How Big Can Spiders Grow?

[@plagueman956]

good video man surprised youre not a big creator, liked and commented for the algorithm 👍

[@Wavyintelguy]

This thumbnail is pure nightmare fuel

[@BuffaloSentry]

And I love it

[@prophet3204]

50s giant creature features were and are some of the best stuff to come out of Hollywood

[@RafaCB0987]

I agree with you, not only bugs aren't big anymore because vertebrates are already filling those niches and the biggest spider nowadays eat can get away with that by eating birds, creatures that had an more semiaquatic niche before the extinction of all the other dinosaurs lineage. Although is not impossible that you had spiders as big as the bird eater nowdays preying on other flying raptors not birds

[@johannesvoss9880]

Great video, I enjoyed it a lot! 🙂

[@chadefallstar]

Great video!

[@Rekennnnn]

Thanks for the video. An interesting collage of theories and thoughts

[@isaacthedestroyerofstuped7676]

I wonder if the expansion of large trees also had an impact on large arthropods? Since trees make ideal sites for arthropods to perform ecdysis. In fact, many arthropods cannot properly molt without something to hang down off of. This boom in sizes would then end as soon as vertebrates developed climbing and/or upright gates allowing them to reach the large bugs at their most vulnerable.

[@AdhvaithSane]

Yes. And that would imply that if any such giant “insects” ever existed such as actual giant spiders, comparable to that of medium sized cars, then that means the trees that would exist on the planet at same time would be MASSIVELY bigger than even that biggest ones in the present day, I’m talking about the average tree heights that could easily reach heights, greater than the average heights of tall buildings or even Skyscrapers _(Yes. _*_Skyscrapers.),_* and that could only be the average, so you can guess what the tallest would be then _(Hint: The tallest tree then would be comparable to the tallest building in the world),_ which would make sense, as these humongous trees would compensate those giant insects who would be too large for our present day with all the oxygen they produce in great quantities and perhaps the giant insects would scale perfectly with these.. Sky-Trees, as insects would still be very small in comparison to tree sizes and heights like how small insects are to trees as we’ve seen in the past 7 or 20 decades and we continue to see in the present day, which means any and _(probably all)_ types of creatures that exist at the same time as those hypothetical trees _(to “science” anyways….)_ would actually be way bigger in body size and heights.. *including Humans.. sit with the implications of all that for a minute **_(especially the Human part, assuming those giant Humans weren’t some dumb apes like the ones we see today that are also quite distinguishable from us modern Humans)._*

[@samarkand1585]

Great stuff, what's the first movie clip you showed near the start from?

[@anticat900]

A good review, i always thought the oxygen level was not a complete reason for the large arthropods and competition (or lack of it) being more important. I would imagine spiders with book lungs could grow several times larger, but would likely be too slow and heavy to protect themselves?

[@mastercharlesdiltardino8058]

If you could breed jumping spiders to be the size of a rat, they would make great pets.

[@falkkiwiben]

This has bugged (sorry) me for such a long time. Thank you algoryhtm for getting me here

[@comlitbeta7532]

Comment for the comment god, engagement for the engagement algorithm.

[@mmmapplesauce1673]

Everyone knows the largest spider to exist is J’ba Fofi

[@imustbecrazy5626]

This is just Ark.

[@drakoathergoth4846]

Have you heard of the J'ba Fofi?

[@DG-iw3yw]

Just an anecdote at best