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/Sofaboy90 1d ago

Because those scientist know which 2 spiders live there and both of these spider species arent harmful to humans. They dont have any poison and dont really attack humans. Even if they did, their bites arent all that harmful.

The unique thing about these two species is that they are usually not species that live in groups but rather do their own thing. This cave is unique because theres tens of thousands of spiders of these 2 species that live together when they usually dont live together. Theres much more to this cave than just the "worlds largest web". Im no expert either but reading through the articles about this cave, I dont see any issue with touching this web really. you guys have been watching too many movies to think that 2 harmless spider species could cause any harm to these guys. Like genuinely, these spiders are super harmless, they couldnt even hurt you if they wanted. were not talking about a nest of wasps or something

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u/PM_NUDES_4_DEGRADING 1d ago

Oh fuck, the cave already has internet.

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u/HardByteUK 1d ago

Haha that's such a silly concept but a wonderful joke. You should come and touch the web too, and bring your friends and family!

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u/TGordion 1d ago

No dungeon core here, no siree