I Caught a DEADLY Spider BY HAND!
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10 ай бұрынSearching for critters in the bushland around Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The highlight of the episode was obviously my rather foolhardy decision to handle a young funnel-web spider (Hadronyche infensa). However, there was plenty more than that, including several huntsman spiders (mainly Isopeda queenslandensis), scorpions (Hormurus), an undescribed tree-dwelling centipede from the genus Cormocephalus, a rather sizeable raspy cricket and a Goliath stick insect (Eurycnema goliath).
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@BugsandBiology 10 ай бұрын
Cheers to that_entomology_guy on Instagram for the great day out! And apologies for all the branches I flicked into your face... There was a bit of an editing error at the very end: I inadvertently cut out the first part of “they are completely harmless to humans save for a foul odour”. Also it’s possible the raspy cricket is a Paragryllacris as opposed to a Pterapotrechus species. Also feel free to join the channel’s Discord server: discord.gg/KNajVbYy
@Ratiorr 10 ай бұрын
you just assume the gender/species of the beings this is actualy rape
@eesoo5420 10 ай бұрын
You're an idiot for picking up that spider. Even if the odds of it biting you are miniscule, you're still tempting fate and putting the emergency services at risk.
@BugsandBiology 10 ай бұрын
@@eesoo5420that logic could be applied to a plethora of everyday activities that have a small but still existent chance of resulting in an emergency. Ultimately, the risks were clearly stated in the video, and the spider showed no signs of defensiveness at any point. And funnel-webs are none too subtle with their body language.
@eesoo5420 10 ай бұрын
You're not completely like the guy who was messing around with the spectacled cobra who lost part of his finger, but you're not too different either. The problem is the fact that you bet on human judgement. If by freak chance you had been bitten, you would have sought medical attention. That's all.@@BugsandBiology
@TheBullethead 5 ай бұрын
LOL about "one is a perfectly safe household pet and the other is a puppy." Couldn't agree more. I love spiders as very useful for keeping down the vermin. I have yet to see any use for puppies other than as prank gifts to the children of adults I don't like.
@agentvictoria4021 10 ай бұрын
catching the funnel-web by hand, the large stick insect however? evading his grasp with ninja-like evasion and cat-like agility
@BugsandBiology 10 ай бұрын
Can’t believe a stick insect gave me more trouble than a funnel-web spider.
@NairaWolfGaming 10 ай бұрын
"This is a beautiful male- SHIT!!!!" ABSOLUTELY KILLED ME 😂😂😂 Fantastic video!! You've made me absolutely fall in love with Hormurus.
@BugsandBiology 10 ай бұрын
Hormurus are always a treat to find. Admittedly kinda boring as pets, but I never tire of seeing them in situ.
@NairaWolfGaming 10 ай бұрын
@@BugsandBiology haha yeah my little baby one is under its bark hide 99% of the time, but sometimes when I flash my UV torch in late at night I get to see it skittering about looking for crickets and it's always such a treat!
@SithMami 9 ай бұрын
The way you speak is so elegant, and picturesque. I love it!
@BugsandBiology 9 ай бұрын
Thanks! I take a fair amount of inspiration from Tolkien’s books.
@PhatBeets3466 10 ай бұрын
It was an amazing day out! Can't wait to do it again!!
@BugsandBiology 10 ай бұрын
Likewise! Really enjoyed it.
@kimberlygabaldon3260 10 ай бұрын
That is a GINORMOUS stick insect!
@PhatBeets3466 10 ай бұрын
You should see it once it has reached full size....
@Ball_fondler. 10 ай бұрын
Always an incredible day when you upload. I am still annoyed that the KZfaq algorithm doesn't give you enough attention
@BugsandBiology 10 ай бұрын
You and me both haha. But still, gotta be grateful for how far this channel has come.
@nightmarerex2035 8 ай бұрын
@@BugsandBiology also depends on quality of the subscribvers? what about a channel that has 10k subs and they all donate and buy merch, another channel has 100k subs but only like 10 donate and buy merch? also none subscribers buy merch sometimes too (sorry dont sub to much anything do you know howlong it took to make the algrythem somewhat nueteral and not just push propaganda?
@tobiasware 10 ай бұрын
Another well presented and surprise filled adventure. Thanks.
@funeralgothatoo5814 10 ай бұрын
Your videos always are such fun. Definately makes a bushwalk more exciting when you treat it like a treasure hunt for critters. The huntsmans never fail to make me giggle. They are so derpy and cute. Good luck with the pairing!
@Thathikingfoo 10 ай бұрын
Awesome!! Love your content bro keep it coming!!
@AndroctonusHector 10 ай бұрын
Loved the bit of comedy especially with the immaculate fancy ass sounding Aussie accent make it really enjoyable.
@colh3127 10 ай бұрын
Seems like an awesome day out! Looking forward to the next one.
@lachlanmacarthur8992 2 ай бұрын
I also live in south-east Queensland and found a blind snake at work while cleaning some rubbish out of the bushland. Had no idea they lived here.
@Zulmofo 10 ай бұрын
great video! keep em coming
@bafl1840 10 ай бұрын
great video mate i look forward to watching more
@Hayley0412 10 ай бұрын
Another great video a few seconds of panic when you picked up the funnel web, I love your sense of humour! ♥️
@jeffmclearen1421 10 ай бұрын
Love your vids👌🏽don’t change your sense of humor, ever🤘🏽
@allthingsbegin 10 ай бұрын
"So here is a beautiful male.........SHIT" LoL,,love that part!!!
@ThinkCriticallyNow 10 ай бұрын
Great vid mate
@trishugnish 9 ай бұрын
I’m so lucky to have found this channel!! Love the bugs 💕💕💕
@BugsandBiology 9 ай бұрын
Hope you enjoy your stay!
@Marymooau 10 ай бұрын
I’d love to see a hadronyche infensa in real life one day.
@drhexagonapus 10 ай бұрын
That stick bug may be the most beautiful insect I've ever seen, that is an incredible phasmid.
@BugsandBiology 10 ай бұрын
They’re amazing for sure. I was tempted to purchase some, but they need a lot of space given their size.
@hilliard665 9 ай бұрын
Made that funnel web look cute af 😂
@CashCat 10 ай бұрын
Greatly appreciate the content, thanks!
@MyWildBackyard 10 ай бұрын
WOW that phasmid is insane!
@BugsandBiology 10 ай бұрын
Yeah they’re absolutely awesome. Pretty common too, just seldom encountered cause they live high up trees.
@PaleoEdits 10 ай бұрын
Wonderful video! I especially loved that Acripeza reticulata, it's so weird. I'd love to visit Australia one day, although I have to admit that the thought of venomous spiders does scare me a little (not that I'd be picking any up). The only bugs we have to worry about are the ticks, and I tend to get a lot after a walk through grass or thick undergrowth. Are they numerous in the land down under?
@BugsandBiology 10 ай бұрын
Don’t let the spiders put you off, it’s not like encountering dangerous animals is going to be a part of everyday life here unless you’re roughing it out in the bush. Australian spiders don’t really stand out much in terms of both size and danger. It’s almost entirely media hype. As far as ticks are concerned, they’re around, but I’ve never really had issues with them.
@PaleoEdits 10 ай бұрын
@@BugsandBiology Oh yes I know the whole "everything in Australia wants to kill you" thing is absurd, but you know... one can't help but be irrationally affected by some of that. Call it the "jaws effect". It might also be the fact that potentially dangerous bugs don't really exist here, so it's all very exotic to me. But in the end, it's probably more dangerous crossing the road in downtown Sydney. Random PS. - I love King Gizzard 🦘
@Moth_of_Yuggoth 10 ай бұрын
Those are some pretty ants at 8:55. Green headed ants I think. Iridescence is always a win. Good luck mating your huntsman. I tried mating a heteropoda boiei once...she ate him😮.
@kimberlygabaldon3260 10 ай бұрын
You crazy thing! 😱 Great video, though.
@Slavkleos 9 ай бұрын
I live 2 hours south of Sydney and have never managed to see a funnel web. I think I might've seen one when I was little but that could've been any black spider.
@BugsandBiology 9 ай бұрын
Yeah my family on my dad's side lives in Sydney and barely any of them have ever seen a funnel-web. I briefly lived in Sydney before moving to Cairns and, later, Brisbane, and never saw any funnel-webs until I was in Queensland.
@anthonylange6021 8 ай бұрын
Grew up in Wollongong, found a few funnel webs in Jamberoo, Dunmore and West dapto/Albion Park. Gosford Reptile Park came down to my local Archery Range collect them for their venom program once, they set aside a weekend to collect. They maxed out in that afternoon!😂.
@INsectusOfc 10 ай бұрын
Incredible!! I thought they were 'aggressive'...
@BugsandBiology 10 ай бұрын
They vary a fair bit. None are “aggressive” per se, in that they only ever bite when threatened, but some are definitely more inclined to get defensive than others.
@fantomghost6213 10 ай бұрын
Great video
@hilliard665 9 ай бұрын
I love the Jimmy Carr laugh lol
@ThePollaton 10 ай бұрын
I spent two mins of this video with my jaw dropped…. No not at the funnel web handling, but the flippin size of that stick insect. Whaaaattttt!!!
@BugsandBiology 10 ай бұрын
And it wasn’t even adult either!
@keithm1138 9 ай бұрын
Closest we have are a spider called a Purse Spider. They are related, but quite a bit smaller. They do have very large fangs for their size.
@PoetofHateSpeech 7 ай бұрын
Just remember people, this is a Queensland funnel web...everything in Queensland is slow and weaker than down south 😂😂😂
@wisetoad 10 ай бұрын
Wow!
@ReclusiveDuck 9 ай бұрын
I can honestly say that's the first time I've ever seen anyone give the finger to a stick insect. Also, I've learnt to see huntsman spiders in a different light due to your videos but........Wall puppies? Nope.🤣
@felineflixie 10 ай бұрын
Yo this vid was sick asf! Also did u end up keeping the cormocephalus?
@BugsandBiology 10 ай бұрын
Nah I didn’t. Got enough pedes as is.
@felineflixie 10 ай бұрын
@@BugsandBiology Fair enough. I do the same
@cb3391 6 ай бұрын
Seemed to be thinking, " uh hi, um so thanks for not eating me can I go home now? "
@S730SD 10 ай бұрын
It's lucky you didn't encounter any drop bears. Most dangerous critters there are.
@snoutysnouterson 10 ай бұрын
What's a drop bear?
@BugsandBiology 10 ай бұрын
@@snoutysnoutersonan Australian cryptid used to scare foreigners/tourists.
@allthingsbegin 10 ай бұрын
Absolutely gorgeous
@bo-dine7971 10 ай бұрын
Why on earth are them scorpions so damn chill?? Awesome creatures!!
@BugsandBiology 10 ай бұрын
Subverting expectations for Australian animals, I suppose…
@MorenikeSokoya-zf6dr 10 ай бұрын
What Beautiful Bugs!.
@snoutysnouterson 10 ай бұрын
Cool scorp
@Levottomat01 7 ай бұрын
Mate, how do you get around? Yoube got the biggest pair of balls on earth. Ive removed 3 snakes from houses, 2 pythons and a red belly and found new homes for hundreds of huntsmans, but ill never try anything with a funnel web.
@BugsandBiology 7 ай бұрын
Haha, only did it cause this particular individual seemed very inoffensive. Wouldn’t have even thought of it if the spider was threat posing.
@obstipuit Ай бұрын
so i'm not gonna make the typical "australia has uniquely insane wildlife" comment, but i do have to say that i went on a walk in the woods with my dogs the other day in connecticut and was disappointed to see zero large or even medium bugs. maybe the fear of australia in the US comes from the fact that at least the northern US doesnt have very much at all in the category of big bugs compared to most other places. even the UK has bigger spiders than we do, to my knowledge. the biggest in ct are dolomedes that only get up to 3 inches in legspan. and like you said before, australia may not be unique in terms of its fauna but their documentation on social media is far more common due to development and distribution so there is that as well.
@georgea7336 4 ай бұрын
A beautiful male ShtyMayt YyEalrightFckii in the wild....... LOL all good friend sht doth indeed happn Jokes aside, you're doing a great job banging out the content. Ive recently found your channel and have now watched a good number of episodes which aren't short in any way of entertaining content! Cheers from The States and keep on keeping Bro!
@BugsandBiology 4 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoy! I’ll definitely keep pumping out the uploads, even if work and uni can get a little burdensome at times.
@domari9459 10 ай бұрын
Holding a funnel web on your palm is quite a demonstration to expel any myths about these arachnids.
@isfet5149 10 ай бұрын
It's a stupid display. While I agree that Funnel Webs are far from being the monsters they are made out to be, we don't need people picking them up.
@domari9459 10 ай бұрын
@@isfet5149 Yes, that is correct. He warned people by asking not to do what he did by stating that the funnel web spider is a medically significant spider.
@PoetofHateSpeech 7 ай бұрын
@@isfet5149💯. I remember talking to him before. He thinks they are that harmful....I disagreed
@vitorbonifacio3550 10 ай бұрын
OnlyFangs time arachnid voyeurisms
@Human_the_P3rs0n 10 ай бұрын
9:53 This is why you’re supposed to knock before opening smh
@bassface8580 8 ай бұрын
Massive balls of steel
@a_lethe_ion 6 ай бұрын
... im still remembering the black and white socks in one of the last video and thinking egg. when you say undescribed, like..why not describe and name it?
@BugsandBiology 6 ай бұрын
It’s a long, hard process. And for all I know, someone might already be working on a description since these centipedes have been known for a while.
@yuumijungle548 10 ай бұрын
balls of steel
@ION400 10 ай бұрын
Seeing him give it the bird😆
@PoetofHateSpeech 7 ай бұрын
I've known someone who's glands had to removed after a huntsmans bite....
@obstipuit Ай бұрын
10:15 maybe theyre into being watched
@connorspencer9025 8 ай бұрын
You are littrally messing with death omg
@bennuballbags2 7 ай бұрын
In Darwin those Goliath stick insects were everywhere! The red on their wings is beautiful~! I have a photo of one one my face and it dangled down to my chest! Massive! Over a foot long
@BugsandBiology 7 ай бұрын
I imagine you’d be having your fair share of encounters given your profession. For me, they’re a very rare sight. Always a treat to see one though.
@chrisjames3272 3 ай бұрын
Bro, you should be doing like either david attenborough style high quality doco stuff, or writing a book. I think your extremely verbose nature would really suit that.
@PoetofHateSpeech 7 ай бұрын
Imagine being this interested in insects...fish are much more fascinating 😝
@PaleoEdits 7 ай бұрын
Ah yes, why care about insects - what have they ever done to us? (Apart from pollinating 80% of our food, cleaning up detritus, and being a key component in 99% of all terrestrial foodwebs).
@PoetofHateSpeech 7 ай бұрын
@PaleoEdits I'm sort of teasing. I know how important insects are
@rebel4466 10 ай бұрын
I was mostly impressed by the beautiful male shit. lol thanks for leaving that one in, was quite unexpected.
@BugsandBiology 10 ай бұрын
Yeah it was quite fun to look under rogs and locks for them.
@DJLucas-xv7oe 10 ай бұрын
Now that you've given us your thoughts about coyote Peterson, can you give your thoughts about his sealife pal Jonathan Bird?
@BugsandBiology 10 ай бұрын
Haven’t watched any of his videos, so I don’t have an opinion on him.
@DJLucas-xv7oe 10 ай бұрын
How bout mark vins
@onddu2254 2 ай бұрын
9:54 Did bro just fall down
@BugsandBiology 2 ай бұрын
Yeah I did. Just not at the timestamp specified.
@NudePostingConspiracyTheories 8 ай бұрын
“The ‘goliath’ is ONE of Australia’s largest insects “. -- ??? What could we possibly have that’s bigger, mate ? Oh my
@BugsandBiology 8 ай бұрын
Acrophylla titan. And Ctenomorpha gargantua. The latter is (possibly) the second longest insect in the world.
@johnsimon2988 5 ай бұрын
I hope you carry an epipen my friend. Yeah yeah, I know we don't know each other. And I'm a Yank. But I can still be polite. So don't go and have an anaphylactic reaction ya crazy bloke! I've become fond of your local hunts. Wow, I didn't know there were docile scorpions. That doesn't seem like a great survival behavior. Oh, and contrary to what you may believe you do have coordination. After all you DIDN'T land on that scorpion.
@ja6368 10 ай бұрын
You get what you ask for, a bite.
@SithMami 9 ай бұрын
16:28--that little dude puts the flop in Typhlopidae. Lol sorry
@briancuprisin4571 10 ай бұрын
7:20 Leave 'im alone! :(
@Lootwurst 2 ай бұрын
its shelob
@isfet5149 10 ай бұрын
Sorry mate but I feel this is irresponsible. Holding a Huntsman is a great way to dispel myths that spiders are out to get us but a Funnel Web. If one decides to tag you, unlike the Huntsman you are in for a rough time. Medically significant spiders should never be down played.
@BugsandBiology 10 ай бұрын
I get where you’re coming from, but I plainly stated that funnel-webs are medically significant and do possess the ability to kill a person. However, the point still stands that they are not out to get humans, and this is an admittedly rather radical demonstration of such. Plus the particular individual concerned was very docile and never showed even the slightest signs of agitation. Would never have attempted the same with one that was threat posing.
@isfet5149 10 ай бұрын
@@BugsandBiology I agree they are not out to get humans and never stated that. I 100% agree they are not out to get us. Fair enough.
@karamarie6781 3 ай бұрын
Everything in Australia is out to kill us!
@DJLucas-xv7oe 10 ай бұрын
I have a pet tarantula names Terra
@Azhizi 6 ай бұрын
I am infertile from bitte by Funnel webside nd my wife’s bf DIED fron white Gail this is so funny video bc it so rong butt reckless driving is not ok
@shattermelon496 6 ай бұрын
did you type this with your forehead?
@Azhizi 6 ай бұрын
@@shattermelon496 yes
@The_Pixel_Pirate 6 ай бұрын
Aye, yer not wrong! Back in the day, me crew and I raided a merchant vessel. While delving through their cargo, me best gunner found a spider from the infernal pits of hades. Aye, the hellspawn was thrice the size of a nine pound cannonball. Sent poor master Rowe down to old Hob.
@samlazar1053 Ай бұрын
Definitely would not recommend picking one up.Even if its not showing signs of defensiveness. If biten u definitely must go to a hospital because the poison of them is known to kill adult humans
@greatlambrini8722 10 ай бұрын
Nope and nope!
@stevereeves871 3 ай бұрын
I can assure you that the one you picked up was a calm one, if it were one of the aggressive ones that flared up the moment it senses danger or threats you'd be singing a different tune
@BugsandBiology 3 ай бұрын
If it was threat posing, I wouldn’t have picked it up in the first place.
@xenifnbr 10 ай бұрын
First
@felineflixie 10 ай бұрын
Congratulations my good sir.
@liamenright8761 9 ай бұрын
Are you copying Jimmy cars laugh intentionally?
@BugsandBiology 9 ай бұрын
Used to do it as a joke, but it’s slipped into habit.
@chrisdavenport6585 8 ай бұрын
Looks like a young female. If my understanding is correct, they're not as lethal as the males
@BugsandBiology 8 ай бұрын
At this size, it’s hard to tell what sex they are. It doesn’t become obvious until they’re close to maturity. As for males being more venomous, while that’s definitely the case for Atrax robustus, I’m unsure as to whether the same applies to the Hadronyche species. If I recall correctly, females of some Hadronyche species are though to be of comparable or greater toxicity than the males.
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