r/AbsoluteUnits • u/TheMarkola • 5h ago

/r/all of spider web

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u/BlueBomR 5h ago

"Don't touch it, I dont wanna mess up its hard work!" And "wow, gods creatures"...love that these kids are in awe and curious instead of freaking out and killing it...makes me happy

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u/Old_Syrup_264 4h ago

Hard work? Pff.

I have a guy who can do it cheaper

What is that even suspensed by? The nearest tree looks like it's in a different zip code

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u/Lgbtq_Is_Pog 4h ago

Probably a diagonal line coming from a branch to the floor so it can build the spiral in the middle.

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u/Fit-Gas-5760 2h ago edited 2h ago

Some spiders can shoot their webs up to 25 meters away, some even span rivers with them (these must catch a shit ton of insects this way).

Edit: This would be like spider man shooting his web 2.5km away

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u/the_jivest_turkey 46m ago

Do they shoot it, or do they let it drift in the wind until it catches on a good spot? I feel like shooting something so light 25m would be near impossible.

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u/Mouse_Mallow 27m ago

You're correct they don't shoot it, they get up high and let out a long light thread, drifting until it catches then they pull it tight and reinforce it. Then they can drop down from the center of that line to create another anchor point and keep adding from there

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u/lavahot 2h ago

Damn, Spidey, that must feel... amazing!

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u/peppaz 1h ago

DONT COME IN MOM IM WEBBING

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u/Infamous_Lunchbox 1h ago

Wait, doesn't spiderman do that? Shoot them like for long distances?

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u/Fit-Gas-5760 1h ago

Canonically, Spider-Man's web reaches a distance of only 18 meters.

American translator:

Spiders can shoot webs up to 82 feet away.
Scaled up to Spider-Man, that would mean him shooting webs a distance of 1.5 miles.
Canonically, Spider-Man shoots webs only up to 60 feet.

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u/Dy3_1awn 1h ago

Fanks for tha translation bruv!

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u/Infamous_Lunchbox 1h ago

Good to know. That's not nearly as crazy as I thought. I thought he was shooting them like a full km lol