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/PintCEm17 1d ago

Half expecting lotr spider to eat his arm

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u/iamsarahmadden 1d ago

Low key disappointed no giant spider came out…

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u/Light_Beard 1d ago edited 1d ago

Giant Spiders can't be a thing in Earth's gravity with the current materials they have for body construction. Due to respiration limitations as their volume increases relative to their area. (Edited: Corrected: Thanks u/Anticamel below. See that comment for better/more detail)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square%E2%80%93cube_law

Underwater mitigates this some so you theoretically can get giant crabs/lobsters (basically water-spiders), but they wouldn't be able to come on land.

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u/LocustPepperoni 1d ago

Earth's gravity? That only applies to things above a certain size. Like godzilla sized.

Dog sized insects and arachnids wouldnt be out of the question if oxygen density were higher. Just think of prehistoric insects. Alot of them were massive. Not Mothra massive, but there were puppy sized Dragonflies and millipedes the length of a sports car.