I have a female huntsmen who makes her nest in my letterbox every year . She uses the same corner each time and protects that sack not moving away from it. When the babies are hatched she stays until the last few leave then she’s off out into the garden again. I’ve convinced my family to leave her be and it’s been 3 yrs so far without her even thinking of biting us.
I love this. I wish people were more willing to coexist with Spiders. They just wanna do their own thing, I wish people knew that it's so rare for one to attack unless you're poking it!!
@keepitsecret-dl1pr Maybe he/she uses one of those extending arm/grabbers with the trigger? Lmao. Being from the United States, I'm glad the worst thing you may find in a letterbox around here would be a hornet nest and not a Volkswagen-sized spider. Lol.
If anyone can help shake someone's arachnophobia, it's this nice person. She is so calm and excited that it almost makes me think that giant nightmare is kinda cute.
One way to overcome the fear of spiders is handling some of them with your hand. A perfect one for starters is the cellar spider, jumping spiders, orb weaving spiders and maybe a small wolfe spiders, now those spiders are quite docile and friendly. Just try not to handle a black widow or any venomous spiders.
@@misaelherrera2845 Or, here’s a thought: just no. LOL! I never had a fear of spiders until I was bitten by a spider as a tween (I’m almost sixty now). Whatever marker that spider’s venom, which wasn’t deadly AT ALL to humans, left in my body, it seems now that ALL spiders are attracted to me. After my knee, where she bit me, swelled to the size of a volleyball - literally to that size…. we had a volleyball there - I was extremely uninterested in repeating the situation. To remedy, we bought one of those frequency thingies that you plug into any outlet in your house and it discourages insects from entering but it doesn’t affect pets. The one thing that I was conscious to do before that little gadget came along was not freak out if any small children were around. Just because I have developed this phobia doesn’t mean I wanted to pass it onto my children, their friends, or my grandchildren.
@@chrisgreek4285 i never said you had a phobia, i was just saying in general for anyone that has a phobia of spiders and how to overcome the fear of spiders. I never said you had it.
@@rudiphoto Not the ones in South Africa. They're called Rain Spiders here and they're quite bold. They'll frequently come running into your house on the ground like they think they're dogs and will rear and wave their legs at you if you move.
I was in Pinnaroo when I seen the biggest Huntsman I've seen. It was on the windscreen of someone's car who was scared and didn't know what to do. I removed and gently placed it on the ground, and some old man who was watching walks over and stomps it. Then smiles like he just cured cancer. I felt a mix of rage and disbelief.
@incorrectbeans yeah scared lil dog like you who couldn't get close when he would of needed his hands, but gangsta when it's safely on ground. and he has thick soles to keep him safe from the big scary spider.
I might be terrified of spiders but I try to avoid killing them if I can because I know they are just trying to live their life. I'd also be super upset
Caitlin: "a spider... that looks like it might be the size of a small dog. This spider actually exists, and it's native to Australia!" Surprized pikachu face
Spiders r amazing. I started learning this when, at 4 yrs old, my big bro explained how spiders were actually my Friend. I was hugely allergic to mosquitoes and he gently pointed out that spiders and bats ate those bugs and insects that gave me painful/scratchy welts. Big shout out to my bro and to siblings everywhere that help us connect w the amazing world of Nature. Big shout out to those of u who keep carrying that message forward!!! 🕊️
I have "the worlds smallest bat" technically the second smallest around my house, sometimes 5 at once. Always as the sun is going down. Cat brings one inside every second year. You see them swooping passes thru gnat swarms over and over. VERY fast moving.
For a massive spider the size of a human hand, she was actually not as scary as I would have thought! She is kind of peaceful! I appreciate the description of this species. I would still not want to see one in the wild or in my house!!!!.....I just can't help the heebie geebies I get, but it's great to learn about them.
I have a huge Hunstman living in my letterbox, first time almost jumped out of my skin! Now I say hi when i collect my mail it really is a gentle giant
Lol. I thought I was the only one who said hi to their huntsman in the letterbox. They really do enjoy living with the mail. Not very good at paying the bills though 🤷♀️
So nice to see a fellow Ossie (&a girl) who truly loves spiders , I have a Hunty called Hellen who shares my house. She’s been here for almost two years, I don’t think they have a very long life span 😢 and will be sad when she‘leaves’. Spiders are amazing creatures and totally necessary for the environment’s survival and health.
What a joy! She makes me want to hold one of those beautiful beings... And I'm deathly afraid of spiders. She reminds me so much of Steve Irwin and how he would remove fear and impart respect for creatures by describing them so lovingly. He would be so proud! 🤍🕷️🐊🐍🦇
I recently learned about how most Australians view Huntsman spiders as a positive, many choosing to let them live in their homes to control insects, I think finding ways of cohabitating with the animals around us is really really cool :)
What a cool spider! RU-vid has proved to be an amazing way to learn about all sorts of creatures I’d never otherwise know anything about. It’s also very cool to learn that there’s at least one creature in Australia that isn’t deadly to humans…
There are plenty! Check out this playlist and you'll find an amazingly large selection that are quite friendly... ru-vid.com/group/PLl3vox2_nbvDtiFBYo63NaHqnbhbpq9WU
I've seen the most messed up obscure horror movies you can find and they don't bother me at all.. but looking at these creepy as hell spiders send shivers down my spine. If I saw a spider that big in real life I'd literally run down the street.
I've heard a lot about Typostola Barbata (Green-bellied Huntsman), you'll notice some aqua green areas if you look closely at its abdomen and leg joints. This is because they have a special form of lifeblood which they use to pump up their legs when hunting on trees. Plus, the Green-bellied huntsman's fangs are large and powerful, so once they've been driven into the prey there are no second chances.
There's Huntsman in Hawaii, on Maui you used to see them much more in houses when they were harvesting sugarcane, but since shutting down cane operations they're in houses much less.
She’s beautiful ! And seems to be so gentle ! When I was in Mauritius several years back ( half my family are from there ), I walked out the back of our apartment to have a quick cigarette. I was just shifting around on the spot, and caught something in my peripheral vision that made me do a double-take… It was a HUGE Huntsman, legs a spread on the wall, ( butt facing the sky, head towards the ground )... and on her back, were hundreds of little white babies. And for someone that definitely jumps when I see a big House Spider indoors here in the UK… I had no fear come over me at all. She was just being super chill, and I even leant in to have a really close look at her, and my nose must have only been five or six inches away ! I just remember thinking she was absolutely amazing, and finished my cigarette, standing next to her, thinking what a privilege it was to spend a few moments in the evening air, with such an incredible creature. p/s I’ve also been a non smoker and non vaper for 3 years ! 🙂 Thank you for the awesome content! Kind regards - Resh
It's cool how nice and helpful these guys are, but not going to lie, if I get surprised by one of them you'll be able to hear my pants-wetting screams from space.
the point is that the narrator is talking about its hunting abilities, while showing footage of it. . .not hunting. .. it's the contradictory nature of the footage.
it's like is they were talking about. . i dunno, lions and said "the lion is an efficient and deadly hunter, able to take down prey twice its size" while showing footage of a lion sleeping. . .
When we lived in Arizona out in the boonies. We used to have a lot of Arizona Blonde tarantulas around our koi pond. It’s the largest American tarantula. Very docile. You can let one walk on to your hand if you need to move it while gardening. You have to be careful you don’t aggravate it as can brush off prickly hairs which can get into your eyes I’ve heard. Handled many of these, never felt threatened. They have VERY large fangs. Great for eating scorpions and crickets. We used to drop crickets near their burrows- they must have thought of us as the food delivery service ;)
Aussies are among the coolest people in any gathering. All it takes is someone asking "How is it like living with a (INSERT OVERGROWN VENOMOUS CREATURE HERE) every few meters?" and you get responses like "I fookin saw that regularly in my bathroom, mate" --- and they ain't kidding 😂
@@looloo4029 FALSE! Like most spiders, they DO possess venom for smaller prey--- BUT NOT POTENT ENOUGH to kill a human. Just enough to cause an allergy if you're allergic to their type of venom.
@@looloo4029 False. They do have venom as most spiders do.Even jumping spiders have mild venom. But only mild and suited for their prey. It's not potent enough to kill a human.
I used to have a large rural property in northern nsw. Lots of rainforest. Am used to big huntsmans, but while setting fox traps, I saw one in the lantana - same as this one, but had a body MUCH bigger than a mouse. Took me by surprise, been living out bush all my life and never seen a spider that big.
What a beautiful creature ( the spider that is )… I so wish I could find one in my garden. Yet another wonderful Australian critter that looks scary but is totally not. Along with carpet pythons we should welcome even more creatures that frighten foreigners away, especially Americans! 😎
I have a friend who has no problem handling huntsmen. And everyone in his street knows it, almost every time I visit he gets a call and dashes off to the rescue. He keeps the biggest ones, releases others, but quite a few end up as magpie dinner.
Is it terribly wrong for me to say how very much I want one? I wouldn't ever try because invasive species are a threat world-wide (I'm in the states). I do have a large pet wolf spider who refused to leave after 20+ attempts to put her out because "she" became used to me handling her so she over-winters here as free pest control. So I let her stay free to roam. she now plays patty-cake/high five with me and loves contact because I hand feed her crickets...My service dog became used to her and her to him. He somehow knows how fragile she is, and that she is family, allowing her to greet him with a nose-tap on her journeys. She is very large and her presence is always known. This is her last year because females only live to 3yrs max (males 1yr after mating) So yes, one can get excited when speaking of these earthlings, because they do show intelligence for training, recognition of a safe interaction, and a want of interaction when comfortable. We will miss Scarlet J. (Black Widow) Thanks Caitlin for helping the world know these fellow earthlings better...hey y'all never touch a spider unless ya know, never kill a spider because ya don't!!!!
As long as they eat any pests, they can stay. That's how rent works for spiders. LOL That's really cool though! Never seen a Huntsman in real life. I don't think we have them here in the UK.
I moved from England to Australia and, as an arachnophobe, I thought I would be safe living in the cool, damp and 'European' Southern Highlands of NSW. Then I realised that not only are huntsmen spiders common but the area is also home to the deadly Funnelweb. I now live, quite literally, on a knife-edge of fear.
I can’t even stand House spiders. Thought our Hobo spiders were big….I hate this video. WHY WAS IT SUGGESTED- How do y’all stand living with so many?!?!! 🤢 I guess I’ll have my reoccurring dream of clothes covered in spiders tonight. 🫡🫠 -Sincerely, Shared 🕷️’phobe from USA
@@Pslm.103_1-4RU-vid has an evil side, this was suggested to me also, an Australian scared of spiders. I didn’t even know this species existed and could have happily lived my life in ignorance. THANKS youtube!!
As an old Australian, I wanted to readsure you with the old “huntsmen aren’t dangerous, they can’t hurt you”, then I realised what a massive hypocrisy that would be, I am also terrified of them in my house and cannot sleep if I know there is one inside.
Huntys are great housemates and help keep the mozzies out. They are Very fast and you have to keep one eye on them all the time. I'm only really creeped out though when one parks its rse above a doorway. Haha. I talk to mine. I let them know I'm happy to see them and as long as they don't get "on me" they can stay.
@@Eli.400 hi Elijah,I know, occasionally one comes inside then leaves again, yet people think that we live in danger from all the poisonous, lethal, most deadly things but in the city we rarely see anything dangerous except maybe traffic. It's the exaggerated videos on RU-vid that does it.
@@itookallthenames You've got a good roommate there. Gets rid of pests and just asks for some shelter in return. Better than most human roommates, I reckon. lol
I live in Melbourne Victoria in suburbia proper and we have a large gum tree on the other side of the road. In summer when it gets very dry and hot and in winter when it's cold and wet usually for a few days they will wander away from their tree hide out and come in side to see if the pickings are better. We usually leave them in for a few days as they clean out the white tail spiders and the odd cockroach, and then they leave. If they make themselves comfortable in our bedroom we put them back on the tree because I don't fancy the idea of them falling off the ceiling onto our bed at night while lights are out, also if they're anywhere else in the house we put them back on their tree after a week or so.
I just love those animals. I'd say my second favorite arachnid after the wolf-spider. The only reason I don't wanna keep them in a vivarium, is I want them to be living out in the wilds and not being imprisoned just for me to look at. Great content!
One of my favorite groups of spiders, I hope I get to see a huntsman in the wild some day! Videos like this are so so important for helping people learn these amazing animals aren't as frightening as they might appear, and i think the comments prove that! So many people acknowledging their fear of spiders but saying Caitlin's presentation or their own experiences giving the animals a chance either eased their fear or made them appreciate them in some way. Arthropods are SO important to our planet and they're currently going through a mass die off, any bit of kindness we humans can muster towards them is fantastic to see. Keep up the great work everyone
A very clear sign that it was not hungry. In this state they will even let crickets and roaches crawl on them, which totally looks like taking a bigger L.
