玻璃海綿的玻璃骨架既堅固又具彈性，是因為蛋白質媒介形成的奈米二氧化矽球層，乃由更小的奈米二氧化矽珠組成的。
(The glass skeleton of the Venus’ flower basket is strong and flexible due to the protein-mediated formation of layers of nanoscale silica spheres made up of even smaller nanoscale silica beads.)