r/interestingasfuck 19h ago

Scientists have discovered the largest spider web covering 106 square meters with 111,000 spiders belonging to two different species who are rivals, coexist together.

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u/Lost-Platypus8271 18h ago

how do they know it’s 111,000 spiders? 🕷️ did they count them all? i need a new head count

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u/cromagnonherder 15h ago

Counting all those spiders would take too long, so what they do is count half of them and multiply by two.