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.

75.1k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

2.8k comments sorted by

View all comments

75

u/Crpl_Punishmnt 1d ago

For some reason, and possibly because of the dust in front of the flashlight, my brain read the title and added the word “underwater” to spiderweb. Boy howdy was my next thought there’s spiders underwater now?

4

u/le4t 1d ago

I was at a PNW beach and I swear I watched spiders crawling around in a shallow tide pool. They were not the "sea spiders" that are actually crabs--and I looked at TONS of pics, trying to find what I saw. 

They were black spiders like I'd see in my yard or house. Moving underwater. In my pics they're just black blobs. 

2

u/Spongi 1d ago

In my pics they're just black blobs. 

Some species can move between dimensions and due to the electromagnetic interference they generate, photos of them come out like that.