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This spider eventually realizes it's prey is helping clean its feet and allows it
"Yes, pleb, clean my paws, you servant!" -spider, probably
After this was filmed the man was found dead with two mysterious holes in his neck.
Rebockymeow
Soo cute
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imgCitizenZero
Always save spiders. We have the same goals, get rid of other insects.
vulgarian
StormesCraft
casualfrattire
"Clean yo damn house" -spider probably
Themuricanpole
"Get the hell out of my house" - me probably
fishfishcro
Not just probably.
LordFenris
"Muhfuckin' dusty ass house. Wouldn't have to put up with this shit if you'd clean your fuckin' place, human. Fuckin' disgusting bitch."
RemiRixJones
I think that just cured my arachnophobia a little bit. Spiderbro is 13/10 the goodest of boys.
OtterMoose
Yeah same here... it’s a very odd feeling... still processing... may need reboot to install update
lespritdelescargot
Those spiderbro memes legit changed my view on spiders overnight. I'm still a little uncomfortable but now see them as good.
MistressLyda
"Lucas the Spider" is also a very good spiderbro.
dysederacrocata
You can actually cure arachnophobia completely i know because I've done it it doesn't mean it's not a long journey tho
owlest
does the spider really udnerstand what is going on?
dysederacrocata
No I think he just went into "instructions unclear" mode when he realised he couldn't run away,they rarely bite in defence so bolting is the
dysederacrocata
-ir only hope
CainEnabler
Im starting to think yes, there was a post days back about a woman who helped care for a wingless Bee, pretty incredible ho the bee started
CainEnabler
to get really attached to her
cousinchristmas
they made a movie about that
TheRoyalCatCuddler
Yes! Not an insect but my sister told me about a video of a guy pulling thorns out of a wild eagle's wing. It let him handle it long /1
TheRoyalCatCuddler
enough to get all the thorns out before it flew away. /2
Surisuule
Wait are they dangerous? Cause me and my daughter pick them up all the time.
3n87k7qn
Bites from these are very nasty brown recluse
REDF0RMANSF00T
Yeah? Well you and your daughter have Andromeda-sized titanium balls.
livingscreamydreamy
No they’re harmless.
MechanusIncarnate
Capable of biting, but generally will not, because it knows it would lose that fight.
Zreen
They're good spiders, Brent
Individualsocksinthewashingmachine
Not in the slightest.
3n87k7qn
Dont listen they are the only venomous spider in Michigan
Surisuule
I mean all spiders are technically venomous, just not dangerously so. I’m more scared of being bit by a coyote or fox tbh.
SmutMonger
I don't remember the sauce, but I can tell you the sounds this dude make while trying to help make it even sweeter.
epoke
Did he just befriend a spider?
ChaotikWolfi
Yes, yes he did.
squintish
I'm not sure I buy into the spider understanding it's being helped, but definitely some interesting behavior.
Kaysmira
Yeah, I'm wondering if it is just overwhelmed and standing still because it doesn't know what to do, holding out injured legs in defense?
dysederacrocata
Probably understood it could no longer escape and went into full "instructions unclear" mode
Juicytoast
I used to have wolf spider as a roommate. He would kill bugs and I wouldn't light my apartment on fire. I feel like that wasa fair trade.
Mercenarity
Wolf spiders are cool. They keep to themselves. Any skin contact is purely unintended.
Flamboyatron
Aka, the perfect roommates.
corbynDallas
I used to have a spider problem. Then the moon lizards moved in. They are pretty cool and eat roaches, spiders everything.
Nibbets
I looked up "Moon Lizard" and found: https://imgur.com/v7Y5UkK so wtf?
mishalala
I think I need a moon lizard... Where can I order one
ChaotikWolfi
Amazon, probably...
Baldybeardman
Thats really neat, i enjoyed that. In Canada we have 'Giant House Spiders' that look identical. They're cute
SirButcher
Except when they run through your screen while you play Dark Souls. I never knew I can scream that loud.
YOUARENOTMYSQUISHYNOW
I'm Canadian what spiders are that big?!
sacrosanctt
I've moved around Canada quite a bit. Never saw anything bigger than a dock spider and it's smaller than this. I'd like to know as well :]
dysederacrocata
"Dock spiders" or dolomedes sp are far bigger than both eratigena spp ex atrica (giant houses) and rabidosa rabida the original spider
Pepperpete123
Alberta. Vegreville. Seen a bunch of wolf spiders that big. Scary but they don't hurt anyone. I left Todd in the back yard.
CopperWench
Our country is massive. There’s a wide range of spiders- all of them cool little dudes.
Katateochi
We have those in U.K too. My fav spider. Holds the spider land speed record.
dysederacrocata
Actually of all the hundreds of spiders I've kept behaviourally my favourite
SquidSex
Oh my fucking god I didn’t wanna know the last part
themachinest
I think he doesn’t understand the concept of knives
HereIGoLurkingAgain
Hey, if you’re going to clean a spider, might as well be a very helpful one.
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forte10
If I were walking and saw eight spider legs buried in the sand, the last thing I would think is "Safe Passage"
Individualsocksinthewashingmachine
They really are fascinating
sacrosanctt
What makes this particular spider so helpful? I'm guessing it's to do with what it eats?
SunBrolem
Eats pests. Cockroaches, weevils, termites. Basically its a free extermination service.
thoraxe707
binhood
That's cute yo
boxmeister
Upvote for spider bro
wowheylookdotcom
Prepare yourself. The repost will be strong with this one.
UncleLenny1
FACTS
TheProfessionalOne
Give it an hour..…
zerothealien
GreenSscythe
This is already a reposf
RiverCityHawkeye
Whoos da cheez DICK been repOstin’ mye OH CEE!?
RiverCityHawkeye
(As spoken in a Brooklyn accent)
ThisIsNotANameItsASandwich
I'm glad you clarified, the voice I initially read it in made you sound very special indeed
one1deuce
IMakePretzelsFromScratch
Prepare yourself. The repost will be strong with this one.
PretendThisIsACleverUsername
More like: Prpare yorself.The rpost ll be strng wth tis 1
UncleLenny1
FACTS
MsDavidAttenborough
That's amazing!!!
TimeAwaits
Spider: "Yeees. Yes, minion, take this gum off my shoes..."
ChronologicalMyopia
Neither grass nor wolf spider has any interest in biting a human. Most of us aren't insects.
Mokelzwerg
I am
Wholivesinapineappleunderthetree
Same
morbidmode
I love wolf spiders. Even tho the first time I met one he scarred the shit outta me cuz of his size. Harmless creatures.
TBenz4Sportsball
Here, have some sauce. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2wY_NKNFqM
YourMommmmm
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eagle193
grazie
RealEnglishRage
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IOnlyPostThatOneGorillaGif
THANK
quattroformaggix4
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talos2
kilboa
http://imgur.com/LP9Sv
talos2
BaRockmanObama
Honest question: can arachnids comprehend the idea that a human is helping them and not react in self defense?
dysederacrocata
No I don't think so I think the spider is just scared and confused and doesn't know what to do
onlyhalfghost
Some of the bigger spiders can. Your average little fly eating corner dwelling house spider probably can't.
dysederacrocata
Size of spiders doesn't correlate with intelligence,most corner dwelling spider are probably about as intelligent if slightly less than this
dysederacrocata
One,jumping spiders are by far the most intelligent and still likely don't recognise humans as living entities in most contexts
ChaoticMarin
They probably understand the relationship between our presence and the awful dust going away, but it's a very basic understanding.
ChaoticMarin
It probably doesn't actually understand why a human is removing dust. Just that it isn't a bad feeling and so it prefers avoiding conflict.
dysederacrocata
I doubt it understands that much I think this one is just in a rabbit in the headlights situation tbh
ChaoticMarin
It would probably be more accurate to say that it isn't reacting in self-defense moreso because it understands we could kill it.
dysederacrocata
I think we are overestimating the spiders in most cases they don't recognise us as entities let alone helpful ones
Snorlax242
Holy shit, they seem far smarter than I ever would have thought. Next time I battle one, I will hesistate and it will destroy me.
dysederacrocata
No this guy was just too exhausted to run away and understood it couldn't run anyway so just stayed still and hoped for the best
orangeisthenewbasic
Fear not brother
HeywouldJablowme
raminagrobis
Most animals can recognize you as friendly if your action isn't harmful to them. They eventually comply with enough patience. Doesn't mean >
raminagrobis
they can't hurt you in the process.
mishalala
I live in SoCal. We have a LOT of Black Widows. I refuse to kill them. Last week I grabbed a garbage can and went to empty it into the bin
mishalala
I felt this soft mass under my finger so I held back and looked. It was a huge black widow. She was kind enough to not bite me. Payback.
RemiRixJones
They’re good spiders, Breint.
mishalala
Yeah, be nice Bront
ruferto
some spiders are fairly intelligent, capable of learning and problem solving
eggmuffin
Such as...?
dysederacrocata
Portia sp develop complex plans to trick and eat prey plans so complex the character limit will not allow me to explain then in any detai...
SecretlyThreeDucksInAManSuit
Spiderman.
smirkinghighgardenwhore
Gotta be honest here, never feared spiders til now. Thought they were just dumb squishable things and uh, now I'm a little frightened.
dysederacrocata
They aren't actually that smart with a couple of exceptions this guy just knew it couldn't escape and held still
seronx
Spider-in-command, we have a problem, one of the degenerate two leggers know. Black ops is going in we gotta take it out.
SomeCrazyNerd
This actually shows how they are reasonable animals. Spiders won't bother you because they know you can crush them.
dysederacrocata
I'd say it's more accurate they won't disturb you Because usually they don't understand you actually exist as an entity
Tikityler
Or it means they will bide their time to strike when is most likely to kill you so you can't retaliate.
TielKiri
It may be that never in its evolutionary history has something like this ever happened, thus it has no instinct to guide it and so is doing-
TielKiri
nothing. Which would indicate not much intelligence. Now return to your sense of normalcy! Accept the explanation and don't look back!
Individualsocksinthewashingmachine
Spiders just do what they do, they're not deliberately harmful to humans.
OtterMoose
Congrats @OP you made me question my rationally irrational fear of spiders. +1
TheWhiteRat
There's only a few spiders that you generally need to fear. Black widows, brown recluse, pretty much anything in australia, you get the idea
dysederacrocata
Honestly even those guys won't harm you if you give them more than a centimetre of space no spiders merit true fear
OkieTokieMagicCowPokie
That looks more like a grass spider than a wolf spider. Either way nope nope nopety nope.
dysederacrocata
Nope it's a wolf spider rabidosa rabida
OutrageousHemmorhoid
The chart below says Wolf Spider...
zzij
Wolf spiders live in the grass.
whitter86
KnightofNoLyfe
I don't know, grass spiders normally have webs to chill on. We should ask the spider for its thoughts.
dysederacrocata
Male grass spiders wander around but the original spider is a wolf yes rabidosa rabida
Mockingbirb
There's a faster way of cleaning it, too
CrashedandBurned
Yeah this is what I was thinking. Anyone else's neck just get itchy? Nope nope nope me neither. *Scratches neck*
BabyBlueEye
My shoulder blades did
fishgill
They call them wolf spiders in Texas and the surrounding area
dysederacrocata
They are called wolf spiders no matter where you are from,grass spiders are a separate thing but this guy was wrong the spider is r.rabidosa
Sm3xym3xican
Same in Michigan, we call em wolf spiders
dysederacrocata
They are called wolf spiders no matter where you are from,grass spiders are a separate thing but this guy was wrong the spider is r.rabidosa
ErnestDoodler
Did somebody say Texas? TEXASSSSSS!!! YEEHAA!
lurkeylurkeychickenturkey
South Canadians.
SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE
AND LATE AT NIGHT, THE STARS ARE BRIGHT...
Totallyscrewedinaustin
Had those in my living room all the time in my old house. Would just chuck them back outside.
professionallazyperson
Probably too late for anyone to read this, but I had really bad arachnophobia my entire childhood. Cured it finally in my 20's by (1/2)
professionallazyperson
Researching spiders and catching a grass spider every summer and keeping it as a pet to observe. I caught food for it,highly recommended 2/2
maruyaama
How did you manage to catch it without freaking out? Just looking at pictures of spiders spikes my heart rate
dysederacrocata
Put a cup over it at arms reach and chuck it in a pot or get a friend to do it for you
dysederacrocata
Recovered arachnophobe here too now an experienced keeper kudos to you dude,if you ever wanna chat about spoods my DMs are always open
pigeonmulligan
You’re right, it does appear to be a grass spider instead, a rather large one, though. Dry bite/not dangerous to humans so yay!
MidnightLouie12515
Not dangerous, but annoyingly itchy.
CastleIsGreat
Yup
PlesiosaurWithElementsOfAnIdeaOfTheLochNessMonsterBoy
No this is definitely a species called a Rabid Wolf Spider
PlesiosaurWithElementsOfAnIdeaOfTheLochNessMonsterBoy
https://bugguide.net/images/cache/VKI/KCK/VKIKCK7K9K9QO05Q10EQZS1QRSUQAK4KUKRKPK0KDK4KVKWQJ05QJ0IKLS8KDKVQDKSKT0EQB09QA00K9K4KLSVQOK.jpg
dysederacrocata
Seconded definitely rabidosa rabida
AnApologeticCanadian
I played around with them as a kid. Im not arachnaphobic but I was stupid to just pick up random spiders without idenitification.
IntergalacticElephant
I'm so afraid of them I killed one today with a large dick I accidentally bought on amazon.
AnApologeticCanadian
"Accidentally"
trevasauruswrecks
No, its a HOBO spider. Rotten bastards for the depths of Hell. Mean, painful, vicious, little cuts. Kill it with fire.
dysederacrocata
hobo spiders are totally harmless utterly unaggressive spiders do some reading befor you tell people to kill innocent animal
dysederacrocata
Also this isn't even a hobo spider
SylvesterAlone
Everything you said is wrong.
Sifernos
That thing is far too big and hairy.
asplenium
I don’t think it’s a hobo spider. Isn’t their coloration a bit darker?
darkweb
Looks like a casual household spider tbh
dysederacrocata
Rabidosa rabida they live outdoors usually
boobsandfrenchfries
nobigwhoopdawg
I clicked to get a closer look. I did not want that close of a look.
SuperTacticalSandwich
Hobo spiders are no joke. Those things are poisonous and very aggressive
dysederacrocata
Not remotely defensive and have no poison their VENOM is weak and ineffective to humans
aguacatedeldiablo
Surely they're all closely related?
wqpsu
Grass spider (Agelenopsis) and hobo spider (Eratigena) are both Agelenidae, wolf spiders are Lycosidae.
dysederacrocata
To add lycosidae is often considered very closely related to agelenidae with genera like Tetrix being very similar to both
QotU
Nope, nope, oh hell nope
fencer1964
OHHELLLLLLLLLLSNOOOOPE!
FloppyBisquit
Lol hobo spider
Primaltiguere
Hides in your home to ask for change.
OutrageousHemmorhoid
Oh fuckety shit fuck. Why did I click to enlarge that?? Pixellisation was my friend!
worgenboy
That's a whole lotta fucking NOPE!
HarryBeauner
Wolf spiders only have seven legs, got it!
RandomMagus
Male huntsman spiders have 7, females have 8. Might be same here?
YaBoyJohnorrhea
Behind the front left leg kinda looks you can see where the leg once was. Musta lost it. Hope he finds it.
dysederacrocata
Not true? Not sure where you got this from
Owlberightback
Which one looks like a tarantula?
dysederacrocata
?
StopAskingMeForAnAccountImgurIWannaLurk
I have a severe hatred for grass spiders because a relatively big one scurried near my foot and gave me the worst spook of my life.
lovehandlesmessiah
Will raise you house centipedes in Michigan. Huge tube of legs scurrying across your head after it drops from the ceiling.
Flamboyatron
I can handle spiders (got a wolf spider living in my bathroom right now) but I won't abide centipedes. Fuck those things.
StopAskingMeForAnAccountImgurIWannaLurk
My heart pounded so fast and I had anxiety and chest pain because I sprinted back into my house.
goudist
No elongated spinnerets and looks a bit big. What about a fishing spider? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolomedes
goudist
Or she could be: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabidosa_punctulata
wqpsu
It's Rabidosa, though whether R. punctulata or R. rabida or some other congeneric who knows.