Americans React To Only In Australia Do You See This Stuff

[@paulmccarragher4106]

I call indoor spiders Cotton Eye Joe, "Where did he come from, where did he go", sneaky little shits but harmless. The real dangerous ones are the Funnel Web Spiders who will kill you quite quickly. Luckily only 10 to 15% of their bites are venomous. Love to crawl into shoes and boots so we always leave ours upside down and shake them well before putting on.

[@leandabee]

🤣🤣🤣🤦🏼‍♀️

[@sheerluckholmes5468]

Mate stop bullcrapping, no one has died from a funnel web bite since the antivenom became available, stop scaring these poor 'Muricans, just stop it I say. 😁😁

[@garystorm799]

Luckily we don't have those funnel-web spiders here in Western Australia.

[@carlallamaratcliffe2496]

😂 yes all those spiders were huntsmans, they good for eating other bugs in your house. Every single car in Australia has them in their, even if you don’t see them, they’re there.

[@someonerandom8552]

Lol well I’m never driving again. Thank you!!! 🤣☹️🙃

[@carked5707]

I am fine as long as I check under my sun visors and they drop on me while driving. But when it happened once I surprised myself by calmly pulling over off the motorway before leaping from my car screaming.

[@triarb5790]

I hate it when you see them running across the windscreen and you suddenly realise they are inside...and your going 110k in the outside lane....

[@triarb5790]

@@carked5707 I saw one once out the corner of my eye as I was driving, it was sitting calmly in the passenger seat and definitely big enough to have been wearing a seat belt.

[@star-mh8kv]

I named my spider bob

[@stephenbedford1395]

Hi guys, i'll bet you didn't know that we have tornadoes here in Australia too. But because the country is so sparsely populated outside of the major urban areas, they're rarely seen. But some have done some pretty significant damage to properties when they've come thru towns. But ours are nothing like the monsters you get in the states though, cheers.

[@5RndsFFE]

Yeah, it’s not just the US that gets them, it’s just the conditions in “Tornado alley” are conducive to create many tornadoes a year, in densely populated areas.

[@stephenuhe9229]

I have an arsenal of personal spider and snake stories that would give you nightmares but that's Australia mate. Good compilation.

[@adamcooper1898]

I absolutely love spiders and always have since a little boy, Huntsman's are harmless and handy to have around like other spiders catching mozzies and flies. I've handled about 10-12 Redbacks bare handed relocating them and their egg sacks and they aren't an aggressive spider like the Whitetail is...and no deaths recorded since 1956 from Redbacks the year anti venom was created. Spider's are great and play a big role in the environment.

[@gordowg1wg145]

True, that - I know some Aussies who like to have the huntsmans around to keep the other, more dangerous, spiders and pests away.

[@adamcooper1898]

@@gordowg1wg145 Amazingly the most common in houses is the harmless to humans Daddy long legs because they can't penetrate the skin but they somehow catch and kill the aggressive bigger Whitetail spiders.

[@CohnmanTheBudbarian]

I'm always catching huntsman spiders and releasing them(only once the kids or missus has seen em, lol, and that's sometimes weeks haha), but those white tails, they die on sight.

[@adamcooper1898]

@@CohnmanTheBudbarianl can't help myself and still catch the whitetails and throw them outside if I find one which isn't often.

[@nevyn_karres]

@@adamcooper1898 Yeah I try to control myself and not instantly kill whitetails, but killing them is probably ok.

[@MELODYMUNRO]

I had a huntsman called Gerry living in my bedroom for a few months, then the cat took a couple of his legs while playing with him. The next day I saw Gerry drop from the ceiling and do a sneak attack from behind on the cat, so I decided it was time for him to go outside to live ...cant have him attacking the cat like that. - cheers from Queensland ya big wusses

[@neenekinskins6241]

🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@tarshnottrash1483]

Literally had that spider moment the other day. He sat behind my sun visor just waving at me with one little leg hanging down before he came out & sat on the dash the remainder of the way home 😁. Too cute

[@matt2toes61]

Lol. Huntsman spiders are (to me) like a big dog with floppy ears running at you with its tongue out having a great time.

[@davidlee-michaels9430]

I woke up with a huntsman on my pillow next to my face in the morning, thing is I was tossing and turning for a while before opening my eyes and the critter was absolutely not bothered by the movement so it must've been sitting there for a while staring. 🕷👀

[@Kayenne54]

Waiting for that mouth to open so he could check out the "tunnel" and that funny thing in there that kept moving....

[@peterclancy3653]

Living on a farm, as dad turned the lighting plant off as huntsman came out from between my sheet right next to my face.

[@triarb5790]

It was probably shaking you to stop you snoring because it couldn't get to sleep. Hence your tossing and turning.

[@samiicat4073]

I was sleeping and a Huntsman crawl over my face while I was trying to sleep…I guess it wanted to get to the other side of the pillow…I don’t know

[@aaronbarlow4376]

Hell to the naw.

[@imjustsaying6712]

Kangaroos get blinded by headlights and will jump around in front of your car, either turn your lights off and or just stop. They also will hop out of the bush and inadvertently straight into the path of your car especially at sunrise and dusk when they're on the move. (this one happened to me)

[@rightwinggo9694]

Yeah, we were surrounded by 4 very large Red roos while walking through the bush in Hill End Bathurst, the Alpha male stood in front and the rest were behind waiting for the signal to attack, we slowly edged away down the bank and they let us go, Australia's very safe but you know.......wrong place wrong time.

[@someonerandom8552]

Ahh the infamous roo mafia. Don’t wanna mess with them bastards No but seriously, a roo once smashed my uncle’s car window. Just randomly too. Fucking kangaroos lol

[@nswinoz3302]

Guys, My wife does not particularly like huntersman spiders only for one reason because her brother would pick them up and roll them up in his hands and throw them at her. While visiting her parents one afternoon he did it right in front of me so quickly I didn’t have time to react and my wife was on the receiving end, and boy did she lay into him immediately after she deflected it, he was in his late thirties and still acting like a teenager. I’ve had a similar thing to the spider lady, but with a large stick insect, which I let walk all over my face. My daughter was a native wild life volunteer and looked after all of the larger native animal and while visiting Taronga zoo with us she got invited into the bug house and had one of the largest stick insect placed on her for some time. It was by far the largest insert I had every seen over to 25cm.

[@garystorm799]

Love stickies and have 7 spiney large females as pets...

[@beardymcbeardface69]

That first huntsman spider was a cute little one. I'm happy to relocate small ones like that with my bare hands. Although in our home we let them stay if they like. My only concern for them is that when our cat gets his regular flea and tick treatment, those chemicals could harm the spiders, so they get gently removed from the house before that. A note to people who like to keep pet spiders, but also have a cat. Your cat's flea treatment may well kill your spider friend.

[@brettbridger362]

I was on a camp in the early eighties as a leader and I'd loaned my car to a bunch of young Italian lads who were going to the beach while I was going off with most of the kids in 'the bus'. We were driving behind my car on a dirt road when it came to a screeching halt, all four doors flew open and the occupants ran from the car. Huntsman on the dashboard. Most of the rest of us did the eyeroll.

[@shanedorival3177]

As an Aussie, I’ve had way too many run ins with huntsman spiders. I’m with you Miles. Give me a snake any day. I’ve woken up with one of those spiders on my face.

[@A2thaMFK]

I just pick em up. they are fine

[@wobbyenna]

I know the pain I once dried my face on a towel and then opened my eyes and there was a huntsman the size of a 5 dollar note.

[@DaveWhoa]

Huntsman are basically harmless to humans (really awesome to have around the house though). I'll let a Huntsman crawl over me but hell no i'm not picking up a snake

[@Kayenne54]

It looked like a cranky Wolf Spider, actually. Huntsman have "fluffy" feet, not "sharp" looking feet.

[@DaveWhoa]

@@Kayenne54 possibly

[@westnblu]

As a kid In the 70s when outdoor loos was still a thing in many households , red back spiders they kept u company haha . Provided they weren't inside the actual toilet u didn't think much of it. I can imagine the youngins today they'd have a fit ! haha.

[@chrisbutton9974]

Huntsman spiders are extremely gentle and in fact help homes by keeping away insects. People have no idea by hating these amazing spiders. Very disappointing.

[@robparsons1527]

A couple of decades back I taught computing at a high school, I drove an old Holden Kingswood, a total beer wagon, you could see the road pass under the car through the large hole in the passenger side floor. I would sometimes give students a lift here or there and after they were seated and we were moving I would tell them to be careful with Boris and not to disturb him, Boris was a very large (hand size) black spider that had built a home on the back window shelf, the screams were funny as, Boris lived there for 3 years and provided great entertainment in particular when he moved! lol

[@Delsin4077]

Not the Kingswood

[@johnwhear9600]

Apparently the snake up the leg of the fella's jeans was staged.

[@flamingfrancis]

Hellooooooo...it IS KZbin!!!

[@wobbyenna]

I laughed at the tiger snake thing, but the reality of how not funny that is, is crazy especially because he’s on his own, man could have died 😅

[@sheerluckholmes5468]

We don't really know if he survived or not as the video had been shot on his phone earlier. It's a take on Schrodinger's cat .... *If a fencing contractor has a Tiger snake up his trouser leg is the contractor alive or dead.* 🤣

[@Nicholas1994]

I had a huntsman come out of my air conditioner vent in the dash a few weeks ago and I gotta say I've never moved so fast. I slammed on my brakes, pulled over, and leaped out of my car, leaving it running. I just stood there watching it until I calmed down, then went and got something out of the boot (trunk) to beat it with. But it took a week or so for me to stop monitoring all of the vents while driving.

[@Kayenne54]

Didn't some guy last year (?) get pulled over for speeding because he had a King Brown snake coiled up beside him? Speed cop helped him out of that one. He deliberately sped past the speed trap so he could get some assistance...

[@triarb5790]

In our lounge room one night my son goes, 'hey what's with all the flies above the picture rail?' Errrr they weren't flies, but 100s of baby huntsman and they were spread throughout three rooms. Entire can of extra large Mortein later.. neither us slept properly. Next day, did my usual as I walk in the door, kicked my shoes off, walked into the lounge and accidentally stood on Big Mama with 600 billion more babies on her back. I tell you, I Fkn Thonged her big time!

[@Kayenne54]

@@triarb5790 When I was about 7 years old, dreamt that I flew up into a spider web and there were thousands of little spiders in it. As I woke up, there was this cobwebby string hanging right over me in bed, covered in little spiderlings. Don't know what kind; vacated the premises until someone braver sorted them out. Always had a tendency to include a real world happening into my dream. Best one ever was (in my dream) I accidentally knocked a huge brass vase off a pedestal, and as it hit and bounced on the marble floor, I woke up to hearing the tail end of a huge clap of thunder rolling off into the distance (which everyone talked about the next day). Everyone said it hit right over their house lol. My dreaming self interpreted the clap and then rolling thunder into a complete vignette.

[@nswinoz3302]

Hi guys, I also remember a incident with a south eastern Queensland tarantula which, I had never been introduced to in Oz, leg span of a large dinner plate which got sprayed by me with some fly spray before I realised what and how big it was as it was curled up in a hole. Again the biggest spider I’ve every seen, after Identifying what it was with the help of my +20 year old son, I was in SE Queensland chatting to a local realtor (US term) and asking if they had every seen one only to get told yes they have one permanently lives in their rockery as it keeps the bugs down. Everyone here knows the bird eating spider is the biggest, but this had the biggest abdomin spider they could be. The following year went to UK’s London Zoo (third visit) and got up close to the normal James Bond size tarantula 1/2 the size, only to interview the keeper to find out after thirty years in the job he did not know how to treat a bite from this creature less than a metre away. i.e. basic first aid training back in Oz.

[@nevyn_karres]

Please never spray a spider with fly spray - it's death is terribly long because the poison weak for them but will still kill them ... eventually. Just squash any insect or spider you do not like.

[@nswinoz3302]

@@nevyn_karres good advice, it depends however if the spider is bigger than you whole foot🦶! Given this one was that size and the location, possibly a piece of 4” x2” wood might have been better.

[@nevyn_karres]

@@nswinoz3302 Well that is more like Mortal Kombat :)

[@nswinoz3302]

@@nevyn_karres Yes you could say that! But I wasn’t trying to kill it, just extract it from the whole in the timber it was hiding in, to get it moving so I didn’t bring it inside and either thrown in the fire 🔥 or have it run around the house. I’ve had similar creatures run up my arms many times, it’s just that my wife does not particularly like spider especially huntersman. For one reason only, because her brother would pickup them up and roll them up in his hands and throw them at her. While visiting her parents one afternoon about fifteen years ago he did it right in front of me so quickly I didn’t have time to react and my wife was on the receiving end, and boy did she lay into him immediately after she deflected it midair, he was in his late thirties and still acting like a teenager.

[@alleycat8791]

Huntsman spiders are called wall puppies in our house. I do relocate them out side because my cats go berserk trying to catch them. But we have had many generations of orb weaving spiders living inside for 15 years, usually only 1 or 2 at any time, but they stay high up near the ceiling in their webs.

[@dethvyper3136]

It's actually fairly common for a Spider to crawl across your face or mouth when you're sleeping. Here in Australia it's estimated that there is at least one Spider within 3 to 4 feet of you everywhere you go. And no I'm not making crap up either.

[@myopinion69420]

our walls are filled with them. as I have been doing renos, there is not one section of wall that I have uncovered that has not had at least 1 live spider in them, unfortunately not huntsman's.

[@dethvyper3136]

@@myopinion69420 .....What Spiders were they? Redbacks? Believe it or not but I've read a comment or two from people saying that they have NEVER seen a Redback Spider in their life, and that surprised me a lot, because honestly what Aussie has NEVER seen a Redback Spider in person, and not just in a picture. They aren't too hard to find, they are literally everywhere, there would be at least a couple of them on a property. I've seen them in walls, on fences, under wooden verandas/decks, under Pot Plants and so on. I've even had them crawl on me. For a Aussie to say they've never seen a Redback Spider just doesn't sound Australian to me haha.

[@myopinion69420]

@@dethvyper3136 we see redbacks occasionally. Not actually sure what they are, from image searches they kind of look like funnel webs but we are not supposed to have them in tassie. they are big, evil looking things. I have lived in both rural and city areas and I would never see redbacks in the city, see them all the time in rural/small town areas.

[@dethvyper3136]

@@myopinion69420....Huh that's weird because I've seen Redbacks in inner city townhouses and those sort of areas, plus in the suburbs. Are you meaning none in the CBD? I have relatives that live in Strathfield and Campsie and I've seen Redbacks there. You can see the CBD from there, it's only a stones throw away. My grandparents lived in Strathfield too and there were Redbacks under their Pot Plants at times in their backyard and they kept a tidy property, it wasn't over grown or anything like that, they even had a couple in places on their old Sandstone front garden wall/fence. It was a Heritage listed house. I know what Spiders you're talking about, they look like Funnel Web Spiders, more like male ones, not big like the females. They look nasty. We have them everywhere here on the NSW Central Coast.

[@myopinion69420]

@@dethvyper3136 one scared the absolute shit out of me when I was renoing the bathroom, never seen a spider like it before and it was MASSIVE, similar size to an 'average' huntsman. the only place we have ever seen them is inside the walls at our current place (between the foil and the bricks) I don't mean CBD, I may have seen one at one point in the city (suburbs) but not very common at all, It could be because its tassie, redbacks are not HUGLY common down here, I do see multiple on my property every year, but the chance of me walking around my yard, lifting something up and finding one is somewhat low.

[@carriebizz]

Omg I love being an Aussie 😄😁 In the suburbs of Victoria you don't see snakes or kangaroos or many weird spiders. Mostly the warmer parts and outback and bush is where most of the crazy scary stuff lives. I've never seen a crocodile

[@su5pectandy]

You should go fishing in a creek in North Queensland 😉

[@sinisterintentions3273]

The 1st spider in the car that crawled on the steering wheel was a wolf spider, they are venomous, wolf spiders have stripes, huntsman's are solid brown

[@rowanbrecknell4021]

Every year they are attracted to the eucaylpt trees we call them Christmas beetles. We used to get out there with tennis rackets and slam away. The eucaylpt trees also have fire grubs. If you stand on a fire grub in bare feet it feels just like standing on hot coals from the fire. They are furry and orange, you can see them but you can really feel them.

[@matthewbrown6163]

Funnel Webs in NSW are deadly & will live in water in a pool inside a bubble of air. My stepson lived on a semi bush lot & I showed him what was in the holes in the backyard - Funnel Web Spiders. Bloody lawnmower brought them out & a lit match sorted them out.

[@aussieragdoll4840]

You should look into the 1999 Hail Storm which hit Sydney. Almost all the roofs (most are terracotta tiles here) were smashed to pieces. It took months for all the roofs to be repaired. And it wasn't just confined to a small part of Sydney either. It was a city of tarpaulins...

[@01DOGG01]

Huntsman spiders can get really big. They can jump too. In my friend's garage, you can hear them landing on the concrete as they jump along. I've slept in the car with a huge one voluntarily.

[@godamid4889]

Nope maties, this Aussie won't be calling you wusses over that car spider. It's happened a few times to me, I live in the bush - and I scream like a five year old child every time... Yes, they were Huntsmen, singular Hunstman. The beetles are everywhere in Australia, and they flock to public toilets at night because of the lights.

[@thegorn9904]

Yes, was about to say that Huntsmen are completely harmless, kangaroos are generally very gentle and I have rarely seen a deadly snake or spider. However, with all the rain in Sydney lately we had our very first funnel web in the kitchen last week. Luckily my dog bailed him up against the back door (they are mostly just venomous to primates) and they're such aggressive things that he just stood there, rearing up in attack mode, so he was very easy to scoop up in a yogurt jar. I can still hear my Mum's voice all my life warning me to tap out my shoes before putting them on, but you forget sometimes. This little guy had to walk past all our shoes outside the back door to get into the kitchen. Certainly a male Sydney funnel web can kill you in less than 30 minutes. The next day I drove him up to the Reptile Park, where he is now part of the anti-venom milking program.

[@matthewbrown6163]

Old Swaggies (Swagmen) or drifters in USA used to tie a short length of rope below the knee to stop snakes running up their legs.

[@mollydunn7646]

my friends husband got bitten by a tiger snake while working the men called for an ambulance but he did not think it would come in time so he jumped into his car still holding the snake and drove to the hospital

[@shaz464]

For goodness sake, huntsman spiders are HARMLESS. Now if that was a mouse in my car, I’d be running down the road, screaming, dry retching and in a cold sweat. 😱

[@marionthompson3365]

Yes, huntsman spiders are fine. I guess you weren't affected by the last mouse plague. Here in Dubbo the mice were beyond unimaginable for 9 months, finally the f***ers left us in peace in August last year. They are back again now, just before winter. Not happy and frankly scared we will go through this again. They were literally everywhere, in beds, in my hair, chewing on my elbows and feet, ate through everything except plastic containers, every electrical appliance, every room, curtains, everywhere, for 9 months straight. I'll take spiders any day over the mice. The Stench is something else, all pervasive and utterly sickening.

[@shaz464]

@@marionthompson3365 Omg. I’d be fleeing the country if I had to go through that. I have a genuine phobia of mice. Absolutely petrified of them. Reading your comment made me feel nauseous. Thankfully here in Adelaide we hardly see them. I have gadgets plugged into my power points to stop them from coming into my house, but if I see a huntsman on my wall I just ignore it.

[@marionthompson3365]

@@shaz464 We have the electronic gadgets too but they made no difference. Mouse traps were the only option (not baits). We had 12 traps set every day and every night using peanut butter. This plague was spread from the Granite Belt in Queensland, right through central and far west NSW and into Victoria. Never in all my life have experienced anything like it. Everyone in the know said it was the worst plague in recent memory. It's so dissapointing to see them again, just before winter which is peculiar. Other than plastic boxes and container containers for storage, the only thing they don't eat or try to eat is steel wool, stuffed into every nook and cranny in and around the house. Even the smallest cracks they get in, air conditioning vents through the ceiling. Waste of time using that foam people use to plug holes, they eat through that as well. It was exhausting and went for such a long long time. It was only after several rain events that they finally drowned in their burrows last August. I think they were also spread inti northern South Australia too. Cheers!

[@michaelworsley3341]

Funny fact about huntsmen spiders , they are the fastest moving spider in the world , and can get about as big as your hand , but are harmless to humans(but hurt if they bite) great spider to have in your house , they hunt other spiders and bugs , scary bastards to see running around your car while driving , a ex-girlfriend once jumped out of my car (at 20mph) because a huntsman drop on her lap , her mother had to come and get her as she refused to get back in my car

[@wok138]

Once in sydney, We had a bright sunny day, pouring windy rain and a hail storm and back to a sunny day in the space of one hour, as someone who weren't originally from Australia, that was a pretty memorable crazy day 😁

[@johnangelico667]

Spiders keep down the fly and mosquito population. They are rarely venomous and usually stay clear of people. In the car, they can safely make their home in the outside wing mirror/s.

[@Lnch4ALion]

We aren't all like this 🤣

[@jeffknight6691]

The last one looked like Stink bugs, a form of Jewel Beetle, and yes they do stink when you crush them.

[@bellabana]

As an Aussie I seriously hate Huntsman spiders as I’ve had too many frightening encounters with them from running across the dashboard in the car, falling down onto me from under the sun visor. Even riding my bicycle with one running across my hands, as well as finding them inside the house, from the lounge room to the shower. It doesn’t matter how many times your told as a child they’re harmless, that they eat flies and insects etc, they still scare me silly. Especially when they drop from the ceiling and run under the sofa and you have no clue where they are….

[@popeye807]

the clip with the hail stones I think it was about the size of them, we regularly get them bigger than golf balls sometimes as big as baseballs

[@tukicat1399]

On my way to work on my little Sym Mio scooter at 5 am.. a huntsman found himself on my speedo. .. when I pulled up at the lights he decided to start wandering and when he got onto the handles I brushed him off.. he did give me a start though.. at home, I usually get a broom and capture them if they are upsetting visitors.

[@garrysalis4312]

Haven't seen Christmas Beatles in numbers for so many years, but Huntsman in the car definitely lol😅

[@SLAPERZZ1]

Spiders give me the creeps since I was a kid, just the way they move. Even tho they’re tiny still make me jump

[@dicklang2756]

Years ago we were visiting my Father and I was making tea and coffee for all the family present. My cup was last and the kettle was nearly empty, a big Huntsman fell out into my cup, he had been boiled pretty good and we didn't have any more milk so I just put some more water in the kettle and made my coffee again. I didn't tell anybody because they would have freaked. I have often wondered how long he had been in there and how many cups of tea had been made with a little extra protein involved.

[@erinjanssen8336]

I'll let you know a little secret - Aussies are secretly proud of the fact that everything here can kill you. I've had one of those big ones (yes, it looks like a Huntsman) on my steering wheel while I was driving one night, like the first video. Just had to stay calm and then scooped him up when I was able to stop and took him to a tree. I'd have coniptions with the snake up my trousers though!

[@richardharker2775]

Those beetles are a sign to go fishing up the rivers.

[@Dags470]

The most annoying part of the Huntsman in the toilet is the toilet roll was on holder backwards.

[@andrewmortimer2602]

We Aussies will not worry about Huntsmen spiders as much as the really nasty ones like Funnelwebs, Redbacks or White Tail spiders. One that's really creepy is the Orb Weaver that sits in the middle of it's web usually right in front of you when you walk through trees or under the eaves of your house. Spiders are a part of daily life here.

[@LeesiiiH]

I hate orb weavers so much, I’ve had one in a web over my driveway for a while so I can’t get down there now 🤣 they give me the ick too much

[@xaj1543]

I’ve had a Tiger snake slither over my foot, but up your pants leg is scary when you consider the Tiger snake is the number 5 deadliest snake on earth.

[@rowanbrecknell4021]

I had one time. Driving a long with the window down arm out. A wasp hit the pillar of the door then flew up the sleeve of my shirt. He must have stung me 6 times or more before I could pull out of traffic to the side of the road. It took a lot to hold it in and not cause a crash.

[@TheNakedWombat]

The Huntsman Spider is harmless. They grow bloody big up north.

[@Lothian55]

It's funny timing to see the huntsman spider in this video. Last night in bed I felt something crawling on my arm. Turned on my lamp to see a spider just chilling out there. I think it was a huntsman, but may have been a wolf spider. I just said "nice to see you mate. Thanks for helping to keep the insects to a minimum" Then I turned off the light, let him/her stay on my arm and went back to sleep. I was just glad it wasn't a disgusting cockroach. Then I would've squashed it, thrown it in the bin, and gone to disinfect my arm :D

[@Kayenne54]

Yeah, wolf spiders can give you a nasty bite which can cause skin necrosis (death of the tissue around the bite) so I'd be less sanguine about them if I were you...especially as modern medicine can't seem to do much, that I've ever read about. Wolf spiders have sharp pointy feet; huntsmen have "fluffy" feet and don't seem so aggressive. Just FYI.

[@peterlinsley4287]

The worst thing is your driving along turn the corner sun is in your eye so you lower the sun visor in your car and a huntsman drops out and on your lap. They often hide between the sun visor and the roof lining.

[@TattooedAussieChick]

Huntsman spiders won’t hurt you. They aren’t small or elusive. Trust me you’ll know exactly where it is. 😂

[@rowanbrecknell4021]

9:37 there have been cases where people hit a kangaroo and it comes through the windscreen scratching and biting killing the driver. Hitting roos is very dangerous. Years ago a lady came in when I was working on VW's. She hit a roo with her beetle. She had a cracked windscreen and grass and shit over the roof. She said I think I got him. The beetle is just the right shape for a roo strike. They just roll off.

[@blackstarboys4719]

Hey guys, if you’re near any bush, snakes and spiders are a daily, generally bigger away from the cities. And it’s usually tourists that die from crocs because we are aware of the danger. But loads of whitetail spiders that are super fkn bad! I have a mate whose a drummer and was bitten by one in September, years ago, on his calf and it was purple for weeks, but every year for about 5/6 years it would flair up again. Love the videos

[@williamhardes8081]

mainly the tourists because the jump bears pushed them in?

[@rowanbrecknell4021]

5:59 in Summer you can see where peoples shoes have melted to the concrete at the servo. Don't go anywhere in Summer without shoes. Even fishing early morning. Carry some pluggers so you can get back over the sand in the morning.

[@rowanbrecknell4021]

I had the dog with me one time so I kept him in the wet sand with me until we had a straight run to the park and green grass. Must have been 100m I said go boy and it was full running no stops, your feet would be burnt.

[@BassMatt1972]

The spider, HARMLESS, even friendly (everyone had a pet Huntsman/Wolf spider in their house). The Tiger Snake, probably 2nd most venomous snake in the world. You do NOT pick them up or go near them, they will attack (hence the name).. and yes Death Valley is hot, but that frypan's just been in the Sun next to his pool, in his back yard..

[@carokat1111]

Tiger snakes are docile unless provoked. Their name comes from the stripy skin which some of them exhibit. Seen plenty of tiger snakes in Tas.

[@garyhulse7449]

You guys should listen to Slim Newtons song There's A Red Back On The Toilet Seat, Most Aussies that had the old external Thunder Boxes have had this experience.

[@liandren]

Huntsmen are housepets. They eat all the mozzies and entertain the kids when they do their epileptic crazy dance on the wall, lol.

[@jemxs]

LoL just another day is Straya! We don't ride the kangaroos to the shops..we ride the humungous spiders!! Oh and don't take your hats off for their bravery...it was stupidity with the croc!

[@ironside210]

That's a huntsman! Venomous, yes, but not dangerous to humans because of the small size of it's fangs. One layer of cloth will protect you. Grab it in a tee towel and release it 50 metres from the house. You know you have a big one when you can HEAR it running away from you. True! However, that trouser snake is a real cause for concern. How he got away with that move is beyond me.

[@geoffmower8729]

My mate was out walking his dog at night in summer in South Australia. There was a huntsman spider on the concrete path just ahead of him the street light made the shadow of the spider look horrifying. Then the dog jumped at the spider and the huntsman seemed to disappear but what my mate had not noticed was that it had landed on his foot. Just has he started to walk again the spider ran up the inside of his trouser leg. He must of looked like a German doing a dance at schutzenfest slapping his knees until the slightly shell shocked spider came staggering out and ran off. The huntsman spider is quite harmless they are not poisonous but they can bite. There is a really large spider in Queensland called the bird eating spider and it is the size of a bread and butter plate but luckily it only lives in rain forests.

[@gregmccallum3124]

8:05 I nearly spat out my beer, nearly. And I am an Aussie.

[@quirky559]

Guys, the bloke that was spearing Barramundi and then found the Saltwater croc, his name is Andrew Ucles and you have to see his stuff. He catches rabbits with using deadly snakes he caught, uses the carcass of an emu to disguise himself and hand catch kangaroos, blokes an absolute nutter.

[@rowanbrecknell4021]

6:59 I was cast netting bait balls deep in mud on dusk in the river. I looked over and saw a goanna coming out of the water and walking in the mud. In the dark and at the distance I could not judge the size but I said to my brother "lets get out of here I don't know goannas to come out of the water"

[@joesky011]

I killed myself laughing with Miles' comment about the hunstman in the toilet...he's sitting on the shitter! :)

[@timcetin372]

The huntsman spiders are everywhere, harmless buggers but good for a laugh when people freak out, growing up on the farm they would be inside all the time, dad being a real bushy would get them to run up his arm off the wall stop them at his shoulder and get them to go back down to the back of his hand and sit back at the kitchen table patting it like a pet for a while before putting it outside and yes it would make all our skin crawl just watching him do it no matter how much we got used to it 😳😂👍

[@norsehall309]

G'day boys, in Australia what try too kill you and you survive make you stronger, if it's in your face you face it, cheers,Neil.

[@woodspirit7701]

The fry pan one is totally legit given an hour in the sun on a hot day - did notice oil in it too.

[@tilly8221]

Huntsman spiders will be the death of me as someone that lives alone I have had some epic battles with them 😂

[@garystorm799]

They are harmless. They are keeping your house cockroach free.

[@ironforge039]

It’s only a baby huntsman. They’re bloody harmless

[@kierondarcy1213]

I lived in Mount Isa which is north western Queensland where is 54°C. We used to cook at breakfast on the driveway just like this

[@kewl2152]

That's the problem with driving at night and Kangaroos. They're like oversized moths and will literally head towards the car headlights. And you can't be fooled by them stopping on the side of the road and seemingly waiting for you to drive past as they'll wait till you can't avoid them and then jump right in front of your car. And that's why we have roo bars.

[@karenstrong8887]

I can hug a snake but no spiders! Huntsman get way bigger, they jump. They bite but they don’t kill you. That car one happened to me but the spider was the size of my hand. I was in 4 lanes of traffic when I saw it climbing up my steering wheel and it bothered me that it had been down with my feet. It sat in the middle of my wheel and looked at me. I didn’t pull over, I just stopped my car, opened the door and ran away. I forgot my daughter and her new baby were in the car. I made my husband go and trade the car in for a new one. 👀

[@aussie_chick]

I had a huntsman fall off the sun visor when I put it down, the spider landed in my lap then ran up under my shirt. Lucky my husband was driving!

[@markleon411]

I think America would seem pretty dangerous too if people were out there making compilations of Rattle Snakes and Black Widow Spiders and bear attacks.

[@stelmosfire11]

A huntsman falling out of someone’s sun visor could cause a 4 car pile up.

[@jogould1045]

Hey guys i have to say at least in Australia we do not have land predators that actively hunt us eg. Bears, Cougar and wolves... In our waters we have Crocs and sharks but at least on land the stuff that can kill us doesn't actively hunt us :)

[@lexington_005]

if you hate the huntsman on the dashboard, then you will freak out having a huntsman walking across the inside of your motorcycle helmet visor as your riding at 110km and hour

[@tracyleecornish5398]

A tiger snake one bite and your gone!! He was pretty calm only way to do it tear that bandaid off lol Best way to do it with a snake on you!. That spider is a huntsman and eats other bugs and nasty spiders we dont mind having them in our house. Always check your shoes in Australia always! Don't leave them outside for too long either lol Also don't go swimming in nice little billabongs or you might be taken by a croc!

[@brettevill9055]

Don't do that to a snake in Australia, Miles. It would kill you. A spider like the one in the first clip moved into my bedroom the day before yesterday, and when I was making my bed yesterday it dropped from the ceiling onto the bedclothes with a distinctly-audible "pat" sound. I have put a jam-jar and an index card out on my bedside table ready to evict the thing when it next ventures into the open. They are harmless, really. The only way huntsman spiders ever cause human death is when drivers freak out while driving over a spider in the car.

[@brettevill9055]

Mind you, this young galah actually does. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jarRqWSroNyXjKM

[@karnovtalonhawk9708]

sorry guys i dont like spiders either but that one was tiny compared to some i have had in my house. the big spinderly ones nothing to worry about. its the thick bodied tarantula looking types that will do you damage. well those and some smaller ones but those i would just splat with my hand if i had too. big is the size of my two hands put together with my fingers spread. used to sleep in a shed at a friends place for awhile with 4 that size on the ceiling each night. one fell on my face while i was sleeping it weighed enough to wake me up and i could feel it running over my blanket to get away. again big but harmless.

[@justinlee9031]

Oh that was just a Huntsman. They are harmless. The size of a fist but harmless.

[@witchen805]

Our Salt Water Crocodiles will stalk you for days before attacking. This one was just checking them out, for now.

[@jamesof07]

I was sitting on the dunny(toilet) and about to complete my cleansing of my rear end , pulling down the toilet roll I noticed a palm size tarantula on the paper. Wacked it with my hand and the spider slammed into the opposite wall and it scrudded away. This was in Nsw, Pennant hills. Australia.

[@Oracle550]

the snake up the trouser leg is fake,you tube clickbait.It was dead ,thats why your saw no movementfrom the snake or no film of it after slithering away

[@Bellas1717]

Oz-trail-ya, re-ack-t. The rest was great, you're getting there!! I’ve driven into the kerb with a huntsman only on the outside of the windscreen.

[@christyzeeaquarianated2600]

Lol those were Christmas beetles, they're actually beautiful.

[@aussie6910]

A Tiger snake up your trouser leg. The stuff of nightmares. Extremely venomous & the second deadliest snake in this country. The Brown snake has the most kills.

[@boo5877]

Yes you can cook an egg like that, car bonnet or hoods as you call them are good for it as well.

[@FushyTacoFngaz]

yeah where i live in Caboolture, QLD is a couple hours drive south of 'Croc Country' but we've got pretty much everything else, i have conversations with Eastern Browns, and Redbelly's on the footpath and long grass my walk into work, in 5 years i've only had 2 have a go at me, one got a fang stuck in my shoelaces and i must have looked like Bruce Lee to all the passing cars 🤣 i go kayaking fishing and always get checked out by Bull Sharks every time without fail, ones under 5 feet dont even phase me anymore, 12ft+Tiger Sharks get the heart rate going that's for sure, and in winter we get juvenile Great Whites close inshore. Kangaroos everywhere, goannas, cockroaches everywhere and spiders as big as your hand 😳 Still, no place i'd rather be 🍻

[@roarsomemum5830]

We don't have bears, cougars, cyotes or anything that doesn't have an antidote really. Sure, a few crocs - not in my area, but your wildlife is WAY scarier than ours lol.

[@carked5707]

So grateful you liked the pies and sausage rolls

[@kangablue4502]

You’d be hard pressed to find an Aussie who HASN’T been accosted by a huntsman spider in the car or the house. Or both…! I can’t stand them 😱

[@anniej6191]

Some of those spiders looked like huntsmen, some looked like wolf spiders. Makes you jump when one emerges from under the sun visor, but harmless. I love it when a huntsman moves into my house - they keep the flies and other bugs down. Daddy long legs are great too - they eat the redbacks (yay!). Now if we just had a natural predator for the brown snakes we'd be laughing.

[@Di_678]

I had a huntsman in my car. Just got in, driving in Melbourne CBD traffic. I stopped the car, threw on the handbrake and jumped out, while peak hour traffic was banking up behind me.. A guy walks past and says Spider in the car ladies? 🤣😅 My mate cut its legs off trying to catch it and ended up killing it. ☺️

[@Erizedd]

Did you know they can grow their legs back? A woman once came across a huntsmen that only had one leg left (possibly after a run-in with a wasp, which inject them with a toxin that paralyses them for a time, then snip off their legs and lay their eggs inside their still-living body), anyway, the woman ended up hand-feeding this huntsman with tweezers and bugs (flies I think?) until it eventually grew its legs back. :D

[@Di_678]

@@Erizedd I hate those bastards. lol

[@jasegtree4553]

I just found and rescued a huntsman from my kitchen sink this morning. Just another day in Australia