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CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 12 days ago

World’s largest web houses 110,000 spiders thriving in total darkness

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World’s largest web houses 110,000 spiders thriving in total darkness

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CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 12 days ago
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Deep underground in a dark, sulfuric cave on the border between Albania and Greece, scientists have made an incredible discovery – a giant communal spider web spanning more than 100 square meters (1,000 sq ft), dense enough to resemble a living curtain, home to an estimated 110,000 spiders. In…
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  • 20cello@lemmy.world
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    I like spiders, they eat mosquitoes

    • ekZepp@lemmy.world
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      Yep. They’ve earned all my love just for this small beautiful fact. 🕸💕

      OIP-1246609667.FjE2aqtcDQHTq1Z5ocnQsgHaEK

  • the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world
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    Tens of thousands thriving in total darkness on a shared web? Sounds familiar.

  • Avicenna@lemmy.world
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    Menzoberranzan

  • Tlf@feddit.org
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    Another reason to leave those caves alone

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    According to the article, the air smells like rotten eggs, there are sulphur-converting bacteria in the air, tiny little midges everywhere, and that dude just stands there with no protection other than an overall and a helmet.

    Oh yeah, and a crap-ton of spiders.

  • WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world
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    Nope

  • TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca
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    Yeah, same here.

  • dukeofdummies@lemmy.world
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    Woah, could this actually turn spider silk farms viable?

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    Spiderverse at home:

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    It is hard to imagine just from those photos. And that is probably a good thing 😬

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    HANS! 🔴👄🔴

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    why does this make me hungry

  • toynbee@lemmy.world
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    Yeesh. Walking though a web housing just one spider is bad enough … And that’s when there’s light for me to see what happened.

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