Limpet Teeth: The Newest Strongest Material Known to Man?

Author:  The Shot Peener Staff
Source:  The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 29, Issue 3, Summer 2015
Doc ID:  2015034
Year of Publication:  2015
Abstract:  
In the last issue of The Shot Peener, we listed the Top Ten strongest materials known to man with Darwin Bark spiders’ silk as the toughest biological substance. Well, move over Darwin Bark spider, your silk may be replaced by the teeth of the limpet, an aquatic dome-shaped creature.