The Process of Making Friends with a Wolf Spider 

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You cant deny the obsession of humans to pet everything.

That spider was like “Oh you aint tryna eat me? Cool. I’ma just hang out on your hands for a lil while.”

2:20 I love the hair raising horror sound that plays as the guy is picking the spider up and is trying to convince the audience that picking up spiders is just a super chill activity.

There's a planet somewhere in this infinite universe where large spiders go into tiny cities and search for tiny humans to try and make friends with and film it for their version of RU-vid.

I had a little jumping spider land on me randomly last weekend and I just said hello and let it jump from hand to hand until I was able to get it outside and on a tree. I felt blessed. Cutest little spider I have ever seen!

Nice try. That's not a spider, that's a puppy. ❤

Can you imagine if a giant alien picked you up and just held, looked, and poked at you? I'd be a whole lot more stressed than this girl. Lol

My 4 year old son has arachnophobia but also a very impressive empathy and underatanding of them. He watched this video with me from start to finish very intently. At the end he said "Can we go find a wolf spider?" Thank you for this video and your others. I also have arachnophobia but this channel and "Brave Wilderness" have truly done a lot to help us be less frightened by them and more interested.

The day a spider rolls on its back asking for a belly rub will be the day that people will stop being so afraid of them 😄

Seen a big mama wolf spider with all her babies on her back one night while getting my kids to the car. Everyone was freaked out, but I think watching how she just walked by, completely ignoring us, and seeing how she cares for her young was settling for the kids. My youngest has a huge fascination for all creepy crawlies and she ofter brings up "mummy spider."

Channels like this are literally murdering mainstream TV, and that could not come any sooner. This was magnificent.

"Make an effort to look like your surroundings.." Spider: Looks at the hand, looks at the leaves, looks back at the hand... "Sure... why not."

When I see a wolf spider, I feel nothing but friendship and appreciatiop. Ever since the day I saw a black widow walking across the carpet in my bedroom, and then, out of nowhere, a great big wolf spider (not as huge as the one in the video 😄) pounced on the widow and put it's lights out, wolf spiders are welcome in my house.

Whenever I do some amateur astronomy, I see their eyes reflecting back at me. They are incredibly docile. You can poke them and they're just gonna sit there wondering why you're bothering them. Love them.

bee just chillin at 3:29

Spiders freak me out, but for some reason I've always been really intrigued by wolf Spiders. Idk what it is but I got mad respect for them.

You're single-handedly helping a ton of people doing these videos. I love these videos.

She’s so cute!! Thank you for being so gentle and respectful of her!

I remember when I used to be scared of spiders. I never squished them as I respected what they did for us, namely eating far more annoying bugs. Not to mention, they don't know they're spiders, to them, they're just them. Anyhow, one day I'd left my house with my wife, gone down stairs, and started walking along the street. In the middle of the street, there was a LARGE black wolf spider. I live in China, in a rather large city, so seeing spiders is quite rare and the worse bugs like mosquitoes are far more common. For that reason, I'd worried that this spider might get stomped for simply looking sinister. I can't say for certain that it was a wolf spider as it wasn't furry, its legs were more of an obsidian black, shiny, and hard. I overcame my fear, put one hand in front and the other behind, nudging it softly onto my hand, just as you did here. It's worth noting that this spider wasn't much smaller then the one you held in this video, so it was a lot for me to make myself do this. Then, it calmly walked onto my hand and allowed me to carry it over to a garden style area with vines and flowers and such. I nudged it off my hand softly and away it went. After that, I lost all fear of spiders in place of reason, respect, and admiration. It's safe to say, I rather love spiders now. When calmly interacting with them, it's easy to see how intelligent and observant they are. If you stay calm, they tend to stay calm. :D

People always thought I was crazy saying how big our wolf spiders are and this confirms it! Gorgeous one you caught!

That's an adorable wolf spider. I love the way you handle them, it's very subtle and the body language on the spider really reflects that.

I greatly appreciate your video! You’re not cussing, being trashy or mishandling the creature! Educational, appropriate and professional, you would’ve been an awesome children’s show when I was little! Keep it up brother 👍

Wolf spiders are the cause of my “phobia” to spiders. I had a ball go under a bush as a kid. I grabbed it, threw it to my brother. Looked down and a giant wolf spider was crawling up my arm. I freaked out and shook it off. Looked down again; it was coming up my shirt. As an adult I’ve gotten over the phobia but would always prefer like to observe and not have them on me. I’ve been finding brown widows around my flower gardens and they’re probably my favorite

Those wolf spiders are absolutely adorable. Their faces always remind me of Gandalf. Crying shame we don’t get them here in Central Europe

Really enjoy your delivery and approach. You remind me of the man that used to come to my HS in the 80's with his showcase of animals. This is a lovely detour to something exotically different.

Quite the passion you show in this video, nice to see. Always found spiders cute in their own way. I concur with everything you said about their faces.

Wolf Spiders are friendly just give them a chance.

Those eyes are so cute! I keep all the spiders in my house as unofficial roommates. I got Jerry in the kitchen, Gertrude is in the dining room, and Harry likes to hang out by the front door. Some times they need help keeping their webs clean so I always take them and put them in Tupperware with holes pushed through the lid so they don't suffocate before I clear away their old meals. They do a fantastic job of pest control. Rarely have I ever seen a cockroach inside usually only during summer when it's warm and it's only ever 1. But these guys do a great job taking care of the pests in my home and I wanna do as good of a job taking care of them and making sure they're safe.

Amazing video. Very informative even for a spider lover like myself, and man is that some good footage! Huntsmans are very underappreciated in their good looks, and you guys got lucky with that lovely lady in grey you befriended

You handling that wild wolf spider so calmly while explaining some of its biology actually has helped me with my arachnaphobia even if only slightly

One time I had one hiding under my pillow… I was unprepared for that

Growing up in Florida I learned in my youth how chill spiders are thanks to these guys. It began when I started rescuing them out of the pool. I would scoop em up in my hand and they would be so exhausted they seemed to welcome the new safety. So I would hold them for a while and often times I had to really work to get them to leave the safety of my hand and return to the grass. Though momma wolf's covered in babies are still pretty creepy. Ha, ha!

After awhile they start warming up to you.

Thx, this video make me loss half of my fear of spiders, love the way you bring this subjects into a different light ❤

That childlike joy and excitement when y’all found the spider was awesome, brought me back to playing with friends at recess

She has got too be the biggest wolf spider I've seen yet.... what a gorgeous girl! Thank you for sharing her with us.🥰

Nice video! I showed a coworker an unusually large wolf spider I had scooped up with my hands and she screamed, calling it a horror hamster!

Insect and arachnid eye adaptions are really interesting, a lot of them see polarization too, which allows a lot of animals to instinctively know when they are being looked at, even fruit flies. The part about changing lightwave sensitivity over the seasons is awesome.

This episode is beautiful and the message is beautiful, great video and great work I appreciate you for doing some of the most important work on the planet, INFORMING ACCURATELY! Keep being you and keep being the good

Spencer, thank you for making these videos. I'm a grown man who's always been terrified of spiders. Recently I started a career that involves opening up boxes in the ground with water meters and backflows. Lots of spiders make their home there, meaning I have had to get comfortable with bigger (to me anyway) spiders quickly to succeed. I think after a quick google that they're called American House Spiders. Your videos have helped me immensely in my fear of spiders.

I don’t understand how something can be so scary yet so cute

I remember the first time I saw a Carolina wolf spider in the woods at Camp Lejeune. Freaked me out. Have since learned to appreciate spiders. Thanks for the great video! Also the more mammaliomorphic spiders with the big forward eyes and hair seem more friendly. 😂

Their speed is insane. It’s like they are telleporting. Incredible creature. Doesnt waste energy.

Wolf spiders are cool as hell, I've always enjoyed interacting with them.

Very cool video. We have wolf spiders in CO and my wife is terrified. This video helped. Thanks

Nice video Spencer . I love Wolf Spiders !! I do alot of camping to study wildlife. I built a cedar lean-to and had a wolf spider stay with me for about a month and a half . One night when I was sound asleep something jumped on my face. I instantly woke and cupped whatever it was and set it down and shone my headset on ,it was WOLFIE !!! .must have been hunting. Winter came came and WOLFIE was gone . Recently in my tipi I have another one who likes to bring back grasshopper's and other big pray . I talk to the spider's and pet them ,they don't mind it . I'm thinking that they know I'm good for them and I know I sure enjoy them very much .

Really solid episode man, I liked how you started just analyzing the spider’s behavior in your hand but then gradually expanded into way more cool science, your progression of information and pacing was well done. That is an absolutely massive wolf spider, I need to sell my audience on spiders so I can spend time catching animals like that. Great work man!

shes so beautiful, her pattern looks like shes wearing laced weaving dresses!! what a gentle and patient lovely animal

Wolf spiders are my absolute favourite, especially the cool grey/silver like this one! I look forward to finally settling down so I can work on some enclosures again, I miss keeping these beauties.

Really loving the vibe of these videos

She's beautiful ! Even after being a spider freak for over 50 yrs, I still learn from you. Thx for the great videos !

I just want to say that this channel has helped *immensely* with my arachnophobia! When I see a house spider now I am far more likely to try to pick it up than shoo it away. I like this better. Thank you!

Subbed! Your videos are incredibly helpful and informative.

We've got thousands of wolfies where I live (Appalachia forest). If one walks out at night with a headlamp, one sees lots of little, luminous, sparkly eyeballs everywhere one looks. When they get in the house, I catch 'em in a jar and take them out. I do have house cats and don't like providing them with live toys--although I haven't actually seen my kitties mess with one.

Man! I'm jealous! We never get them even close to that size here in Southern California. I've said it before, but you must give off some awesome calming vibes because most of the insects you handle are always so chill. Nice work!

Always used to pick up wolf spiders as a kid, chillest little buggers around

I live in Australia & have looked after spiders over the years, captive bred ones 😊 The Wolf Spider is one of my favourites, we also have some big species here. I love their faces & they are quite docile when you handle them ❤️

You are doing good work to dispel fear of spiders. They definitely need to be respected, yet it is good that people are learning not to fear spiders as they are a part of our ecosystem. Thank you for that.

Those big ol eyes so adorable

What an awesome find! I'm definitely going to try this out next time I find a calm wolf spider who's up for handling. This girl was so lovely and it's amazing how they're able to tell when they're safe with you

I will never forget a Wolf spider charging directly at me from under my bed while i was sitting on the floor beside it. Even after attempting to kill it, it never stopped coming at me. I have literally never seen a spider be agressive. Typically they dont "attack", its more by chance or a life threatening situation for them. Kudos to you for being brave enough befriend one.

this video is awesome. i work at the dallas zoo in dallas tx as a guest serivices rep and i noticed the soundtrack in the back. neat. its one the songs thats on a loop throughout the park.

Awesome video Spencer and what a beautiful wolf spider. That has to be the biggest wolf spider I've ever seen. Thank you so much for the amazing educational experience and have a great day my friend.

What a fantastic spider! Great video man!

Aww, Wolf Spiders are so adorable! 🥺

Rationally speaking everything you said makes absolute sense. They are incredible and pose zero danger or threat. I’d also not want to harm or disturb them. Irrationally speaking some lower level of my brain is still reflexively terrified of her, even though I consciously know there’s zero reason to be. Phobias suck. This was a great video and presented really really well. Instant sub.

Yeah, the wolf spiders can go stay outside and be merry. They leave me alone, I'll leave them alone, and we'll all live in harmony.

I was just thinking, can you give her pets?! Then you gave her a pet!! Super cute :)

It seems the interaction with wolf spiders and humans are similar to the cute jumping spider. Funny getting this recommended after I had a wolf spider in my rooms chilling out on my desk for days. I didn’t know it was a wolf spider at the time but I could tell he was intelligent and knew I wasn’t a threat, but after watching this video he looked exactly like in this video. Awesome!

The algorithm brought me here today for some reason. Great video you've got a new sub!

First >:) Now that I’ve actually seen the video, it’s awesome!! She was so chill and beautiful and massive!!! I’ll definitely use this advice when working with these spiders, thank you for blessing us with another upload ❤️

Hagrid approves

Amazing. I've always loved the little jumping spiders and my daughter's tarantula.

Dude i have level 10 spider fear and you actually managed to help me not feel fear watching this...super fascinating

What a gorgeous spider! She was so chill, I haven't seen a wolf spider in years and never one that big, but used to see quite a few up in Washington state on our little camping property 11 miles outside of Dayton WA. It always fascinated me to see the females with her babies covering her back as she skuttled around looking for food. Great Video!

Jack fines the biggest Jumping spider, and you find the biggest Wolf Spider, all posted in the same week.

Damn you almost sold me. Not gonna lie, seeing those closeups, the spider face is much cuter than I thought.

I greatly appreciate what you're doing. As a lifelong sufferer of arachnophobia, it's videos like these that are helping me slowly warm up to spiders and realize that most of them are just silly little guys trying to survive. These videos are so important to educate people and change attitudes.

Looks like the one (same size) as the one I found in my home on a 2x4 last month. I escorted it back outside. It was cool, but I didn't want to wake up with it staring at me.

The reality is...a spider will never be your friend. It will just get used to you being around. If it suddenly grew to 50 times it's size, you would be a snack.

you remind me of wild kratts in a way, nice work: D

I found one like that on my property years ago in New Mexico, and managed to capture it. I was terrified of it. But now since owning a few tarantulas, I wish I could find another. Handling spiders isn’t really all that scary. They aren’t out to get you. Wolf spiders are definitely one of my favorites. Thanks for the video!

This is a phenomenal video.

What i really like about your videos is the way you explain the animals and their behaviour. Twenty years ago i cared for a couple spiders, mantids, scorpions etc, and with explaining them to interested people i helped quite some persons to deal with their arachnophobia. I'd love to have such huge spiders in my wild backyard, but over here in Germany they don't grow that big.

I look at a Wolf Spider and all i see is a cute little puppy ! I love them !

Wolf spiders are my favorite. I catch and release them often in Colorado. They're easy unlike a lot of bugs that try their best to stick to a container or freak out. I also like that they don't randomly drop down on you since they don't like ceilings

So tiny, that’s cute. Come to Australia, I got spiders the size of four fists in my woodshed.

Wolf spiders are amazingly fast. I have trained my wife not to kill them, even in our house. Most of the time they hide and you never know they’re there, but they kill lots of insects that you don’t want around, like roaches. We live in Florida and Florida has some monster sized roaches. That’s why the spiders are so large. One night I turned on the lights in the kitchen and there was a huge roach in the middle of the floor. I happen to see a huge wolf spider peeking out from behind the refrigerator. I bent down and flicked the roach towards the spider and in the blink of an eye, she leaped on that roach and I could hear the crack of her fangs puncturing through the roach’s skeleton. The roach died quick and the spider scurried off behind the refrigerator with her meal. We rarely see any roaches in our house, which is rare in Florida, especially in a rural area like we live in. I’m sure thats a big reason why the wolf spiders are so large. We probably have many wolf spiders in our house. They only come out at night, so we rarely see them. Most people swat them on sight because they hate spiders. I treat snakes like the spiders. Not in our house, but any snakes that have made it into the house I just capture and move out on the property somewhere. On our property I leave snake be because they eat lots of rodents and bugs. I see Pygmy rattlers a lot and twice have had to relocate coral snakes from our garage. We also have lots of black and brown widows in our outbuildings and garage, but have never been bit by one, even though I’ve had them run right on me. Just like the coral snakes, they’re not very aggressive. A black widow will run away before biting. So will a coral snake. I have never had one strike out at me or act aggressive like an eastern diamondback rattlesnake will. They’re a bit more aggressive, like water moccasins. A coral snake bite can be deadly without treatment, but bites are very rare because of their passive nature and the fact they don’t have fangs. They need to chew on you a bit. They like to hide in the soil of potted plants, so be careful when messing around with the soil of a potted plant. Many of the most poisonous spiders and snakes are not very aggressive. To make such toxic venom, costs the spider or snake a lot of resources, so they don’t really want to waste it, so you have to be really threatening them to get bit. One time I was using a sawhorse that kept falling over on me, so I had picked it up ten or fifteen times. My wife came out in the garage to bring me a drink and her eyes widened when she saw there was a huge black widow on the sawhorse. I told her how many times I had picked it up and never once did she bite me. I am an immune compromised transplant patient, so a black widow bite might certainly kill me, but I don’t fear them. Had I accidentally placed my hand right over her, crushing her against the sawhorse, she might have bitten me, but thankfully I didn’t. Otherwise, she stayed as far from my hand as possible, I’m sure, because I never knew she was even there and she was huge. Possibly the largest one I have ver seen in Florida. I came from Maryland as a kid and there were really huge black widows there. They were twice the size of the largest I’ve seen in Florida, it’s just that Florida has many more of them. They’re everywhere in the country. Our barn really has a lot of black widows. Funny thing about widows is that they never build their webs higher than three feet from the ground. We have a lot of spiders up near the roof of the barn and outbuildings, but the widows never go higher than three feet.

Because of your videos, I’ve been less afraid of spiders, since I was deathly afraid of them since I was a kid. Thank you for showing a perspective that I have never seen.❤❤❤

What a beautiful video!!!

This is excellent work

That is a huge wolf spider! A few years back we had a wolf spider that lived in our garage; I thought it was big, but it was probably only two-thirds the size of that one. It lived behind some stuff near our garbage bins and probably feasted on the many large cockroaches that ventured into the garage to get to the trash bin. We like anything that eats cockroaches, so the wolf spider was left undisturbed.

I love wolf spiders! Still can't handle them, but as far as spiders go, they're in my top 5.

I’m just so proud of everyone who is fearful of spiders and watching this anyway, trying to live with spiders compassionately. It’s ok if you’re still afraid. It’s ok if you never touch one. But despite being afraid, you’re here, trying to learn, being brave as hell. Absolutely amazing 🫡💜

I keep spiders around whenever I find them in and around my home ^^ so good at keeping other bugs away. I found a wolf spider nearly the size of a large dinner plate some years back.

"If you look close, their faces can be endearing," the next scene shows a Praying Mantis getting devoured. 😂 This was a great video. I've got severe arachnaphobia, but I've always thought spiders were fkn awesome. Just not on me or hella close 😅

Fascinating. I don't see ever picking one up, but I respect them and the way they contribute to our world. They're a little less scary now.

I was never particularly afraid of spiders but I really appreciate videos like this that can find the genuine beauty in the strange cousins we share our home with.

Always been kinda scared of spiders but your channel has gotten me to the point I think I want to try and free hand a spider next time I’m at my cottage or something