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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Stephen McGrath

Arachnid super-web reveals the surprising 'constant party' life of cohabiting spiders

EU Albania Greece Spider - (Istvan Urak)

What is thought to be the world’s largest-known spider's web, housing tens of thousands of arachnids, has been discovered in a cave on the Albanian-Greek border.

After researchers published their findings of two different spider species peacefully cohabiting in a giant colony nestled in a pitch-black, sulfur-rich cave, evolutionary biologist Lena Grinsted likened the “extremely rare” occurrence to humans living in an apartment block.

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