Question

Why do we need to boil the cocoons for extraction of silk

Answer 1

To obtain the silk, cocoons are treated with boiling water to kill the living pupa inside. Thread is recovered from the killed cocoons and this process is known as reeling .

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Answer 2

cocoons are boiled to kill the living pupa, which is present inside the cocoons.