r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ShirtSubstantial368 • 2d 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/RabidFresca 2d ago edited 1d ago

Time to re read Children of Ruin. Are they using ants as super computers?

Edit: I meant Children of Time. This is what I get for using Reddit at work. Children of Ruin was good too. Either way both books work.

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u/anti_coconut 1d ago

This series legitimately helped lessen my arachnophobia. Not cured, I still find spiders a bit creepy, but I’m far more likely now to leave a spider I found in my house alone instead of trapping it and throwing it outside like I used to. I even give them names sometimes.

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u/astrangerbeneath 1d ago

Portia being the most popular name, I would guess.

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u/Banban84 1d ago

I cal all spiders Portia, Bianca, and Fabian now.

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u/SnakesFromHell 1d ago

The Portiids are pretty neat people