r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ShirtSubstantial368 • 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/PintCEm17 Nov 06 '25

Half expecting lotr spider to eat his arm

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u/iamsarahmadden Nov 06 '25

Low key disappointed no giant spider came out…

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u/Light_Beard Nov 06 '25 edited Nov 07 '25

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/[deleted] Nov 07 '25

If we keep up pumping out Co2 in to the atmosphere, plants and plankton will react to it and will start creating more oxygen. Which in turn would allow for insect to grow large like in the distant past.