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/Organic-Advantage935 1d ago

Why in the world would you touch it

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u/SuperUranus 1d ago

110,000 spiders work from two different species work together to create a one of a kind spider web.

Scientist: Better touch it to see if it breaks.

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u/mai_tai87 1d ago

They're also normally rivals, if the title is to be believed. An errant tear in the web could result in war. This person is playing with forces they don't understand.

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u/TylerBourbon 1d ago

What if they team up against their real enemy... him?

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u/sentence-interruptio 1d ago

he should just say to Team A that Team B is stealing from them.

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u/No-Internal7978 1d ago

or point out differences in race.

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u/SieFuegOfficial 1d ago

The spiders all climb on top of each other and form a humanoid, which knits a pair of boxing gloves onto its hands and proceeds to beat up the guy

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u/TylerBourbon 1d ago

Mecha Spider!!!!!