Rare Footage of Spider Attacking Hummingbird Babies 

This got me so upset 😡 😪

Watch out for Preying Mantis. They will kill adult Humming Birds.

​@@southernsass2937What is upsetting about it though it's nature. The hummingbirds have to eat so does the spider. Nature never attacks out of malice either attacks because it has to eat or it has to defend itself. It's a part of nature they have to all survive so everything is pray to something.

​@@southernsass2937it's okay to feel bad for something but I'm not going to go get upset over something trying to survive. It's the circle of life. Trust me something's going to eat that spider cuz its food source for another animal.

@@higurashianduminekoconnect1702 I guess it's bc hummers are my favorite. ❤ I feed them & constantly watch them. I have nest in my 🌳

@Scott P Hello Scott! And yes they are!

If jumping spiders were the size of Tarantulas, they’d hunt humans.

​@stevesvidsbb, They would still be way too small. They would at least need to be the size of a small puppy or the size of the spiders in the movie eight legged freaks.

You should also think of widows or orb weavers they're also one of the spiders that consumes birds and even bats

Now "you" know.

​​@@yohannspider9001Not that often, although bats and birds do collide with webs, some spiders make their silk able to be seen by birds. Usually a bunching pattern nearer the centre. Forgot the name of this, and widows just have crazy strong web design/strength. Seen anoles and large centipedes thrashing on one or two strands of chaotic silk from a widow. You're correct 😅😊😅

lil bit of a shame tbh, phidippus audax(the one in the video) are known for being super friendly, they act like curious cats and will do stuff like chase lazer pointers and follow humans they are curious about around

It was Very hard to watch!!

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They're very inquisitive and intelligent spiders jumping spiders. Just look at the Portia jumping spider that literally plans an attack and route and gauges distance better than most animals. Incredible they are just as the hummingbirds are too! ❤😊

Glad you recovered!

I hate spriders!!!

The venomous ones could easily hurt the birds and I saw online I photo that showed a hummingbird caught up in a spider's web and died. Poor thing

Brown Recluse Spiders are indeed horrible. I know someone who gotten bitten and the bite grew into an ugly wound. But from what I read, Jumping Spiders aren't venomous. And I don't know of any person who has been bitten by one. They seem such friendly, inquisitive little creatures. My sister would keep one on her shoulder and even pet it.

@@raytoons Jumping Spiders are venomous. Their venom just isn't significant to humans. Brown Recluses are nasty though... They would probably be my one and only feared spider because I've seen the horror stories of what their bites can do...

My thoughts exactly!!

I was glad too! I know it's the fashion nowadays to let nature take its own course, even when animals essentially get tortured to death. Call me old fashioned, but I would have squashed that flicking spider.

I agree God's creatures, but not killing babies hummingbirds. I don't like any kind of spiders ;(

I personally don’t think that jumping spider was trying to attack it. They are the smartest spider species and are famously curious If I had to take a guess that spider was most likely doing a “what the heck are you?” On the birds since the birds showed no sign of actually wanting to eat the spider therefore making the spider actually brave brought to approach it it’s why you will see jumping spiders just jump on humans it had a positive experience and so it thinks all humans are positive. Of course to the birds perspective it’s “what the heck bro get off”

They can give a surprisingly sharp little pinch if they get a hold just right.

Asian lady beetles are more aggressive than native seven-spotted ladybugs, invasive and more likely to bite.

Thank you. I would like to hear from some arachnologists.

@@HummingbirdSpot I just talked with one spider ecologist, he told me this could be three things : - Attempted hematophagy (drinking blood). One African jumping spider is known to feed mainly on blood fed mosquitoes, so it is not so far fetched, but a spider can't feed on a mobile, living preys so : - Attempted predation : Jumping spiders are known to attack insect preys much larger than themselves so it fit their behaviour somewhat, but it would have a very hard time killing one of the chicks, so : - A very curious or careless individual : Those spiders are known to be particularly intelligent hunters, and have individual "personnalities", maybe this individual was testing the waters here, or was very careless since one good hit of the bird beak could kill it. I'll try to share the video with some jumping spider experts (salticidologist) now, I hope my english was clear enough :)

Thank you so much for the information! Curious to hear the opinion of the salticidologist. There is a report of one killing a hummingbird, but the bird was just out of the egg with no feather protection and the spider was observed feeding on it for 40 minutes.

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@@dewbow134 Thanks for info

That's sad you feel that way. Spiders do a heck of a lot of good, like providing nesting material for the Hummingbirds. They also eat thousands of insects.

@@PyroPolo it was a joke :)

Take a look at spider bite fatalities worldwide, then take a look at deaths from dengue fever, sleeping sickness, malaria, Japanese encephalitis and so on. I don't mind having spiders around. Of course, I have a bit of an advantage, being in the UK where the worst a spider bite can give you is an itchy, swollen knuckle for a couple of days. I can understand people living in brown recluse country being a little less enthusiastic about spiders. Still, West Nile Fever happened, didn't it?

Imagine using a complex mammal brain to blindly hate an entire category of being for...eating? Being brave? This kind of 'hold my beer' stunt? Most of them can't even percieve you beyond a kind of weather event, my dude. It's like hating on a particularly useful baby, except that if you crush a baby because you're phobic and think they're gross, people don't cheer you on for some reason.

Spiders praying on vertebrates is extremely rare

THIS was is a bit insane, haha.

Amazing!

Me too. I actually did not see this when it was happening. I saw it on the reviewed footage.

It definitely was a jumping spider according to several arachnologists that viewed the video.

Thanks for the information.

Yes preying mantis are very dangerous predators to little hummingbirds😔They are so tiny even predatory insects can get them sometimes.

Pomegranate tree.

The spider was looking for eggs. The jumping spider is very fond of them. Especially scrambled

Spiders can prey on the birds too, once I saw a picture of a hummingbird that got caught and died when drying to get webs for nesting materiel 😭

They were just playing tag.

Since this is a hummingbird board rather than a spider board, I think most people here would disagree with you. There is a paper written about a similar spider attacking a violet-crowned hummingbird in a nest, killing it and feeding on it for a few hours. That bird, however, was not as advanced in age as these. That bird didn't have feathers yet so it was easy for the spider to penetrate the skin with its venom. These birds were protected to a large extent by their feathers.

@@HummingbirdSpot that's fine ppl can disagree all they want as long as they dont cry to me about it. i have 0 patience for such discussions as i don't care about feelings i follow and obey the circle. i like hummingbirds one of the few i do like but i still like knowing different aspects from such a rare encounter