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How are silk fibres obtained from cocoon?

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A pile of cocoons is use for obtaining silk fibres. The cocoons are kept under the Sun or boiled or exposed to steam which separates silk fibres from cocoon. The process of taking out threads from the cocoon for use as silk is called reeling the silk which is done in special machines.
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