Animals That Made History

The Miracle of China - The Silkworm (1x2)

Air date: Feb 02, 2010

The silk, the fabric of kings, is an animal product. It owes its splendor and elasticity to the thread from the glandular secretion of a voracious caterpillar that spins a protective cocoon to transform itself into a butterfly. 5,000 years ago Leizu, the wife of the Yellow Emperor, is said to have discovered the secret of silk.