Spider Web Time-Lapse | BBC Earth Explore

[@patmacalister]

You forgot the part where I drive into it on my bicycle.

[@sportergaming8631]

Ya and stepped on it multiple times

[@ytcarol]

+PatMacalister Best comment!

[@nvention20]

and look like a crazy person flailing at invisible enemies

[@lanceyyin3262]

NWforager XDDDDDDDDD 😆 😂

[@m.j.mbrooks1859]

NWforager my dad is the perfect height for walking into cobwebs and spider webs. And he does it every single time. He hates it because his hair is receded from the front and his scalp is super sensitive and he has just enough hair for the sticky threads to get caught into his hair. It makes me laugh every time. I personally am terrified of spiders, particularly the big ass wolf ones. If they're tiny and on a web far away from me, And stay ON that web we're cool. And while I feel bad to think of how their webs get wrecked by bicycles and people passing through, sometimes I gotta wonder what the hell the spider was thinking when it comes to residency location choices. Like one time there was huge ass spider web smack in the middle of the front door, with part of it on the door handle. Yeah that location was gone in two seconds. Like, come on now spider, DAMN.

[@-cosmicrogue-]

Fascinating! Great footage and superb music choice. Sometimes we all need to slow down and appreciate the delicate beauty of a spider web.

[@Piorn]

Add some sillouettes of swimming women and you've got yourself a James Bond Intro.

[@RisinT96]

lol my exact thoughts

[@neonigromante9019]

:V haha

[@MsDinoGal]

I had the same thought!

[@alexojideagu]

James Bond new Movie: Ohhhh it's the Spiders WEEEEEEEEBBBBB don't get pulled into the Spiders WEEEEEEEEEBBBBBB......you only have one chance to escape......sung in Adele's voice

[@AdeptusSteve]

beautiful! magnificent! gorgeous! superb!

[@BBCEarthExplore]

+Stefan Ehrenhaus Thanks Stefan!

[@notlun]

+Stefan Ehrenhaus So many adjectives.

[@qirodraws]

Sounds like what mettaton would say

[@yellya]

Yep mettaton would say that from undertale

[@skyrue5991]

+Wolf Gal lol yeah about himself

[@bbcearth]

Excellent video guys! It must have taken serious patience to capture this web building behaviour.

[@timodjav8214]

Are you complementing your own channel?

[@AureliusR]

+Just a guy on KZbin No, this is BBC Earth Unplugged.

[@timodjav8214]

Ok

[@Model_BT-7274]

yeah but its still bbc

[@Model_BT-7274]

yeah but its still bbc

[@sickofthebulldodo1461]

Imagine having to go through this every time you're hungry and the chance of some body destroying it in a millisecond the second you finish it

[@Pixelements]

Now I feel bad destroying their webs :(

[@btuck2513]

+Pixelements I don't, cause ya know, they're spiders.

[@antdx316]

They actually stop the bugs that bite people.

[@alexandernorris9890]

Pixelements Well you have to do it... Even if it's in front of your front door. Edit: I changed my mind.

[@jendoi]

and were assholes.. because assholes are freaked out of spiders saying they dont deserve to exist..

[@Puddycat00]

Pixelements as u should.

[@therandomYT69]

The way she just does everything to perfection with great precision and consistency

[@Dukefrukem]

5 flies did not like this video

[@rickyfitina7350]

😂😂😂

[@techmaniac43]

Actually, 47 flies 😂😂😂

[@Puddycat00]

Dukefrukem I lol a lil too much at this comment

[@siadoors7388]

Lol

[@shuliu4804]

Onehunderdandfortyseven

[@banjobill8420]

This is incredible. It's the little stuff in life, like the detail and how much effort she puts into making the web and or how bumblebees feed on pollen that make life interesting.

[@orvonton7830]

i cant be the only one that wants to see the actual raw footage of the whole web making process yet there is no one on the internet that isn't making it into a time lapse. someone needs to make a whole channel just based on spiders building their webs from start to finish the whole process that would blow up i know it might sound silly at first like who would really want to see the whole process and actually sit and watch it well ill tell you who... ALOT OF PEOPLE

[@Lovingchannel-f2p]

12 flies and 3 moths disliked this video.

[@WaywardSpirited]

These are the kinds of videos that I look up when I get high. Don't regret it one bit. Now I must think more about admiring every web I see.

[@bval6478]

The Wayward Soul same

[@klpayton]

I'm high now!

[@TheRealONEHUNDREDD]

Yeah I'm high and looking this up...

[@Marcel-vz7vp]

🤢

[@auxentios9591]

Spiders are real artists!

[@pena8002]

I exploded with tears... God is magnificent. Glorious. How can anyone deny the intelligence here?? Who’s with me?

[@cryb0rg]

It's so easy to deny. Infact, its 100x more deep, mindblowing and fulfilling when you begin to wrap your head around the TRUE god that is nature itself; Existence. Unfathomable complexity that supercedes our feeble concepts of intelligence. Think harder and longer and deeper than stopping at "god" when you brush against something you can't understand or that inspires awe within you.

[@milleziano]

PSA 33:5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

[@penguin6385]

I loved the fact that the sticky silk is thicker and can easily be seen by the naked eyes, while the frames is thinner and hard to see if it wasn't for the lights refracting from the webs, great art reference

[@crittert7828]

Beautiful. How does she repair the web? Do you have a video of that? 🎈

[@NOUSERNAMESLEFTFUUCK]

+Critter T Every night she eats her web and makes a new one.

[@FlyingBanana78]

Yeah the web is built daily only thing they tend to keep up unless it breaks is the starting support strands typically a Y shape. Used to have one that lived on my back balcony and would love to watch it. Helped too eating fruit flies from the apple trees.

[@sikisiki7458]

FlyingBanana that spider is a Bad ass

[@williamjames1396]

I’ve found 20 just in my backyard and their huge webs are their by night and gone by day

[@parakidd]

As an arachnophobe, I found this video extremely satisfying. Because of my fear of spiders, and being more or less a naturalist, instead of killing them out of fear (not hate because I don't hate them just because I fear them) I have spent my time over the years watching and observing spiders (the web weaving kind, especially banana/azealia/golden web weaver spiders since they're most common in the area here (Southern Alabama), but there are just some things you just can't see or notice without a time lapse. About a month ago, I intentionally put a small stick an a banana spider's web just to watch how it would take it out; I wasn't trying to mean or harmful, I simply wanted to learn and the only way I could was to "interact". As I watched the spider slowly remove the web from the stick, I became curious on what makes spiders choose where to spin their webs, and is there a thought process behind the designs before they begin weaving or is all instinctual? Though this video didn't answer either question because that's something you'd have to more or less get in the spider's head to truly know, it did show me how the webs them selves were constructed. Regardless of me fears, spiders are amazing creatures. I just hope I don't have nightmares tonight after having watched this video lol.

[@smartmoneyadvisor_]

That was perfection. I don't understand how this doesn't have over a million views

[@1964Yojimbo]

geez!! I can't believe you cut away at the best part! When she stings the victim and wraps them up,then repairs the web again.

[@gillianwibbs446]

This goes hard

[@Bastacat]

Okay,this was genuinely amazing.

[@christopheronline7244]

THE BEST spider video of ANY kind that I have EVER seen!!!

[@zamxit]

Mesmerising... what's the music called?

[@fgg4136]

zamxit a year has passed and still no one knows

[@checkmarkdatter1785]

Trip-hop. Not sure who this specific artist is but similar groups are Portishead, Handsome Boy Modeling School, etc.

[@eclipsedpichu]

Feel The Sunshine by Sarah Wassal at the start of 1:41 ...there's two songs, I don't know what the first one from the beginning is

[@MusicalSavior23]

Sounds like "one" by Harry Nilsson

[@Alexsignal90]

Darude - sandstorm

[@crazycriz5000]

This is just a thing of beauty. I could watch a spider do this all day, no matter how long it takes.

[@sydneymartin112]

Honestly, I don't like spiders but this was beautiful! I didn't know how beautiful and how much time goes into their webs, but I see it is beautiful and intricate! Absolutely awesome! :)

[@abbydubreuil6919]

The way she rips the threads to get the fly more entangled and then has to make sure she still has a grip on the web while tying to subdue the fly rips up a lot of web possibly the integrity of the whole structure and how it’s designed to work when she tightens everything taut from the middle. makes me think they’re meant to be single use products only so maybe we don’t have to worry so much about bumping into them 😊 It reminded me of me of how my husband yanks up when he feels a fish on his line. Then has to hang on to the rod while trying to reel it in

[@keatoncw]

Pretend you're the fly.. Imagine the terror of being stuck while a huge 8-legged, 8-eyed, hairy thing with two fangs closes in on you. Also, flies experience time much slower than humans, so it's all in slow motion.

[@kotykinn2114]

But flies lack the ability to feel pain or fear in the way we do. Ask an endomologist

[@AquaGalaxyArt]

Ah I love orb spiders! I found one of the same species in my front yard last year. Their webs are the neatest

[@reubensenft1522]

Maybe it's just the sick tunes, but at 1:48 I feel like I'm watching a spider weave a silk LP record.

[@NoLifeButMyOwn]

Beautiful performance, m'lady. Beautiful. Now we wait.

[@richardduncan2677]

have witnessed a garden orb spin her web with out a time-lapse and it was one of the most spectacular thing i have ever seen

[@ww3k]

Nature is spectacular.

[@kit9016]

Kind of hypnotic watching it build its web.

[@ted5514]

When y’all run into a web and get all grossed out and angry, think about how the spider must feel watching all that work go to waste...

[@theworthysoul]

Ikr

[@keisha.dechaca]

I am here because earlier today i watched a spider at my outdoor kitchen strengthening its web by going over the initial framework. I got curious. Fascinating.

[@deathcraft2299]

I always used to destroy webs and think it is fun but this video changed it this is pure hard work and beauty

[@Papabogs1020]

love to watch building their webs since childhood days...

[@followthepolo2704]

I just cannot understand how nature and evolution has worked perfectly i to an outstanding creature capable of having such a super power like this, I mean just imagine to be able of producing a substance in your body that is resistant, flexible, can be sticky or not sticky, it’s basically limitless, and its the way you can catch food, travel, protect you, etc, etc

[@Haikuhiaku]

Just outstanding. As my 7yo son said...it's dancing a beautiful dance. *Applause*

[@ytcarol]

Two words: Intelligent Design

[@hildrethbabyy]

this is beautiful. now i feel bad if i mess up little spider's hard work

[@jahill7965]

She is called a Golden Orb spider. Love the video.

[@gabrieltogan6891]

This... does put a smile on my face

[@animetanimater4505]

I couldn't go through this vid without cringing or freaking out

[@dlee645]

I can hear the fly screaming, "Help me! Help meeee!"

[@elusive7815]

I've been letting 1 lives on my porch for the past week and feeding her when I can watching their daily habits is amazing especially when they clean their webs

[@HelenaMikas]

Terrific work ..I like spiders and their webs are amazing ...Wonderful *

[@afriherpphoto7924]

Some species of Araneidae creates a "stabilimentum"(thick layer of white silk in zig zag pattern) through the hub which makes the web more visible and thought to stiffen or stabilize it

[@primamateria7828]

Amazing how they mapped the process!

[@jesselvidge]

this was AWESOME well done xx

[@thrushestrange]

I must know the song name

[@marioncoco]

twilight violinist did u find out? i wanna know also

[@filenames6932]

It's an instrumental of a track called Feel the Sunshine by Sarah Wassal. I have to thank another commenter for finding this because I've also been searching.

[@Alexsignal90]

Darude - sandstorm

[@warrenxclnce]

loosely based on portishead - glory box

[@TheUnchainedMind]

Great, great video! I would love to see more time lapse footage of insects building or taking apart and transporting matter. Termites working on some large wooden object instantly comes to mind. Keep up the great work!

[@jukkakoponen5492]

Praised be the evolution! What a wonderful designer!

[@Master_Therion]

Looks like old Shelob's been having a bit of fun.

[@tkb1033]

Step into my parlor said the spider to the fly

[@JaneArtsyOtternutKirkwood]

This is why spiders are such amazing beasties!

[@apriljones1013]

I have formed a new opinion: spiders are badass as hell.

[@hennarachnida]

Ohmygod she made absolutely amazing work!

[@matthelton6637]

These spiders make some of the largest and most numerous webs I've ever seen.

[@stevieraygenoch2928]

This was very satisfying

[@unvergebeneid]

I really don't know how spiders do all that waiting without even having podcasts to listen to. But maybe I'm anthropomorphizing here...

[@tracymallia1110]

Simply amazing! Your patience paid off cos so far your video is the best one I could find of a spider creating the spiderweb! Thanks for such wonderful entertainment :D and really nice background music too I was wondering if anyone knew who the artist is? Would be nice to listen to this while i paint/draw

[@XhanAnimations]

Amazing

[@MorganAriel]

*Fly has left the chat*

[@Latifalnasir]

so happy it got to eat lol i was like please dont take its web down after all that hard work

[@MuhammadEgypt]

How long did it take the spider to build her web? And do all spiders of the same species take the same time?

[@generizze6243]

Mohamed Farouk 20 to 30 mins

[@Guiiiiiiiiiiperez]

so cool! more spiders videos plss

[@PicuPiee]

Beautiful, just amazing :O

[@jonnak6487]

So truly beautiful

[@tbtran1RICH1]

How can something like a spider create something so intricate and meticulous?

[@Germania72]

Loooooooved it!!!!!!💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@stevieraygenoch2928]

This video is so beautifull

[@kait5029]

Spiders are so cool oml

[@issa9322]

Today..I've learned to respect spiders a little more. And fear them less.

[@apeckx5090]

i think that a cool visual for future projects would be to keep the spider still in the frame and spin the web as if it were a record player

[@gaminggrunt6340]

How long does it take for her to make her web?

[@j.vargas9619]

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[@gaminggrunt6340]

Very accurate, very accurate indeed.

[@gaminggrunt6340]

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[@j.vargas9619]

+Gaming Grunt I'm a scientist.

[@gaminggrunt6340]

I can tell you put a lot of scientific research into your answer.

[@loyal_boom3702]

that dog be gone bro 😂😂

[@fibo12358]

NICE SOUND TRACK!

[@ArnoldLee133]

does the spider lay non-sticky silk alongside the sticky silk too? how does she not get stuck on her own web?

[@Cavush]

Incredible!

[@thehh5118]

Beautiful!

[@hayatabdalla2986]

I regret destroying their webs

[@coldfire0007]

Flies have no respect for art

[@TheConnor12500]

Life on this planet is so amazing. Oh how we must preserve and cherish the pale blue dot that is our world

[@tamistar13]

Jumping spiders are actually cute

[@Timinator62]

Awesome, has anybody tried playing different music and see what the spider builds?

[@runedarkwarrior]

That music i so gangsta

[@WhyDaF]

So dope. I have some and I love em

[@evertonfanjuan9212]

I dont get like the first part, u didnt show it, it is when it lays the first web, does it jump from one side to another?

[@gayseagle5248]

and the name of the song?

[@paradoxlaboratories8005]

The second track is Feel the Sunshine. I do not know what the first one is though.

[@Alexsignal90]

@@paradoxlaboratories8005 its Darude - sandstorm

[@miloirvine5848]

What song did they use for the time lapse?

[@robtrindade9087]

Great video, wow!

[@altafal-khattabi6839]

sooooo amazing thanks

[@sbcreverend]

Song at 1:48?

[@filenames6932]

It's an instrumental of a track called Feel the Sunshine by Sarah Wassal. I have to thank another commenter for finding this because I've also been searching.

[@roxanneg6538]

Thanks!!

[@TheSpookychick]

This is amazing

[@MsBoruzele]

I'm watching second spider creating natural mosquito screen around my porch... Beautiful view, even though I don't realy like spiders...

[@MuhammadEgypt]

Do animals's teethes decay? If not, why do ours? And if all our food is just raw veggies and fruits, would our teeth decay or would black form on them?

[@dave5194]

Tooth decay and dental hygiene is not really a big problem for animals because of 2 main reasons: Lifespan and diet. For most animals tooth decay never becomes a problem because their lifespan isn't longer than the lifespan of their teeth. Humans on the other hand, have figured out how to live way past how long our teeth were meant to last. The biggest reason, however is diet. Most animals in the wild no not eat a lot of refined carbs and have a very coarse raw diet. The main cause of gum and tooth decay are bacteria that feed on carbohydrates that come from sugar, and processed and cooked foods. Humans of course, love this stuff, so it's a problem for us. This ais also the reason why domesticated animals get dental problems while wild ones don't. We feed them processed pet foods which not only have a lot of carbs, but are also a lot more mushy than thier jaws were designed to eat. This becomes a problem in dogs.

[@lilsweezy71]

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