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OK, moving out of food and on to other items. (wow, didn't know cow intestines was sooo fun)!
Tissue from the small intestines becomes catgut for racket strings or surgical sutures.
Natural gut is the premier string used by professional tennis players. It is the most expensive string, but also the most playable. Natural gut is made by extracting fibers from cow intestine. The fibers are dried and then synthesised into a tennis string. One tennis string may contain hundreds or thousands of individual fibers, or filaments.
Did you know?
Do cows raised in climates that produce lush pastures produce better natural gut? Some manufacturers believe so, and buy their serosa from specific sources in an attempt to maintain a consistent quality.
What makes natural gut so special? The structural design of natural gut makes it unique and gives it superior performance qualities for a tennis string.
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