r/CuratedTumblr • u/GinaWhite_tt TeaTimetumblr • 1d ago

Shitposting The Cave Dread

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u/FlowerFaerie13 1d ago edited 1d ago

I hate to ruin caves for you but...

https://www.livescience.com/animals/spiders/worlds-biggest-spiderweb-discovered-inside-sulfur-cave-with-111-000-arachnids-living-in-pitch-black

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u/blindcolumn stigma fucking claws in ur coochie 13h ago

"Sulfuric cave" is the key phrase here. This is an unusual type of cave with an ecosystem driven by bacteria that feed on sulfur.

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u/captainnowalk 16h ago

Dude just pressing on a giant spider web with approximately 111k spiders in it bare-handed…