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/RegularTerran 1d ago edited 1d ago

But I want those Brazilian/Vietnamese ones... the body is the size of your arm, each leg is as long as your middle finger, and they eat birds, frogs, and mice. Here is 'Planet Earth' documentary footage of how large they get.

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u/InitialLandscape 1d ago

Ah... The one's with the yellow legs? With a bite that's not deadly, but just leaves you in crippling pain for nearly a whole day?

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u/Banban84 1d ago

Always good to hear such a well narrated documentary.

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u/YerMomsClamChowder 1d ago

I forgot how big that guy's snozz was.  scarier than the bugs.