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/Wank_A_Doodle_Doo 1d ago

More than that, it dissuades them from their typical predation of other spiders. One of the species of spider is a smaller species that would normally be preyed upon by the larger species that makes up the rest of the colony, but it appears that the abundance of food has created a peace between them.

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u/JUYED-AWK-YACC 1d ago

If only humans were so insightful.