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ELI5: What is meant by "spider web an inch thick could stop a jet"? Would it be like hitting a wall or would it just slow it down to a gradual stop?
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It would be gradual. Spider webs are pretty fascinating, they actually have coils of web spread out along the length of each thread (too small to see with the naked eye) and when a bug flies into them the coils unravel and the web becomes longer. When the impact force has been dissipated the "knots" recoil and the web looks just like it did before.