Excavating the burrows of two Thevenet's Trapdoor Spiders, Hebestatis theveneti, in the Sierran Foothills. 2nd channel: @generalapathy2 Instagram: me_and_the_alie...
I love how much individual personality is still evident even on spiders. I'm amazed how some jumping spiders will be immediately calm when being handled and even start grooming themselves, while others would rather be miles away. It's just a little crazy to me to see that kind of variation from something with a brain the size of a poppy seed.
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One of these days, you're going to hear a knock at the door, only to be served for breaking and entering, false imprisonment, and destruction of property. XD
Very interesting video, I would never have thought spiders could build little houses, especially the door is impressive. Maybe you can make a video about how they build those doors,and the homes in general
I'm surprised how chill these spiders are being (especially considering this guy destroyed their homes lol). I thought they were going to be like the more aggressive species.
"i dont want to hurt the spider of course" *shakes the thing vigorously like hes trying to get ketchup out of a bottle* *this is a joke and im sure with all of your knowledge of these creatures you know what does or doesnt hurt them :)
I think mygalomorphs are cool and trapdoor spiders especially but I cannot get over the arachnophobia for this one...were you ever afraid of spiders? also would you do this with an Australian mouse spider?
"I don't want to hurt the spider" Yeah, you just want to destroy its home suddenly and without warning. Oh and don't forget scaring the crap out of it by shaking it violently How would you feel if you were just chilling in your living room and a ran a wrecking back through it, or a swat team kicks in your door and drags you out of the bed you were sound asleep in and had done absolutely nothing wrong? You could have just teased it out to film with no harm and no destruction. Fairly easy to do with trapdoor spiders if you have just a little patience. There was absolutely no reason or need to destroy its home as you already found an abandoned one to show. This was informative for many people, true enough-but also extremely cruel.
love how informative your videos are. but is there another way you could have coaxed the spider out of its burrow rather than destroy it? flipping and stuff like this is extremely destructive can't you show people a better way of doing this so they don't think its cool to just go destroying a whole zone. you gotta put some sort of disclaimer or something up to keep people informed and protect nature. Habitats are more sensitive than we know!
Trap door spiders are way more versatile and clever than people give credit too. The can rebuild in a day or two depending on where they want to build it. You cannot review/study a spider when its hiding and they will not come out unless you break open their trap or another reason which forces the spider out.
@@GeneralApathy how ridiculous of me to care about nature,you're right ofcourse and destroying natural environments for likes is fantastic. Kill and destroy whatever you want, your channel is so successful because of it
