People have created hybrid goats, both for milk and silk

In addition to the ability to produce spider silk milk, these goats have almost no changes in health, appearance and personality compared to normal goats, scientists said.

Scientists at the University of Wyoming have developed a way to transplant spider silk-producing genes into goats, helping goats to produce spider silk protein fibers inside the milk . It can be used for a variety of purposes, such as medical (creating ligaments, eye corneas and artificial cartilage), military (bulletproof armor) and in cars (airbags).

Usually, to need a large amount of silk to produce a lot of spiders to exploit. However, this is not easy because spiders often have their own territory, creating a spider farm is not feasible because they will kill each other.

To solve the problem, scientists and biologists had to bring silk-producing genes into milk of goats. However, only a small number of genetically engineered goats are successful because of high failure rates. Currently the success rate is just under 50%. The amount of milk obtained from these goats will then be purified into spider silk protein for production.

In addition to the ability to produce spider silk milk , these goats have almost no changes in health, appearance and personality compared to normal goats, scientists said. In the future, they plan to transplant the gene into other plants in the hope of producing higher amounts of protein. It is known that lentil varieties will be selected because they have a high protein ratio, up to 25% by weight.