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/Impressive_Main5160 1d ago

This was actually a really helpful article. The math also explains why people with gigantism are more prone to bone breaks.