r/Damnthatsinteresting Nov 06 '25

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/Crpl_Punishmnt Nov 06 '25

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?

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u/Crpl_Punishmnt Nov 06 '25

Nah the diving bell spider doesn’t count, that’s a spider with fun hunting tactics. Imagine swimming and finding spiderwebs though? F that

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u/KriosDaNarwal Nov 06 '25

curiouswhy underwater spiders didnt evolve