Giant sequoias and California redwoods (also called coast redwoods) are natureâs skyscrapers. These enormous trees exist primarily in Northern California, and though they have a number of common characteristics, including distinctive cinnamon-red bark, they are different species.
Gossamer is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons.The character is a hairy, orange monster.he word gossamer means any sort of thin, fragile, transparent material â in particular, it can refer to a kind of delicate, sheer gauze or a light cobweb. The name is meant to be ironic, since the character is large, menacing, and destructive.
The spidersâ superior gossamer likely evolved in tandem with C. darwiniâs migration to Madagascarâs rivers, and is twice as elastic as silk from other web-weaving spiders. That elasticity is key to the silkâs toughness, and its molecular underpinnings remain to be studied. The researchers also plan to study how C. darwini build their webs, likely by casting threads that drift over water and catch branches on distant shores, providing a central structural element.