explaining the hotwheels sisyphus spider

It's been like what 5 years since I did a video where I infodump about a biology topic?
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[@Northflowo]

I've read your comments and gotta say I had no idea about the ducks

[@Marx_D._Soul]

What a beautiful top comment, as someone who knows.

[@zarnox3071]

There are certainly a lot of weird and wonderful things when it comes to reproductive organs. And also several horrifying things, like that one species of bug or something that literally stab their parts into a female's abdomen, rather than use the already existing hole.

[@Northflowo]

@@zarnox3071 Certain spider species have similar stuff going on as well, but I don't think it would make for a very fun video :D

[@chlorophyll1415]

Aahhahaahha

[@synthwav_]

if you and any other people want more odd information on creature reproduction, a youtube channel named "Clint's Reptiles" has a GREAT video with this topic

[@inschaal8454]

One must imagine hotwheels happy.

[@Kittygameplayz]

agreed

[@oatmealman1586]

Hey you're that rainworld artist

[@mildlymarvelous]

Hi inschaal

[@Oyakinya-Izuki]

Hi

[@Q-Bite]

holy scrap its the pizza catboy five pebbles gu

[@perrisavallon5170]

I love the contrast of "Oh! it's loopy! Like Hotwheels :)" and "Oh! it's loopy! like Sisyphus :( :("

[@feature.of.jarjar24]

Male private happy?? Female private sad?? This is arachnomisogyny manifest.

[@williamomalley6081]

⁠@@feature.of.jarjar24 one must imagine sisyphussy happy

[@logc1921]

​@@williamomalley6081 you didn't have to say that

[@nietzschebietzsche]

Ah, but if you're Albert Camus, you like pushing a boulder over and over again for eternity! So you can be :)

[@nietzschebietzsche]

​@@logc1921they did have to say that. The universe demanded it be said 😅

[@denpadolt9242]

The biggest win here is the knowledge that _Hotwheels_ is a recognized genus. Not species, genus. That means that we could hypothetically see more species of _Hotwheels_ spiders than just _H. sisyphus._

[@Northflowo]

YEAH any subsequent spiders in this genus will also be named hotwheels and i think that's beautiful

[@Unfortunate_developement]

Time to collect all the hot wheels!

[@RailfoxStudios]

"You wanna see my hotwheels collection?" I ask, reaching to open the door to my room in which thousands of spiders are kept. My date tries to run, but it's too late. His human physique could never hope to outrun the skittering mass advancing upon him. He is engulfed by spiders and consumed in mere moments. Only his nerdy glasses remain. I have already stolen his wallet. The Hotwheels Spiders have been fed. I live another day completely of pests, but at what cost?

[@Exquailibur]

Now I have goal in life, to catalogue all the extant species of hotwheels.

[@Exquailibur]

@@RailfoxStudios I already own 10 tarantulas so whats a few thousand hotwheels?

[@ThunderKnightSilver2]

In a weird case of convergent evolution, ducks also have a similar thing going on with the whole "labyrinthine vagina to counteract a stupid long penis"

[@toryumau6798]

… “Barbed explosive projectile penis that falls off and regrows every year.” Has got me trembling every time. No amount of human madness can match “Nature’s Fury”. D^B(

[@armancochranwhite-wb4vb]

i believe that ducks also have cork screw shaped penises right?

[@Fahrenheit4051]

Imagine the same stupid thing happening in the world of duck science... _The species_ Anas fischeri _can be distinguished from its close relative_ Anas bleedingi _by the counterclockwise orientation of its... you know... the thing_

[@sephikong8323]

​@@Fahrenheit4051"Anas Bleedingi" damn, just we need to change just one vowel and remove another and we're at peak funni

[@garlicwaffle6146]

Well I'm closing the internet for today, brain full

[@CobaltIngot]

>makes tons of fandom content >mostly art and animation >makes an incredibly educational video on fucked up spider evolution >refuses to elaborate bless you. this channel is the best

[@thenonfurry]

she didn’t sneeze /j

[@5frogfrenzy]

Imagine meme arrowing on youtube

[@Callie_Cosmo]

There’s something aesthetically blunt about a stock photo of a man who’s face is covered by a picture of a woman, who’s face is covered by an ms paint drawing of a cat, it’s like a stacking debuff to my central nervous system

[@GermanMR]

I love how all kinds of scientist are a bunch of silly nerds that name things just to be funny

[@Zedryx69]

Like whoever named the famous bird species “Blue-footed Booby” and the “Great Tit”

[@jamesbrooks2179]

*Boops Boops* *That one spongelike fungus*

[@TrixterTheFemboy]

@@jamesbrooks2179 Supposedly it's "bow-ops bow-ops" but c'mon no one calls it that

[@Exquailibur]

I mean there is a trio of beetles named after the legendary bird pokemon

[@michaelpineiro533]

Not all nerds are scientists, but all scientists are nerds.

[@masterzoroark6664]

About the "unworthy sperm" you reminded me how birds deal with that, especially chickens- hens can "cockblock" a rooster by basically squirting out their load if they don't want it, without issues of getting fertilized.

[@Freecell82]

And then they put it on the rooster's salad and rule Egypt

[@jessehunter362]

Guppies have selective glue for similar purposes!

[@violetskiy854]

birds also have a cloaca and most dont have a penis so cool

[@zarnox3071]

​@@violetskiy854 And the few birds that do have very interesting shapes.

[@violetskiy854]

@@zarnox3071 they do indeed, for the same reason spiders have complicated embolus's. ✨ parallel evolution ✨

[@theencolony5595]

Today I learned that there's a genital cold war going on between spiders

[@Shane-el7wy]

Ducks have a similar thing going on.

[@TABSman1]

r/BrandNewSentence

[@gord3588]

Genitals race

[@Smokecall]

Sorta like the length battle happening with Ducks

[@InsomniacDoggo]

Really its going on in any species

[@catincorporated5131]

One must imagine sisyphus playing with color changing hotwheels at the pool during his summer break.

[@vaquri]

😐😐😐😐

[@tinoduran4557]

Hot Wheels Sisyphus is probably the most existentially nightmarish name I've ever heard

[@Sanguivore]

The more you think about it, the worse it gets. Truly Kafkaesque.

[@nonexistence00]

One must imagine _Hotwheels sisyphus_ evolving longer PPs and Spidussies in an existence defined by futile mating

[@piopio6266]

This comment changed my life

[@RaffyMaBoi]

r/BrandNewSentence

[@vaquri]

😐

[@MajinObama]

„futile mating“? Tell that to the only one of those 3 spiders in the video that has lost the battle since birth… bad genes. Poor fella! The female can choose and the „Chad“ spider has good chances… only 1 has futility.

[@sugoma6721]

​@@MajinObamawhat are you even talking about? Chad spiders? What the fuck

[@gustavo_gamer5177]

Help, I came here for funny slugcats, and now I'm having a biology class on spiders. This is the second time this year...

[@Snuuy143]

What was the first??????

[@ack7]

How do you get Rainworld from hot-wheels Sisyphus spider?

[@ChronologicalFern]

@@ack7 This channel usually makes Rainworld content.

[@ack7]

@@ChronologicalFern ah

[@sparrowwing5347]

welcome to the real northflowo

[@raven5295]

the spiders really found a way to make unwanted pregnancies a sisyphean task, love that for her

[@foxcaty]

I love how many spiders are pretty much only identifiable by their weird junk differences, very powerful of them.

[@Northflowo]

Yeah! The epigyne in particular is apparently often used to distinguish species from one another.

[@-Foxytato-]

am i horrified of spiders? yes do i now know how spider reproductive systems work? yeah.

[@thatweirdo35]

North, I think you accidentally maybe have kickstarted my journey into being obsessed with spiders

[@Northflowo]

Good :3

[@PapuManSlendy]

I am scraded of spidr :(

[@cmmpr111]

​​​@@PapuManSlendy27 megatons of spiders are being shipped to your house.

[@jamesbrooks2179]

@@cmmpr111 What in 9mm are you talking about? We only use megatons when we are measuring our nuke sizes.

[@eddieflorio535]

@@PapuManSlendy27 megatons of spiders are being shipped to your house.

[@jaydhd_lmnop]

When I woke up, I did NOT think I’d be learning about spider genitals. Low key glad I did- this was oddly interesting

[@sapphanimates]

i love how this channel went from leafpool wondering 'how does prengan?' to north just casually explaining how spidussy works

[@leehitashi2621]

You're not safe

[@Lovesick.Sagebrush]

fr

[@teamkilled1227]

THIS PRISON… TO HOLD ME?

[@karma40723]

A visitor?

[@teamkilled1227]

@@karma40723 hmm… indeed, i have slept long enough.

[@kirbmaster9405]

Indeed. I have slept long enough

[@chocolat5883]

The kingdom of heaven has long since forgotten my name, and i am EAGER to make them remember..

[@connorgeorg4175]

...But I must admit, the blood of Minos stains your hands...

[@adrianscheffler1323]

Very interesting video, even though it's definitely not even close to anything I would have ever expected from this channel. Keep being random. It's quite refreshing to see a youtuber post whatever they like without too much concern about appealing to their regular audience :)

[@The_Sweet_Res]

Keeping being random comes with the risk of the randomness itself becoming a constant, defying its original point. Watch it there

[@Ezekiel_Allium]

"Double Spitting Spiderussy" is such a beautiful arrangement of words. True Poetry

[@a.charles8080]

say it to the tune of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme for extra comedy

[@averagejoe2933]

That was interesting to say the least Spiders are indeed funky little fellas I find them quite neat 👍

[@tikimillie]

I love when my babies dont dry out and die

[@locrianphantom3547]

Sadly that is rare.

[@SevrinAnderson-eu5kd]

Not relatable

[@greenboi8690]

As someone with arachnophobia, I see this as an absolute... loss

[@Freecell82]

I II II I_

[@greenboi8690]

@@Freecell82 lol

[@WevTheGamma]

​@@Freecell82NOOOO NOT LOSSS

[@ArsonIsAmazing_]

​@@Freecell82PAHAHA

[@PapuManSlendy]

@@Freecell82 no, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@zenn9836]

Hotwheels spider. Oh yeah. Oh heck yeah.

[@CptnMango9108]

10 y/o me jumping and kicking

[@Kittygameplayz]

hotwheels sisyphus is such a silly name and the stock images are so funny and then it's a super serious video good job 👍

[@Stimpaec]

A video about spider sex was NOT what i was expecting from this channel. Great video tho

[@Streetcleanergaming]

The topic would be something I would expect form some less than SFW site like a NH monster girl Dojin Although why is this interesting to me it's just so random? It's also nowhere near what I watch

[@iclynnx]

Not the video I expected but one I actually ended up listening to in fascination. Thanks for the educational content, Miss Northflowo 👌

[@fahdrightone7428]

I not joking when I say I want to see more of Northflowo doing fun anatomy/physiology lessons of random, obscure or unique animals in this same format. It's so incredibly different from her usual style and I love it to death.

[@user-oj6rd8ms6x]

I think out of all biologists arachnologists give the funniest names to species, a while ago I saw a species called Papuamyr omhifosga, "omhifosga" being an acronym for "Och, my head is full of spider genitalia" which I imagine is a common problem for arachnologists.

[@JustaFloatingEye]

As someone who has a pet tarantula, today I realised I am not very good at spider anatomy.

[@timothymclean]

"Actually, you can apply the notion of 'most of the time' to everything I say, because there's lots of spider species and they're very diverse and there are probably exceptions to everything." Honestly, that's true of pretty much everything in biology. Rules without exceptions are themselves exceptional.

[@Si1verWings]

Honestly i dont have any significant interest in spiders or even biology BUT it was really interesting to listen to this infodump and I DID end up watching the whole thing lol

[@eur0be4t3r]

1:55 that polar bear is looking quite zen

[@WingsAboveCS]

Spiderman's been real quiet since this video dropped.

[@kratangg-arang]

As someone that understood spider reproduction, but had never heard of this species this the exact content I needed in my life.

[@MarlettesStorm]

i literally just came from watching an ultrakill video

[@MarlettesStorm]

this prison... to hold.. ME???

[@FiSH-iSH]

A visitor...? Mmm, indeed. I have slept long enough.

[@MarlettesStorm]

@@FiSH-iSH the kingdom of heaven has long since forgotten my name, and i am EAGER to make them remember

[@ferro9926]

I don't personally find the characters there all too attractive, but i don't have much room to judge either

[@nonexistence00]

However, the blood of Minos stains your hands. And I must admit... I'm curious about your skills, Weapon.

[@dazc9965]

oh my god i'm not joking, spiders are one of my favorite things ever and i was grinning the whole time watching this video, it's so good! you're actually super talented at explaining things in a silly and easily digestible way and i'm glad you're using your powers for good (distributing spider mating knowledge to the masses). would be THRILLED to see more content like this in the future just about random interesting things (but more spiders would be extra cool oOwOo)

[@Northflowo]

I have found my target audience i see I love talking about spiders

[@gisc1690]

This was genuinely one of the most interesting videos I've ever watched

[@biornicles]

You know, I had no idea about the hotwheels sisyphus spider, but I couldn’t scroll past this video

[@zubiprime]

Northflowo arachnology content is not something I knew I needed

[@guydudething2795]

Now i understand the "Keep em' coming" line

[@lucyfer_the_bat]

so basically spiders have sex 2 also this was a banger video

[@nyuh]

i for one support this channel's new science communication endevours very much genuinely

[@CherryBlossom-rs7lm]

Desperately need more videos about spider and other bugs or animals that have neat and funny little things about them. Your delivery is phenomenal and I felt a part of my soul detach when I found you have no other videos like these.

[@Sepi-chu_loves_moths]

BIOLOGY INFODUMP TIME YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH Oh also, spiders may not have two penises but sharks and rays do (sort of)

[@slajmekpl83]

As a man who's deeply afraid of spiders, I feel like I got a little bit closer to not being scared of them with this new found information. Thank you.

[@Kufunninapuh]

One of the strongest video titles on the internet.

[@CristhianMosquera-zr9wj]

I just woke up it 7 AM, sunday and the build up to the video onto why Hotwheels and Sisyphus made me jaw open in awe as you had correctly taught me why the name and information about spiders that I wouldn't have gotten otherwise

[@pastrapatur1034]

ooooh so thats how hotwheels are made

[@nasgor22]

hotwheels sisyphus spider was not a string of words that i was expecting today

[@Anpedu]

The evolution of this channel is immaculate

[@emanuelvendramini2045]

A visitor? Hm, indeed

[@nechronom8269]

'...evidence of an evolutionary battle over Reproductive Rights'. That is so funny. And feels like a perfect way of describing it. Though I can't well imagine how female spiders would knowingly evolve longer reproductive tracks. Anyways thanks for the spider facts

[@silvermoon6175]

Maybe the females with shorter tracks end up forced to have a clutch in bad conditions when a male by passes the storage system. Thus the spiders with shorter tracks get picked off sooner than the females that can choose the fertilization date.

[@povilasbuda6490]

How do the the male spiders evolve longer PPs? The kid spiders decide they don't want to end up like their momma's ex?

[@codeninja3295]

@@povilasbuda6490mutation leads to spider with longer pp, which is able to pass on its genetic material more effectively, so it ends up having more children than shorter pp spiders, so the trait becomes more common and spreads thru the population generation by generation; in other words, natural selection and survival of the fittest

[@whatisthisayoutubechannel]

They don’t, it’s just that having longer pp/pusspuss is evolutionarily advantageous so individuals who do end up having more babies

[@gorway6807]

why did you capitalize "reproductive rights"? it's not a proper noun

[@Feezee223]

Yay new random animal lore to add to my collection that i make my parents here about randomly

[@collinbeal]

It's going right there with crossdressing cuttlefish, egg-bearing organ displacement in kiwis, hyena pseudopeni, giraffe fights, the dolphin LSD house study conducted with a grant from the US government that ended after it was found out that they were jacking dolphins off, trans lions, sea otters doing unspeakable atrocities to dead infant seals, the censored report on the sexual proclivities of the Adélie penguin, barbed cat penises, alpha wolves not being a thing, how terrifying hippos are, infanticidal cannibalism to provoke estrus in dolphins and chimpanzees, penguin kidnapping, orcas intentionally beaching themselves to hunt and working with whalers to find sperm whales, canine-human co-evolution, hominid expansion to the new grassland biome during the Myocene epoch, and crows in Japan reading road crossing signals.

[@PixlsInPain]

I love this video. Very informative. AND I LOVE SPIDERS!!!!!! Maybe I just love them a lot cause I’m Australian, AUSTRALIA! 🕷️🕷️🐨🐨🇦🇺🇦🇺🪸🪸🦘🦘🏉🏉!! Also my favourite spider is definitely the Lettered Peacock Spider, I get them near my house, very cute. I’m rambling to much

[@the_real_Kurt_Yarish]

my initial assumption given the title was of a spider that evolved to speedrun some kind of torturous, sisyphean task so quickly that only the term "Hotwheels" could suffice. That, or some INSANE Hotwheels lore.

[@trentonbowen9071]

So glad this is the first video I found from your channel. Thanks for finally answering the age old question.

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

Imagine having groins so freaky that your entire species is named after them

[@AmberAxo]

...I woke up and have no regrets seeing this video.

[@ChatoyantHyena]

This entire video is such a vibe and im here for your random info dumping

[@scarymonsterzz]

I saw "hotwheels sisyphus spider" and honestly thought this video was going to be about a spider pushing a hotwheels car up a track and it repeatedly failing.

[@ostronouto6869]

YES YES YES!!!! I LOVE BIOLOGY INFODUMPS!!! THANK YOU NORTH :D Among my friends, whenever there is a weird bug or any other animal, I'm the one they look at for information about it (and normally I have said information lol)

[@MoonFlower_Doodles]

Spider 1: "Alright, so what did the humans name you?" Spider 2: "Hotwheels Sisyphus spider."

[@SuperJgiu]

I thought I found the best biology channel and wanted to binge watch this type of videos. Please make more of this content, I already subscribed

[@Churrb]

the last time I watched this channel was years ago when I was still into Warriors, you’ve come far

[@s.s.r.s2641]

"a visitor hmmm indeed"

[@matayaburroughs787]

when i first read the title i thought the spider was discovered in some kid's hotwheel track, forever pushing a toy car up the neon plastic for the rest of eternity for tricking their arachnid higher power

[@sandraiaraaraujo8174]

And then you get infodumped about spidussy

[@mollofistraye5164]

i really like the way you explain it, it's concise but entertaining, and the casual setting makes it more memorable for me. something about someone talking about something they're interested in makes me interested in it too. if you ever wanna make more videos like this i think you should, these are great.

[@statickitten1130]

Please do more of this kinda stuff! I love your animations but this is really well put together and very engaging! Very good job, keep it up!

[@chikii270]

Super interesting, but uh…very random?

[@TheOneTrueNothing]

The concept of a species of spider locked in an evolutionary battle over the bodily autonomy of the female is incredibly raw in the current sociopolitical climate

[@user-wb8iu1hl6i]

All life is warfare, even between the same species. Males and females are not complementary, they are adversarial. It’s an unfortunate quirk of evolution that the gametes you need to reproduce are trapped in the other sex’s body.

[@wvplasticspoon]

I thought this would be about a hotwheels car that's Sisyphus Prime with spider legs but learned how spiders get freaky.

[@ChaseddiHondo]

I really appreciate you constantly trying to lock on your profile on the stock photo people's shoulders to maximize immersion

[@ahdrjjgvc]

Welp, I sure did learn something today

[@conspiracypanda1200]

She Sisyphus on my Hotwheels 'till I Spooder

[@Sanguivore]

I didn’t know this would be exactly what I needed to watch as soon as I woke up, but thank you.

[@Aemirys]

I checked out your channel and this looks like the first time you have ventured into this type of content.... I really think you should do more! It was informative, fun and you have a winning personality! I also love your editing style. Please consider doing more. I've subbed to you in the hopes you will!

[@The_Sweet_Res]

Why has this channel suddenly turned into a biology class?

[@Ech_The_Sentiant]

No way Sisyphus ultrakill!!!

[@HappyOrwell]

that's flippin wild. That's so much more knowledge on spider reproduction than I ever thought I'd learn, idk what to do with this knowledge

[@mlgproplayer2915]

The funny thing is that the meme "Does the spider have Pusspuss?" had someone called Sisyphus in the response.

[@addmesser5379]

Imagine a more intelligent species discovers humans and name us “Stick Berry Demon Goat”

[@christopherearth9714]

demon goat??? i wanna be named demon goat

[@altforauditions9279]

This species would be a perfect subject for a Zefrank True Facts video. Btw, are there any other scientific journals you read recreationally?

[@toryumau6798]

… That would be a difficult episode to edit for the educational cut, eh? >)X^D

[@PhoenicopterusR]

​@toryumau6798 why? Who would be watching a zefrank video that isn't already old enough to have been through sex ed or at least heard the clinical terms through a biology unit in school?

[@Zanytiger6]

Finally someone not afraid to answer the big questions.

[@ace-smith]

never thought a video about spider penis would be entertaining. it’s super fascinating how this is like evolution fighting against evolution. one natural selection process to cancel out another

[@vulpeszerda39]

5:10 the W H A T

[@jamesThebulbmin]

No ultrakill

[@Muds33]

Probably the most intriguing video I've watched all year. Thank you for this

[@spidergirlspinnerets]

SPIDER INFODUMP VIDEO SPIDER INFODUMP VIDEO SPIDER INFODUMP VIDEO LETS GOOOOO!!!!!

[@Boris-ui8sk]

This is such an autistic video I love it. I love you. I don't know why I'm getting so emotional over thus video, but vibe with this video way to much for some reason

[@Riheinorn]

When you said "I read the Journal of Arachnology for fun" I KNEW I'd be in for a fun ride. And you did not disappoint! Very informative AND funny, and I don't even like spiders!

[@riatsila144]

The two scientists compare their studies. "So, I felt like the female's appearance gave a striking similarity to Sysiphus of Greek mythology. What have you found on the male specimen." "Uhhh..." *hides his toy car in a drawer*

[@Sepesch]

This video is so unbelievably random for my recommendations, but I liked every second of it and that I ended up here

[@StardustCorvid]

This is incredibly vital information so I can make my anthro spider species anatomically accurate You have performed a vital service

[@nathgee2074]

I was not expecting north's hand obsession's spiritual successor to be an obsession with spider genetalia, but im all here for it

[@ApocalypseMoose]

The struggle itself toward the accelechargers is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Vert Wheeler happy.

[@youtubezanimeartfanz3973]

Imagine if we humans developed this ability from spiders.... baby daddy drama would be veeeeery interesting