Eight-Eyed Horror: Peering Into Jumping Spiders' Explosive Brains

It’s difficult to study the jumping spider’s brain, but researchers have found a new technique that lets them analyze the spider’s neural activity.
Credit: Cohen lab (Cornell University), Tsevi Beatus, Paul Shamble, Gil Menda
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[@homoisshortforhomeowner9829]

They aren't 'horrors' :( they're cute

[@Typhillion]

Those.. ehhh.. aren't horrors... ehhhh... they're ehhhhhh.... cute.

[@CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening]

homo is short for homeowner I KNOW THERE FRIKIN ADORABLE😊😘🕷

[@jaschabull2365]

I was thinking it was the experiment that was the horror. Seemed pretty brutal to put the poor li'l thing through all that.

[@DamonInferis]

yes, we filthy humans are the true horrors of this world

[@crystaljones9270]

There not heralding it

[@TheStrayHALOMAN]

these spiders are cute like puppies lol

[@esoh4t484]

Hopefully with better treatment as pets their lifespan will gradually increase

[@moondrip2163]

@@esoh4t484 I dream that Jumping Spiders would become a staple house pet like cats, dogs, and birds someday.

[@williameadie8550]

After watching people who have pet jumping spiders and treat them with love, this is almost impossible to watch. It's like they're doing this to kittens.

[@n.g.s1mple29]

If its impossible to watch, then dont watch maybe ?

[@jeckol3200]

Scientist do this to dogs rats and mice. Yet we trust them to have our best interest at heart.

[@TheWasher18]

@@jeckol3200 Id trust a scientist who has probed around a dogs eye before and published a paper for a vet to be able to perform proper cataract surgery than some snake oil salesman who "goes off feel" or "I just know this will help"

[@koryaiine7393]

Yeah>

[@jcdenton4534]

@@jeckol3200 Yes. It's sad, and it hurts but it's information that helps us greatly in the future. Even human testing.

[@erynkathrynorr9334]

As a jumping spider keeper I honestly felt so conflicted about this 🥺… I didn’t like seeing this poor baby restrained n poked but on the other hand I was fascinated w their intelligence and what these gentlemen discovered!!

[@AmericanNomad82]

Same...

[@RHill40]

Get a life dude. It's a bug.

[@Mal-yh2zh]

Congratulations, you tortured a spider to confirm that its eyes can in fact see... lol

[@moondrip2163]

His kind will not forget this...

[@donnajocatlady3839]

Those are adorable eyes. Not a horrific thing about them. 😍😍😍 Couldn't watch after they got her all trapped... 😭

[@artycharr]

I cant help but feel bad for being held in place and having a needle the diameter of your tooth put through the back of your eye socket while you are awake.

[@n.g.s1mple29]

What the, that needle is nowhere near that big. Its so skall they barely feel it.

[@n.g.s1mple29]

@@KimberlyThomason im not sure, it may have died but not from the wires. If it did die its most likely from them not being able to remove the sticky wax without killing it. Would have to look into it.

[@aspeckt1]

I had an unusual interaction with 2 jumping spiders, one I found by the back door in my old house earlier this year. it was sitting on the corner of this cabinet eye level with me, I got fairly close to it and it kinda backed away in fear so I left I came back later that day and it was still on the cabinet so I was looking at real close and doing things to try to get a reaction, I walked around it to try to get behind it and it was slowly turning following my head and face, then I acted like my hand was a spider and started to walk it up the side of the cabinet and it got obviously frightened by it and ran down the side and hid. I think I came back the next day and it was still there around that area but I left it alone. Something about it seemed different from web making spiders that's for sure and that experience changed the way I look at jumping spiders. Last month I almost crushed the second one in my car door, I noticed it was sitting right above the door ontop of the car, I wasn't worried about it so I just opened the door and grabbed something but as I was about to close the door it walked down onto the padded seal for the door so I slowly brought the door closer to the spider and it jumped onto the door then back ontop of the car as I continued to close the door.

[@zuriel7291]

Respect+

[@aog1747]

Respect+ lol dope story bro they’re smart af

[@private13]

I had a fatty momma jumping spider living in my car for a while. That's when I realized how intelligent they are. She never bothered me. If I tried to interact with her she would back up like "hey now, quit it." So I just let her be. I was taking a friend home one night when she decided to take a walk across the dashboard. Luckily, he never noticed her. She was fairly large and I was worried buddy would freak out if he saw her haha.

[@anelalc2795]

I have one as a pet and it looks you in such a way that makes you think there is something behind those eyes not like other insects where you feel like it is not alive until it moves

[@NorthWindAfrican]

But they have silk?

[@juliejennings8708]

These species of spiders are amazingly intelligent and interact with humans on a very high level.

[@TheRPGentleman]

Yes, as though they are aware that we are giant cruel monstrosities who could squash them in a moment's notice, so they play nice to appease us.

[@lordduckofquack]

@@TheRPGentleman that’s not true at all. We are trying to befriend that and we mean no harm which they are capable of understand that. We grow a symbiotic relationship with them. A lot of creatures do that outside the norm. Like some trap door spiders are known to keep pet frogs

[@spcrri4796]

@@TheRPGentleman You may be a giant, cruel monstrosity but I am not. I may not like spiders but I don't go out of my way to harm them.

[@TheRPGentleman]

@@spcrri4796 When did I say I was? I was referring to the average asshole, who squashes a spider without a second thought. I happen to really like spiders myself. Try to read between the lines a bit.

[@NorthWindAfrican]

The reason they tilt head is because they cant move their eyes..

[@wolfyjade3234]

This was hard to watch, I own and breed these little guys :( I understand that it was for science purposes though, amazing work gentlemen :)

[@konomil4242]

Wolfy Jade fuck science I'm only mad 5he spider had to die..Besides they have all the time to study the damn things but sometimes I wish science would fuck off even though it's my favorite subject a lil less death in hands on would give a good feeling once in a while.

[@PISQUEFrancis]

Wolfy: if you breed these delightful spider, you must have an insight on any intelligence they seem to have. Can they be kept as pets similar to fish(only as an example), which continue to live as normal as possible, but do recognize food being given to them. Sometimes, fish might actually become excited just before being fed ... they must recognize "something good is about to happen". Or, are these spiders seemingly on a slightly higher sense, enough so, to recognize that you have become an accepted part of their life?

[@biggystupid3735]

I breed phidippus otiosus and phidippus putnami, which are similar to the spider in the video

[@wolfyjade3234]

@@PISQUEFrancis yes they cab get use to you above another person and can associate you with the gift of food 😍 they sometimes look into your eyes and tilt their head all curious ans wide eyed

[@NorCalGlobal]

Fuck science purposes

[@yoboikamil525]

i saw one today on the ceiling. It went to a mosquito, jump distance, circled it 3 times, got in a position to ready it's jump and- and.. it just stood there. Mosquito flew away 3 minutes later and the spider looked around, spun 360° and walked to a corner. i love these spiders

[@tylerscherrer9322]

poor spider

[@bqualitysnake6549]

Nah, Vriska has done some really bad things, but that is really cruel

[@irishpanic]

I agree. I'm so angry about this

[@CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening]

Combo Pyro that poor sweathart didn't deserve it it was probably terrified

[@WeAreTheStormOfficial]

Yeah, it sucks, but hopefully, the dude is okay now... unless this killed him. But there are worse ways to die.

[@rahimel-mulla2894]

@@WeAreTheStormOfficial I don't think jumping spider could lives more than a year around.

[@MrDJ0]

Why would you do this to them 😭

[@michaelshields7777]

This is absolutely disgusting!! That poor spider was nothing more to you than a victim for you to torture!!!! Somebody needs to do the same thing to you, creep!! Ugh!!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@partygoose8658]

Lol chill

[@Altairw]

I'm sure every single PETA smarty complaining in the comments poisoned and squashed more bugs on their walls than these scientists did in all their career.

[@Cold-Blooded-Jay]

I don't harm bugs unless they are actively trying to harm me. So pretty much just mosquitoes. Fck those guys.

[@annabelleahmad2253]

People can change, regret their past, and criticize those who still do these things.

[@AmaryInkawult]

And unlike them I actually empathize more with the insects I kill than with other humans. Probably because I know I killed something vital for the planet's ecosystem. Don't get me wrong, it's a noble aspiration to be pro-environment. But when you start complaining about whaling inside of a video game, that's when you know you aren't being noble anymore.

[@AmaryInkawult]

Oh and you will never see them complain about the 20k+ spiders dying out in the wild. I mean those spiders weren't filmed dying so how would these shallow jackasses know about them?

[@peterlustig8021]

dont tell them that the spiders die in agony to poison used to keep for our lovely apples and bananas xd i mean i want to have some good lookin food right there. the spiders can cramp out, each one going through their own hell chambers of pain and die

[@zacmonster2502]

Cool, they were able to figure out that a spider can recognize a fly. I think anyone could have told them that without drilling a hole in the spider's head while it was still alive.

[@spormlastname267]

Zac Monster poked. Not drilled.

[@nathanc939]

Dude you orobably have crushe hundreds of spiders in your life, just like most people complaining here.

[@konomil4242]

Nathan Carrier I haven't not once my family does it's not our fault we can't hold them in one place because they are so fucking Curious ,cute,fast,and creepy,but no matter what dumbfuck we all want something in life but hell our own lives won't let us have it our worries on depending on somone does it for us,now maybe he has crushed a few spiders but maybe because it was a reason there are two kinds of spider smartass ,"Venomous" and "Non-Venomous" maybe they should study the Venomous ones because certainly this one ( and only because of its species) isn't so god damn Venomous.

[@wastool]

@@spormlastname267 Maybe if they had used a tiny drill they wouldn't have exploded so many spiders.

[@claymore32]

Konomi l4 I fail to see your argument. Everyone has killed insects. It's a fact of life. At least these guys did it in the name of science, furthering our knowledge into micro-science, which we can use further in the fields of micro-robotics and space engineering. Neither venomous or non venomous spiders should be killed if at all avoidable. The very fact that you seem to insinuate that it is acceptable to kill a venomous spider purely because it is venomous shows you know nothing about arachnids. Spiders are incredibly safe creatures. They do not attack if they have no reason to. They are defensive, not aggressive, and most new world tarantulas will not attack anything that isn't food as long as it doesn't spook them. I fail to see what you are arguing for when you say they should study venomous spiders. Spiders use the venom secreted from their fangs to incapacitate their prey before storage or consumption. There is no difference, to my knowledge, in brain activity between venomous and non venomous spiders that is relatable to the world of micro-science. The jumping spider is unique in that it has eyes almost as good as ours and can see further than most, if not all, spiders. Even the largest of tarantulas cannot see more than two inches in front of them, hence why they rely on sensing vibrations and movement to hunt their prey. Perhaps next time you should take a little more time to think about the meaning behind something before you so foolishly blurt out such incoherent drivel, which frankly, can barely be considered as an intellectual opinion.

[@TomeRodrigo]

They are a horror for the fly but not for us..they are cute. I have a video with 6 million views about the biggest jumping spider ever documented.

[@vanleeuwenhoek]

7:12 if only he held his pinky up to his mouth during this moment.

[@Maltebyte2]

Spiders with frickin lasers attached to their heads!!

[@PonquecitoMortal]

🤣🤣🤣

[@chrissre7935]

It's also amazing that this little creature is soo aware of it's environment and can plan steps ahead it's attack.

[@ambientatmospheremusic8271]

Poor jumping spider😧

[@blakefauset4549]

It’s a lil sad when you see it when it’s stuck looking at the screen and you are looking at the angle behind it and all you can really see are it’s cute lil hair tufts and the horrible machinery above it.

[@XMIR10C]

Pure proof of Darwinism. Some posters are partially correct. They have perfected symbiosis, just like dogs did. They hang around the windows and doors. The city jumping spider lines that didn't do this went extinct - a new breed of jumping spider - just like racoons . They even evolved to have more of these these "cuteness" factors". Not just for mating, but protection from these "giant humans" in a spiders way of thought.

[@DaveWhoa]

spiders are now a lot closer to corrective laser surgery

[@t.c.bramblett617]

That spider is like... "WORST DAY EVER"

[@para_momal]

😔 Not triggered, just sad to see something so cute being poked and prodded. Especially when the guy said "when you poke them, they explode and die." When they had the little thing in the jig with wax, it was probably my imagination, but it looked so sad to be stuck there. I'm a bleeding heart, yes, but I also help humans when they need it as well.

[@zayavothz413]

I feel bad for it just being waxed there

[@neonnoir9692]

Jumping Spiders are known for their friendliness and "intelligence", and folks tend to anthropromorphize these adorable little creatures. As such, there should be a warning in this video about harming them.

[@himesama517]

Thank you... I was really annoyed by that. Some people have no respect for life at all. Those that are like "it's a spider" have no clue. What happens when we hunt things to extinction just bc it's not what we perceive as worthy of life? Spiders take care of pesky bugs that can ruin gardens and crops so therefore they are okay in my book.

[@1ard103]

to be fair... the title of the video should make this rather clear. if you couldn't infer this conclusion from the tittle alone then you are very dense or you seek to suppress science that you find to be problematic. the argument that this is just a spider isn't countered by you bringing up the fact that hunting things to extinction is bad...... because these spiders were likely grown for this purpose.... they didn't take these spiders from the wild.... you can chill out because they arent hunting these spiders.... they are really easy to raise they are cheap to raise and they mature quickly.... as apposed to mammals. its probably the worst argument ive herd against testing on animals in general... you understand this isnt 1000s of hunters across america killing every liveing creature they see and selling there pelts right? ... these are several people in controlled environments with the purpose of furthering science... or at the very least human safety. the fact is spiders and insects alike simply dont have the capacity to feel pain as pain.... rather its more a censor that tells it to run. they dont suffer... they just aren't capable of it. think of it like how when you play a game and your character gets hurt... you can see he is getting hurt and you know that you need to change up your strategy to survive... likely you need to run away... but it would be foolish to argue that you as the player are being harmed.

[@AmaryInkawult]

Soooooo...you wanted a Trigger Warning on a video that deals in testing animals right in the title...anything else you want done to make it feel better for you? Maybe some cookies, crayons, maybe a puppy or two? Oh maybe the scientists should dress as clowns and have colorful wallpaper too! How about we give spiders citizenship and the right to prosecute you for killing other spiders in the past? I wonder how the spiders will react to the "It's ok to be white" signs. Think they'll make a big stink on the news about it? Oh and maybe they'll bring up HUMANSPREADING ON SUBWAY CARS. Stop making one spider death seem like a step to extinction. It was raised for this. As you are well aware, a LIVING BRAIN is required for the experiment. I know it sucks but hey *REALITY DOESNT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOUR FEEFEES* There will always be necessary evils in the world. If you believe that all the animals sat around a camp fire singing Kumbayah before humanity came in then you are probably in the wrong universe. This universe is dark and deadly. Animals eat eachother all the time in the wild, how is one death for science more cruel than 20,000 being eaten in a single day?

[@n.g.s1mple29]

@@himesama517 collecting a couple jumping spiders is basically inconsiquential, they reproduce quicly and have high populations. Calm down.

[@n.g.s1mple29]

@@AmaryInkawult thank you

[@XMIR10C]

The jumping spiders that randomly developed these "face like" features as mutations, were the ones that survived. "Training the human" , LOL.

[@XMIR10C]

agree

[@phqutub]

Homeboy at the end should have been edited out. This whole project should be canceled. He talks about solving a problem no one else has yet...huh? The are doing crude testing and his justification was, "well the robot guys want minis". Far better testing of this has been performed. Their rudimentary test showed exactly what anyone knew would happen. Present a stimuli and obviously sensors will react. He was doing some type of funding pitch at the end. Which one of their Moms basements did they setup their lab?

[@bise_moon]

The most adorable killers are jumping spiders, and you can't change that

[@ingusmant]

Consider this: had this species existed during the Carboniferous when oxygen levels were much higher it would probably have grown much larger like many arachnids and arthropods did. With a bigger size comes a bigger brain, so would've it reached the stage of sapience? And given its processing capacity would it outsmart humans?

[@nicolobalestrino]

This is actually a good question, it would be interesting to know. who knows if the same body could withstand being so big (like 20x bigger) and how much energy it would need to function. mammals are probably more efficient when it comes down to body size maybe thats why we grew up and they stayed small

[@emperorpalpatine3125]

Its more about brain-to-body size ratio than total brain size. If it was bigger and somehow could support its body weight given its weak structure (weak by animal standards), it would probably be just as intelligent as it was when it was little.

[@cameronshapiro700]

Doesnt seem very controlled. Studying somethings psychology and neurology while its just been frozen to lethargy squeezed and restrained and then a giant creature holds poker to the back of its head that has eyes, might change the outcome a lil maybe im wrong, one neuron is pretty concise

[@dinonatorful]

I hope insects don't feel pain like mammals do

[@volkerball85]

Arthropods in general, in fact, do not process pain the way we do. They can detect damage, but their neural structures are completely different.

[@blazednlovinit]

They're essentially living microchips. They need to be millions of times more intelligent to even have a chance of consciousness.

[@Tismesue]

No one really knows, they can only surmise. By the way spiders are not insects. ;)

[@Kaqurei]

Does a creature have to experience pain in the same way we do to deserve compassion?

[@adamneeley4254]

I mean. I agree with the emotion behind your sentiment. But...Yes? I mean life is basically a chemical reaction that has come together to self perpetuate to the point it will forcefully(predators) compromise other reaction(prey). There does come a point that there its alive, but unfeeling. I hope the spider was below this threshold. But a lot of simple insects simply don't have the complexity needed to have feeling. They are biological computers, they have inputs and programmed instructions put in over millions of years based upon which tiny minute variants survives, and which didn't. The experiment is interesting, showing known mathematical images, and seeing what the brain does would allow them to better understand how brains in general function, by mapping sector data to the inputs. This is especially valuable given how close our visual acuity is. We might one day have artificial eyes based upon this type of research. Now all that being said. Plz nu bulli spooder

[@Gardner0871public]

It’s like a clockwork orange for spiders. Or robot chicken lol

[@MolettiDiSardo]

This was a bit disturbing. I know it's part of scientific inquiry but I love spiderz so yeah, it was a bit hard to watch.

[@lizatanzawa7910]

Hey! When they introduced the team, they didn't introduce the spider! Where's the spider, it ought to have a teeny chair!

[@chocolatebudgie]

I would have liked to see the neural activity to the black and white movement simulation as well as to the image of the fly. Since that was the point of the experiment, I thought. Seems like a great set-up to look at how the spiders process other images as well. I'm sad the little fellows probably die getting out of the rig though. :(

[@jebhank1620]

Wild guess but it was probably to test their visual acuity. Given they didn’t show the response in the video, it’s likely it wasn’t a response a layman would be able to understand without lengthy explanation.

[@protercool8474]

​@@jebhank1620 I thought they would've shown the fly at different sizes to test acuity. Sort of like a letter chart eye test. Might have to read up a bit more to understand what they did.

[@_Solaris]

Any particular reason you would use the word 'horror'?

[@averymediocrepigeon1260]

I'm pretty sure that's torture

[@lindariedl]

Your right #SpiderLivesMatter

[@sugarmynuggets]

A Very Mediocre Pigeon yup

[@spormlastname267]

How are we supposed to find out what these spiders know, without using enhanced interrogation techniques?

[@hieutruong729]

#NoSpiderAbuse

[@wowyoureadthiscomment1468]

Hm.. I'm in between but it's sometimes important to know more about the world than not at all

[@roliisxd7647]

Poor spider.

[@280SE]

That’s bloody awful. Clearly a very smart creature and it’s being subjected to a slow and painful death by these twats. No creature deserves that. It has great eye sight. leave it at that

[@ineptspecimen2280]

Eight-eyed horror? I think you meant cute and adorable.

[@s727r]

Always see them on outside window sills here in the UK, although they're very small here. I've always been fascinated by them, they're actually kind of cute.

[@madeanewyoutubeacc2700]

Not horrible! ALL spiders are infact very very helpful to us humans! Although some are afraid, they would help out anytime! I ♥️ 🕷

[@FriendsVsWild]

What if aliens do this to us

[@nathansealey6270]

I understand the need to learn about the things around us, but is there any that man cannot just leave alone..?

[@riki4291]

this is some deep web level of video, for a jumping spider like me

[@Letshavealaugh16]

What happened to the poor spider with the hole made in it's head?..

[@sirblue5586]

It died

[@kamakirinoko]

At 3:30 the guy on the right is looking at the talking guy with barely concealed hilarity, as if he is about to erupt in loud guffaws at any moment about the clever joke that only he seems to understand. Then the whole video is going to explode in hysterical unrestrained laughter, like, how did the talking guy ever become a scientist? He looks more like a crazed pastry chef.

[@alexhubert5425]

Can't the spider be taken out of a Low pressure enviroment and then go in to a high pressure enviroment along with the scientist who then as quickly as possible does the tests.I guess you would still end up putting a hole in it's head though but are they bragging that they now have the tecnology sensitive enough to measure the spider brain that they have now discovered that the spider can see what it jumps at?? An interesting goodbye thought,, I once watched through night vision a jumping spider jump on a fly in the dark?

[@eotwkdp]

A sacrifice for science and most like this spider without a name will be remembered

[@thomasmleahy6218]

Perhaps adding non-destructive dye components to structures may assist observations. This I find very interesting.

[@BeckEatsStuff]

I love jumping spiders 🙌 but did they kill the jumper at the end?

[@M_Ouellette]

oh I think that's a given.

[@johnnybaughman7593]

You can almost see the spider thinking without the probe

[@brian-us6vw]

i have arachnophobia but not towards jumping spiders ;[ rip cute spider

[@lalalaeda]

right, they are so cute!

[@therealjaycole6464]

You can do this experiment on humans as well, but you have to use phones instead of flies to get any reaction.

[@sodaunderthesink9014]

ok boomer

[@tgg1033]

That is boomer as fuck

[@spidervideos123]

YOU MOSTER LET THE SPIDER ALONE

[@yjk5737]

Interesting. Inhumane but interesting.

[@literalantifaterrorist4673]

TBA I haven't done research in this, but I'm pretty sure insects are emotionless, they just act instinctively.

[@jamfish155]

No. Insects and arachnids have personality and emotions.

[@segoriskjohnny7916]

Yeah, Jumping Spiders are the cutest. I'm an arachnophobe too lol I just find the way they move less threatening.. and they are so smart I find this cruel.. they have memories and very advanced behaviour.. I would guess if any spider was to have feelings and emotions it would be a jumping spider.

[@annabelleahmad2253]

ICanHazGaming12345 You are incorrect. Spiders have personalities, and thought they don't feel like we do, they can have basic emotions just as fear. Insects and arachnids aren't plants, mate.

[@annabelleahmad2253]

David Black Inhumane = Cruel

[@2horses4U]

So many years of study to poke a spiders brain and let it explode...WOW! Gongrats to science for torturing spiders! And what have we learned exactly?

[@alejandrorobles6865]

2horses4U how the spider brains work, how is it composed, how intelligent they are, by learning more about them we can help them in the future

[@markwhiting5201]

2horses4U did you EVEN watch the video?! 😂

[@AmaryInkawult]

Mark Whiting probably not, they saw just the title and just virtue signalled on impulse. I'm seeing a lot of that in the comments. I wonder how many are SJWs that would be perfectly fine watching a white homeless man die in the street as long as *A TINY SPIDER* doesn't die in a fucking lab for science.

[@jacobtheguitarist5217]

As a jumper spider myself I can confirm we love to jump on things.

[@kevinnachtnuit5045]

I bet you these guys are a blast on a Friday night...

[@gurgy3]

Why am i not surprised that this is the group studying spider brains

[@eotwkdp]

Imagine how difficult that was

[@partygoose8658]

I keep seeing these comments of people saying "this is torture".... please do your research before commenting, spiders do not feel pain therfore its not torturing the spider.

[@lazarusmagellan2367]

I found it strangely cute when he picked it up with the tweezers.

[@zetsubousmizzle]

kinda funny seeing people triggered by this, if you are so sensitive why did you click on this video?

[@AmaryInkawult]

Todd Smizzle exactly. Why do they care so immensely. Sure I empathize with the lil critter but damn even I know science suffers Necessary Evils. And noone provided any plausible alterations to the experiment to make it more humane.

[@Icewind007]

To be fair, the video is not titled appropriately. People expected fun facts, not a dissection or whatever this is. So it's silly blaming people for clicking on it. It would be better titled along the lines of "Connecting Probes to a Jumping Spider's Brain for Research". THEN people would be able to not click if they didn't want that content.

[@TaylorKromOFFICIAL]

This is kinda fucked up....

[@jamegumb7298]

I expected a robotic arm and a much smaller needle tbh. Need a very steady hand for that.

[@ingusmant]

Yeah I thought they were going to use a davinci unit or something Then again maybe they got tons of spiders laying around

[@DanoDev]

why are people calling these people a murderer for killing a jumping spider

[@moondrip2163]

I dunno, because people generally love jumping spiders and think they're cute. It's the same way with how there'll always be outrage when violence is perpetrated to cats, dogs, or any other animal the internet deems "too adorable to kill".

[@treloReal]

You guys are monsters!!!

[@partygoose8658]

Why say the hm? Spiders don't even feel pain

[@kane00000]

This is probably the only cute spider. I wonder if it has to do with that animation about the jumping spider.

[@jamn610]

pretty awesome! what happened to the spider afterwards? did you let it go?

[@whoeverwhoever400]

it had a brain injury of course.

[@Chief_Lon]

It exploded

[@lindariedl]

+lol wut how? Spiders aren't explosive. And aren't made of explosive material.

[@sugarmynuggets]

jamn610 it most likely died, I mean it was glued to something using hot wax so it would have been pretty hard to removed the wax and keep the spider alive also it was getting jabbed with a small knife. I am 99% sure it died

[@xHappySnowmanx]

As far as the hole in its head goes, that was a little painful to watch. But the wax only exerts frictional force parallel to its plane. Especially given that these things are naturally engineered to repel dirt and water id like to imagine that the wax lifts away almost completely.

[@erickroman9857]

Soooooooo... What happened to the jumping spider?

[@XY-km8ds]

but these are the only cute spiders:(

[@4321hubel]

So what did we learn?

[@TaNkGiRlGiBo]

Did this spider survive 😞😭

[@EstherLuca]

I study animals and save them, and I don't smash insects, I love insects. It s cruel

[@Dainith]

It's a natural reaction to fear insects for some because some spread bacteria and have poisons, so uh, your cruel for not being a normal human

[@Mothobius]

@@Dainith SO being a normal human means not liking animals?

[@DylRicho]

@@Dainith By poison, I assume you mean venom. If you're being envenomated, you're clearly doing something that the insect/arachnid doesn't agree with ... in which case, you probably deserve it. There are ways to handle delicate creatures without getting yourself injured.

[@mrpepre]

i thought its brain was going to explode when he cut it...

[@EggBastion]

The only horror here, seeing a semi intelligent creature fastened into jig while scientists fail to tell anybody WHAT HAPPEN TO THA WIDDLE SPIDER?!?!? HOW HE BRAIN? how could you... you monsters :P

[@roopichoop750]

I feel so bad for it😢

[@moonfang6984]

This is really fucking cruel, if you can't admire spiders without torturing them then keep your hands off.

[@micahnewman]

Just like A Clockwork Orange!

[@nebulouscat5477]

They’re really cute and fuzzy

[@nebulouscat5477]

I’m talking about jumping spiders

[@BlueRice]

interesting. diverse background from different countries seem to bring good results.

[@jordanmartens5591]

1:15 wait, is that James Gordon? Uh oh, we're about to get a lot of new characters released to gotham. Hopefully the jumping spiders can save us.

[@gurp6899]

I see four flies downvoted this video.

[@phqutub]

Science can be ruthless. Nature is ruthless. I love jumping spiders but think of them as they turn their prey into a milkshake. Doesnt justify, only comparing the ruthlessness.

[@icy3004]

I still have no idea what they are talking about. All I know is that the jumping spiders are unique.

[@keiranmorrison5193]

They basically just glued the wee mans teeth and mouth shut

[@girltwosixnine4546]

what the devil is you doing with the spider their Bastards 🤬🤬🤬🤬. STOP THIS.... POOR SWEET SPIDER 😭😭😭😭💔 she is in shock 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

[@dannybenitez8540]

I love keeping them as pets.

[@genocidegaming605]

Jumping spiders have two eyes video title isn’t valid

[@AllyArtemisia]

Very nice. Concise, and to the point.

[@tomworth3239]

People are such fake virtue signalers they will say your cruel for hunting or experiments on bugs but will walk past a homeless person and judge them and not help at all take a look in the mirror your much worse than the people you judge

[@konomil4242]

Tom Worth what if it came to both a poor animal and person but the question is since your talking about it and I'm only replying because you said this and it only has six likes....How long would YOU keep that act up on helping everyone,even if the were spoiled? You have three days to reply smartass.

[@dariusgreysun]

Konomi l4 stfu dumbass lol

[@konomil4242]

Darius Greysun I see what you did therebXD when I said smartass you say dumbass nice

[@amaze2n]

The more people cry out about injustice and criticize the morality of others, the more selfish they are in their personal lives. Just my observation.

[@m3lim3lz90]

OK EVERYONE TIME TO HIT THE DISLIKE BUTTON THEY ARE HURTING LUCAS THE SPIDER!!!! AKA CUTEST LITTLE THING IN THE WHOLE SPIDER WORLD A JUMPING SPIDER

[@2mb6rl]

This is so sad... poor little Spider :(

[@edgarthespider3269]

Poor cutie Spider xc

[@Isaac_Shepard]

What if the spider were placed in a room of pressurized air?

[@topsecret1837]

That’s an interesting idea, although it would be strange to see if it dies from it.

[@JOhnDoe-nl4wj]

I better hope you guys ate the spider after you killed it. At least you took the time to explain why you conduct this kind of research.

[@alessandrogiordano7499]

I don't like the way this spider has been treated. We should be the ones with feelings. Do you still remember that?