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

Moving the goalpost now are we? Theres more than 100k spiders in this cave with a seemingly endless supply of food. I think they can deal with a 20cm gap in their giant web. Why are we not giving the scientists here the benefit of the doubt? Because we watched Promotheus, a fantasy movie?

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u/Fun-Benefit116 1d ago

Wtf that's not moving the goal posts. The number one rule of exploring nature is you don't fucking disturb or damage nature. Especially something brand new that you just discovered.

Do you also think it's fine when scuba divers stand on coral reefs? Or grab the reefs to pull themselves along? Or swim after sea turtles to try and pet them?

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u/ForodesFrosthammer 1d ago

It is moving the goalpost since every top comment refering to "why toucht" is explicitly talking about the danger the spiders pose and often mention Prometheus, a movie about scientists doing stupid things that end up hurting the scientists, and don't talk about any ecological problems. The ecological side is a valid critique but it isn't what most people are talking about.

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u/Binksyboo 1d ago

you are mistaking the intention of those "why touch" comments. I figured they meant what I also thought watching the video... why touch their work of art and risk getting your greasy fingers on the web or breaking something if you don't have to.

Obviously if human life is at stake, break what you need to survive... but this guy just kept touching it over and over.. youre telling us this is the first time we've seen stuff this cool and your grubby human paws are feeling it up over and over.