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DISCLAIMER: I've been working with wildlife all my life and know how to use proper safety around venomous snakes, spiders and other potentially dangerous animals. These videos are strictly for educational purposes.
Just like humans have different personalities animals also of all species, more aggressive than others some are more fearful than others and summer, more relaxing than others
I've been searching the internet for anything related to wolf spiders being paralyzed and dragged away by wasps. I've found nothing... But I've seen it happen 3 times here among my goats! It's so sad because I've heard tales about them being paralyzed and eaten alive by the wasps and their babies. I try to scare the wasps away, but they're very determined! Now in this video a wolf spider looks like is eating another insect alive!? Is this how insects are with each other!? They paralyze and eat each other? I've also seen them kill and eat each other! 😢 Right out in the open!
I get what you trying to do by showing these creatures aren't out to get us, and that's wonderful. I still wouldn't go around discrediting ppls testimonies of their bite experience with this spider. You cannot draw the conclusion that the Hobo doesn't cause a necrotic bite based upon this slight experiment you've conducted here. First, you didn't even get the male to bite. That doesn't mean they won't ever! Then, u take a bite from a female and draw you conclusion based upon what immediate reaction you've had. There's no control, no medical professional, & no follow up. Frankly, I'm not convinced.
im from Sydney Australia and Sydney funnel Webs are not climbers, they mostly stay on ground level, also please don't try to touch one, they are fairly aggressive.
I was cutting the grass at work and saw a regal larger than this one on the metal fence post just chilling. I live in central Florida. I had never seen one of these spiders before and I decided to try and feed her. I walked through the grass until a large green grasshopper revealed itself to me and then I caught it. The grasshopper was a bit bigger than the spider and as I approached the regal on the fence with the grasshopper between my fingers, she leapt off the fence and latched onto the grasshopper. The impact of her fangs penetrating the grasshopper literally splattered a bit of the grasshopper's blood on my hand and I was in disbelief. I took her home and kept her for over a year and held her every single day. She laid eggs and I released all of the babies in my yard. To this day in the summer I can walk outside and find regals and I am pretty sure they are the descendants of my very first one. It was a sad day when she passed but the impact this animal had on me was incredible.
May 2012. Austin Texas. I was walking my Chocolate Lab in the vacant lot across the street from my house . Steep hills with plenty of woods . Dog was checking out all the animal smells down hill from me. I sat on a large rock with my feet (wearing only slides )on the ground . A 30 inch Coral slithered between my feet and into a pile of leaves. I never sat on that rock again.
In Colorado we have the Masked Hunter and the Western Conenose. The Masked Hunter is not deadly but its bite is painful. The Western Conenose carries a deadly infection, but is not very good an spreading it, and no reports of the infection have ever originated in the state of Colorado.
A wolf spider fell on my arm last night when I was trying to sleep. I'm certain now it didn't bite me since I didn't feel any sharp pain, I freaked and brushed it off my arm, turned the lights up and tried to catch it but it got away. It was big too, about the size of a quarter including the legs.
I am not a expert, is it possible that you have gotten just a little warning nibble? Like it did not inject all its venom in to you? I know some snakes control the amount of venom it injects. Glad you are ok!!!
I got stuck today. It was the bee assasin. It didnt feel good. My finger tip feels numb and it did feel like a bee but not as bad but then again it hit me on the finger tip
Copperheads are surprisingly small snakes. I'm form Texas where we have rattlesnakes that get pretty big, but now I live in North Carolina, I see a lot of non-venomous snakes such as black snakes and garter snakes. One day I found a small splotched tan and brown snake. Since I didn't know exactly what it was I used tongs to catch it - the tongs from my barbecue grill set. He was clearly venomous judging from the pupils and shape of the head, so I looked it up and sure enough - a copperhead. I took him way out into the woods and released him.
Dig the concept for this video, I need more camouflage in my life, especially when I'm in trouble. 🥷 Went out with Dylan (Herping with Dylan) a few nights back and found all kinds of cool inverts. The Sunburst diving beetle was a highlight for me which was found in that same pool with the kissing bugs.
I'll say this.i used to work in the oilfield in New mexico and there is a place up off road 360 and curry comb up by the old brine water station that fell in years ago(western side) but I have seen tarantulas as big as the ones in your video,matter of fact the biggest one in my life from leg tip to leg tip was as wide as my peterbilt step and that's just over 7inches