |