Bombyx mori the larva, sericulture has been criticized by animal welfare and rights activists. Mahatma Gandhi was critical of silk production based on the Ahimsa philosophy "not to hurt any living thing". This led to Gandhi's promotion of cotton spinning machines, an example of which can be seen at the Gandhi Institute. He also promoted Ahimsa silk, wild silk made from the cocoons of wild and semiwild silkmoths. The moth – the adult phase of the lifecycle – is not capable of functional flight, in contrast to the wild "B. mandarina" and other "Bombyx" species, whose males fly to meet females and
Maru Maru Mori Mori! full-length download to cellphones. Sankei Sports reported that "Maru Maru Mori Mori!" crossed the 250 thousand album sales mark as of 17 July 2011. This makes the group the first Japanese group under 10 years old to exceed 200 thousand sales mark in over 35 years, the last person to do so being Kawahashi Hiroshi with his single "Yamaguchi-sanchi no Tsutomu-kun". On 16 August 2011, Oricon reported that this singles managed to remain in the top 10 list for 12 weeks in a row. Amongst singles released by an artist under 10 years old, "Maru Maru Mori Mori!" now holds