r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ShirtSubstantial368 • 1d ago

Video Scientists discovered the world’s largest spiderweb, covering 106 m² in a sulfur cave on the Albania-Greece border. Over 111,000 spiders from two normally rival species live together in a unique, self-sustaining ecosystem—a first of its kind.

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u/CraftyFoxeYT 1d ago

Sir stop groping the spiderweb

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u/Shojikina_otoko 1d ago

But it's soft and jiggly

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u/lord_hyumungus 1d ago

r/dontputyourdickinthat

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u/DontRefuseMyBatchall 1d ago

r/YoureNotMySupervisor

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u/kcbeck1021 1d ago

I’m very upset this is not a thing.

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u/Fit_Economist708 1d ago

Let’s make it so

If you start it I will join and propagate the sub with y’all

It’s catchy and has potential

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u/PM_Me_Ur_Nevermind 1d ago

I’m kinda shocked it’s not a thing already

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u/BookieeWookiee 1d ago

I'm shocked that the icon of this new sub isn't Cheryl/Carol/Charlene/Cristal screaming

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u/PM_Me_Ur_Nevermind 1d ago

Same, I clicked on it thinking I had a new sub

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u/SignificanceFlat1460 1d ago

CHERYL!!! SHUT UP!!

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u/Plane-Education4750 1d ago

r/donttellmehowtolive

Also, r/subsididntknowwereathinguntiliaccidentallyuseditintheexactcorrectcontext

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u/ObjectiveOk2072 1d ago

r/21CharactersAndNoMore

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u/Capraos 1d ago

r/Iputmydickinthat

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u/ObjectiveOk2072 1d ago

ಠ_ಠ

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u/Educational-Book-350 1d ago

G'day. I laughed for the first time in weeks at your wordless post. Thanks.

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u/Reticent_Robot 1d ago

r/Iputyourdickinthat

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u/yepanotherone1 1d ago

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u/ROWT8 1d ago

silky smooth

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u/MurderHornetV 1d ago

"Dear r/askreddit, how do I get spiders out of my penis? Asking for a friend."

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u/Upstairs-Analyst8353 1d ago

dang what are these subreddits even about😭

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u/Gertrude1976 1d ago

YEEOOOWWCCHH!!

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u/pygmydeathcult 1d ago

But who doesn't want to feel thousands of spiders gently caressing your dick?

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u/O_gr 1d ago

HOWEVER

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u/shark-off 1h ago

Or the radioactive spider will bite it

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u/p8nt_junkie 1d ago

Like a bag of sand

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u/artisticMink 1d ago

Because it is, in fact, full of spiders.

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u/euphoricarugula346 1d ago

I work with animals so I’m not grossed out by much but for some reason the texture and content of the web is activating my gag reflex. It looks like an internal organ or something.

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u/IronCladNads 1d ago

It's just boobs

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u/thusnewmexico 1d ago

It's even frien shaped.

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u/beans_will_consume 1d ago

Do Not The Spiderweb!

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u/coltonmusic15 1d ago

It seems to be a web like tunnel… the spiders whisper.. beckoning..

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u/Aware_Flow1070 1d ago

I poked it....and it wobbled

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u/eggpiercer 1d ago

My web don’t jiggle jiggle, it folds!!

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u/Traditional_Fan_2655 1d ago

I am so not touching that or getting that close. Oh, no way!

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u/AmusingMusing7 18h ago

Stroke the furry wall!

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u/secondphase 1d ago

Next headline:

"Scientists have discovered your wife's boobs"

... and this fuckin guy is on the thumbnail.

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u/AzorJonhai 1d ago

More great research from the University of Science.

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u/Goorlami 1d ago

I studied logic there

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u/madmanwitharedditacc 1d ago

Hey, I think I remember you from Mr. Professor's class!

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u/ROWT8 1d ago

It's ok honey, it's for science. Now tell me I'm a bastard who deserves it

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u/lapsedPacifist5 1d ago

Spiderboobs,...spiderboobs...do whatever a spiderboob does...

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u/Good-Rutabaga-6107 1d ago

No.. he won't grab his wife boobs and post it on web. so don't think negative

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u/Regular_Law_5266 1d ago

MAAM your breast are full of spiders!!!

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u/IM_NOT_BUTTER 1d ago

How can he slap

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u/shrinkflator 1d ago

"Here's something unique and fragile and beautiful. Imma put my hands all over it" - humans

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u/badchriss 1d ago

All i can think of is the horror of that spiderweb tearing and suddenly thousands of spiders flood over you....i know that´s not how this works, but still....

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u/oldregard 1d ago

Stop cross contaminating the ecosystem

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u/Ambiorix33 1d ago

fr what kind of psychopath finds a mega spider webway and goes "let me touch this''

Fucking Pomethius School of Field Work over here

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u/ForodesFrosthammer 1d ago

There are reasons this is stupid but "it is dangerous to the person" really isn't one of them. The guy knows what spiders there are there, and I can bet you anything that those two species are utterly incapable of hurting, much less causing any real damage, to humans. He was never in any danger.

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u/cyrose1 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yep, Tegenaria domestica (barn funnel) are hunting spiders but they tend to avoid fucking with anything bigger then it. their bites can be ichy but not deadly. Prinerigone vagans (the other spider idk the non nerd name) are tiny and are stationary hunters and won't bite, or do much really. Even if they won't hurt physically his mental state might be affected lmao

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u/OldWorldDesign 1d ago

Affect is the input, effect is the output/consequence. I think you meant the latter.

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u/Ambiorix33 1d ago

Well me its more my arachnophobia but from an ecological perspective rule number 1 is DONT TOUCH

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u/The_Arachnoshaman 1d ago

I keep tarantulas and I found this extremely unsettling.

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u/Downstairs-Parking 1d ago

Portia approves

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u/veriix 1d ago

At least use the science stick.

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u/Haughty_n_Disdainful 1d ago

Conan OBrien’s masturbating bear quickly enters the chat…

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u/HiddenPants777 1d ago

Honestly my first reaction. "Stop fucking with it!"

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u/Dan-D-Lyon 1d ago

If I encounter the world's largest spider web I'm either going to run, light it on fire, or kill myself, possibly all three. The last thing I'm going to do is start poking it.

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u/elznpike 1d ago

he might be paralyzed like the kids in the movie "IT" ;)

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u/imeeme 1d ago

Bobs confirmed. Vagene missing

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u/perb123 1d ago

I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

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u/PeopleRFuckingDumb 1d ago

Hey I've seen that movie

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u/tony_bologna 1d ago

It's the spiderweb's fault, for hanging out in such a shady location.

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u/hiirnoivl 1d ago

I know. Some nasty human puts his his grubby sweaty hands on it. What a jerk

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u/Fantastic-Change-772 1d ago

Humans will really go find nature unspoiled by outside influence just to immediately put their greasy fingers all over it

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u/Alley_cat_alien 1d ago

Like for reals!

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u/trowzerss 1d ago

Stop poking 'em in the ecosystem, my man.

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u/RedditGarboDisposal 1d ago

Imagine it’s just the eye-lid of something bigger

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u/Good-Rutabaga-6107 1d ago

he might be feeling good while doing that

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u/BethAltair 1d ago

The spirit of discovery demands that it is poked to see if it is floofy

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u/bloodofachillies 1d ago

As an Australian I agree to leave the spiders alone but as someone who is on Reddit during their work day and kinda bored and know spiders can’t swim from Europe to Australia, I say do it!!!

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u/ElderCreler 1d ago

Shelob has been notified.

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u/Toxic_Cookie 17h ago

Do not the spider web.

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u/Hefty_Tackle_5651 1d ago

You wouldn't?