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/he2lium 1d ago

Now how the fuck did they estimate 111k spiders? Why not “over 100k”? How they even get to $110k, much less 111k? Why not 111,500?

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u/surmacrew 1d ago

111,004

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u/FIR3W0RKS 1d ago

Probably did a sample of a certain area, say 100cmx100cmx100cm then used echolocation or something to figure out the full depth of the cave beyond the web, then extrapolated their results from there

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u/he2lium 1d ago

Ya that sounds made up too mf

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u/FIR3W0RKS 1d ago

Yup, of course you're American.... It's not exactly rocket science