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World’s largest web houses 110,000 spiders thriving in total darkness (newatlas.com)
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[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 16 points 3 months ago

That's nifty that new behavior, namely not eating other spiders, is observed when resource scarcity is eliminated.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 months ago

Reality, go home you are drunk, you sound like a D&D campaign right now.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Fascinating, reminds me of Children of Time, a great sci-fi novel.

[–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago

This is where Spiderman will be born.

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

That's some fascinating stuff!

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

NOPE!