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The teeth of a Limpet , a aquatic snail, is the strongest biological material on Earth, stronger than spider silk

A study published in the Royal Society journal Interface in 2015 concluded that "the tensile strength of limpet teeth can reach values significantly higher than spider silk, considered to be currently the strongest biological material, and only comparable to the strongest commercial carbon fibres". The material was able to withstand 4.9 GPa. This considerable tensile strength of limpet teeth is attributed to a high mineral volume fraction of reinforcing goethite nanofibres.[4][5][6][7][8] @Curionic

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