At the entranceway was a bronzed statue of the Institute’s mascot, the goat/spider—one of the first successful splices, done in Montreal at the turn of the century, goat crossed with spider to produce high-tensile spider silk filaments in the milk. The main application nowadays was bulletproof vests.
From ‘Oryx and Crake’ by Margaret Atwood.
Published by Nan A. Talese in 2003.
Artwork was created using https://artbreeder.com Artbreeder app was created by Joel Simon https://www.joelsimon.net
