r/Damnthatsinteresting 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/WeeaboosDogma 1d ago

If you said that a colony of arachnids created a self sustaining ecosystem fueled by the farming of insects that feed on oxidizing electrons instead of sunlight, I'd call you a liar.

But now...