UNBOXING the ANGRIEST Trapdoor Spider I've ever met!

In today's video we unbox a very large, and very angry, Southwestern Trapdoor Spider sent as a gift from Peter at Bugs in Cyberspace.
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[@witchplease6307]

Imagine you are the postman and have no clue, that you are driving a spider around. 😅

[@andrewmoonbeam321]

Imagine stealing the box from someone's porch and getting it home to see what you got

[@cgirl905]

@@andrewmoonbeam321 lol maybe that’ll teach em!

[@jameshoyland8126]

Haha I am a postman, and I was told one day by the customer that I had been carrying round a huge spider and honestly it made me want to stop being a postman 😂

[@MegaSlimgoody1]

Imagine stealing a package and it was this spider lol

[@popipopi4112]

@@jameshoyland8126 Imagine how many things you carry everyday, maybe big spiders are the less weird stuff

[@thereseschofield5693]

I’m a recovering Arachnophobe, over a year into my recovery, and I’ve come so far thanks in no small part to channels like this. Previously I wouldn’t have been able to look at a still from the video, so severe was my phobia. Now I watch them with pleasure, and understand that the behaviours displayed by the spiders are defensive and that the spiders aren’t actively trying to harm me. Huge thanks to anyone who hosts channels like this, you’ll never know the difference you’ve made to me 🕷💖

[@eldraque4556]

so cool you're overcoming your phobia

[@Tiffmidon]

This comment gives me hope. I’m a severe arachnophobe and am just listening to this video.. can’t watch it yet. I hope I can get over my phobia.

[@13lilsykos]

You are such a boss!! I literally have so much respect for you. I am terrified, to the point that it's a full on phobia, of cockroaches (palmetto bugs), grasshoppers and crickets (because they look like those big cockroaches). Even typing this up is making me start to be on edge. If I see one, I go into a full on panic and once, one crawled on me and I had a panic attack to the point that I clawed my skin until it bled. Afterwards, I was so embarrassed to admit that it happened because I am a 40 year old female but it's uncontrollable. I wish that I could be like you and watch videos of them to slowly start to get over this fear. I know that the only way to get over a phobia is to confront it but, I just don't think I can do it, honestly. However, I am so proud of you for taking the steps to get over your arachnophobia.

[@AleksaDmi]

@@13lilsykos same ! I am okay with spiders, but cockroaches OH NO, I am panicking as hell and start crying immediately 😂

[@IDoABitOfTrollin]

See house spiders just make me mad, they get on my stuff and leave messes and land or crawl on me. Outside spiders I just let them do their thing.

[@dorabrooks76]

The toddler-like temper tantrum, laying on its back, kicking its legs, was absolutely hysterical!! 🤣🤣🤣 I hope they make an awesome tunnel and trap door like you're hoping for! Would be really cool. 😊 Fingers crossed! 🤞🏼

[@Sirlie08]

😂😂😂 I had the same thought😂😂

[@duskbringer4583]

I think it was playing dead, wanting to be left be?

[@possumbusiness]

Me as a spooder

[@rummagetherum]

*Kat:* “Look how good they’re being 🥰” *Trapdoor:* 😡😡😡

[@donovananderson5879]

He probably wants to go home. His actual home, not a lunchbox

[@xenowerks7020]

I just want to point out on the topic of the spider being angry. Imagine someone stuffed you into a box, drove you all over bumping and jolting, then removed you from the box, placed you under a light and prodded your behind. You would be pretty angry too. I had a Tarantula so I have some experience with spiders but I'm by no means an expert. I would have placed the spider in its new enclosure in a dark room and allowed it to acclimate before trying to interact directly with it. Nice looking spider though, I wonder if Traps are as fast as tarantulas. Mine was a Mexican Terrestrial and she could dart across the 2 foot enclosure in a split second and sink her fangs into prey. The first time I seen it I couldn't believe my eyes.

[@MelisJoy]

I thought the same & agree that it would have been less traumatizing for the poor thing

[@turtleman190]

The spider is already stressed slightly from being shipped you want to look at them when you first get them to make sure they arrived healthy yes it's alittle stressful but it will get over it quickly once its in the enclosure. once you inspect the spider yes you should put it away and leave it alone for a wile i usually give new spides atleast a week before even touching the enclosure sometimes longer.

[@tylociraptor8131]

"they don't do anything they just get mad" and the award for the most relatable spider goes to....

[@Scholzglory]

You can encourage the spider to make a door by crumbling the leaf litter. Think of it like a spiders version of ceramic art or stained glass windows. They take the little bits and place them together.

[@tomlamb3885]

macaroni art spider

[@jordanjackson3721]

I work for petco which I’m not completely proud of but your channel has allowed me to share some information about tarantulas and now I’m designated spider girl. I have completely absorbed myself into your channel I have watched all your videos at least three times. I love your channel your absolutely amazing

[@alexandraempie3842]

thank you for trying to make a difference for the creatures you have there - more people like you could make Petco a place you're proud to work for

[@AracelyIniguessssssssssssss]

Why aren’t you proud

[@pattonPwr]

@@AracelyIniguessssssssssssss why? Really? Would you like that they boxed you and sent you via FedEx? …

[@Eternally_Moon]

@@pattonPwr Maybe they don’t even know what Petco is, wtf

[@emmawieson2121]

Fun fact; that jar of dirt bit was not scripted. Johnny Depp improved that on the fly. So everyone’s looks of confusion are very much legitimate in that scene. 🤣

[@MollyGaia]

what I take from this video is people get tarantulas and spiders because they look cool and or cute to show off, so they trap them in tight spaces, make them dependant on a human for feeding, even mail them in a tiny cup... lol I'd be so pissed off too, biting every inch I can

[@theotherliz_13]

Thank you so much for including that POTC reference because that was my exact thought as soon as you held up the jar 🤣🤣

[@Sirlie08]

It‘s an angry toddler.. it‘s just having a tantrum 😂

[@angelosnl2534]

Maybe a bigger enclosure to walk around would be nice, even for a spider.

[@gorgha3988]

Best part of these videos is watching Kat have a heart attack whenever the spiders spaz out

[@jb222111]

Oh wow! That made me so nervous!! Such an angry dude! But you had it under control the whole time!! ❤️

[@selcy07]

This was my first spider however mine was a male and just died before Christmas. My kids were so heartbroken when he died. Mine was very docile though never once threat posed me. Love seeing you add one to your collection

[@MrMichaeljay1965]

In my years collecting and studying tarantulas, I never met a trapdoor spider that wasn't just downright mean!

[@ZarpSterr]

I had the same experience with Nile crocodiles and Hippos ( me, being from Africa)......no comedians among them. Every single one is a serial killer.

[@nickschultz3259]

when I was a little kid growing up in Arizona, I used to catch little brown grasshoppers to feed trapdoor spiders who lived in the desert areas around my neighborhood; I was always surprised by how big they were when they popped out to grab their meal.

[@eziiofftheb7s]

W

[@Jerrongamereview]

@@dixonmcmillan1885 because there's so much pleasure to be had for a sadist with that advanced and complex grasshopper nervous system

[@michlo3393]

@@Jerrongamereview LMAO well this took a dark turn.

[@Augustbeauty69]

Poor guy. He was just so pissed, and he seemed so relieved to be in the nice safe dirt.

[@houndgirl7365]

When the spider was flipped all I could think was "help me to help you to help me to help you" xD congrats on the new addition to the TarantulaKat family ^^

[@samiam5197]

As soon as they started filling the jar with dirt, I was singing Jack's jingle. So I'm so glad it was mentioned. This feisty one looks fun. I hope it all works out for you.

[@daverobertson7133]

Love how the spider just sat there listening intently to how its new home was being constructed

[@marciasmith6993]

You mad it mad, woke it up from its nice little nap😂😂 You’re brave, I’d be afraid of it😳. Cool spider and video, Thanks Kat

[@MultiAsh93]

I get grumpy if I’m woken up as well😂

[@PegzieBean]

omg I was terrified when he first popped up and I thought he would like run at you the whole time you were getting his enclosure together.. but then he flopped on his back and it's helplessness made him cute. LOL I also love that he hid under the moss/leaf litter once you put him in there but you could still see his bubble butt

[@NxR]

Ah this is the species I always found at my house here in Southern California! Beautiful. I did notice the majority of them had chosen more of a hardened mud hillside for their homes but did also notice a couple in more of a softer, weed-covered area too. So I’m sure your enclosure should be a success! Love your vids, thanks

[@WhatWouldCiceroDo]

This animal belongs in nature

[@sigguy1361]

“I think he’s mad…”. Well he was just Fed-Ex’d all over the place so there’s that… 🤣🤣 🕷

[@jaytakajeremiahtisdale2042]

What makes a spider scary to most is what makes them adorable for others🕷❤️

[@GirlofCulture]

Dang she must have a jetleg or something, she was super bitchy ^^ As it was said in a very old and forgotten TV series... "Don't open the trap door! You're a fool if you dare! Stay away from the trapdoor! Because there's something down there!"

[@HoneyD109]

so angy 🥺 can wait to see updates even if they’re burrowed. the jar of dirt just seems very lux.

[@elianwolfert3879]

“Look how good they’re being!” *angriest spider in strong threat pose* 😂

[@eziiofftheb7s]

when you screamed i was dying lmao cause that would be me 🤣 i got pretty docile species right now , not ready for the mean ones yet lol

[@roadrunner570]

we get those in our house in Texas sometimes. I usually scoop them up in a jar and put them outside, but yeah they do that angry posture every time. Its pretty wild to watch

[@EatPant849]

As a FedEx employee who works in the shipping warehouse, it’s in shippers best interest to not ship anything at all in those packages, those boxes are beaten hard, they need to use ones that mark that there’s a live animal in them so they ensure they don’t go through the belt system, normal boxes get smacked off the belt down a 20 foot chute by a air powered arm at 250 PSI, enough to snap a leg like a twig

[@tarantulakat]

I think it said live animal but I removed a bunch of labels and stickers for privacy purposes. However, I’ve heard many horror stories of employees purposely being rough with the other ones vendors use that way live animal. Regardless, a good shipper will get the spider there alive no matter how badly it’s manhandled. That’s why they are packaged the way they are.

[@tarantulagirl_]

Trapdoor spiders are the cutest thing ever honestly I mean come on they make a little door for their home they are true interior designers 💛🖤

[@shanebethune9032]

You’d be mad too if someone stuck you in a box

[@aspieangel1988]

I love how spiders actually warn you before they attack. That’s actually very courteous of them. It’s like they care enough to say “hey dude back off I don’t wanna hurt you human” wasps on the other hand won’t warn you. They’ll come right at you. Centipedes and ants just run from you lol 😂 I hate bugs but your channel is helping me be less afraid.

[@mygiboxatgmail]

Ants running from you? wanna see you step anywhere near fire ants... they'll eat you alive. Also this other time driving through Mexico I stopped at a semi desertic spot on the road to take a pee and I was fascinated to see some ants starting to move toward me so I moved a couple of steps in the opposite direction and they actually stopped and changed direction to follow me where I was now standing. I have no idea what species they were but they were almost as big as leaf cutter ants... I'm not an ant person I prefer Tarantulas but I find all invertebrates captivating.

[@mozzjones6943]

They are more fearful of people (and other possible threats) than people are of them. They don't want to just attack, It's about survival! Warning is the first line of defence for them, Attack if needs be.

[@sarah_van_]

Omg SUCH an angry lil guy! 😂

[@deidara8227]

i’ve always hated spiders but recently i’ve been getting spider videos on my fyp’s and i can’t stop watching them…

[@KCannaQueen]

"Ok so this lil one has been smacking the floor.... but other than that he's been pretty good" 😂😂😂 Tarantula: *aggressively attacking enclosure*

[@imjustyncredible645]

Shit I would be mad too being shipped in a medium box wrapped in paper where it’s dark and being bumped around not knowing what the fuck is going on lol. I would come out the gate trying to inject all my venom into the first person I see in the light after being in the dark for a while.

[@Rat2rrj]

You had the perfect opportunity to say "let's bug-gie" lol Featuring the spider version of cat spitting and the two finger salute xD

[@tarantulakat]

Oooo saving that for next time lol

[@dejapoo9367]

After a journey like that I'd be plenty pissed as well. Beautiful spider!!

[@grenvallion]

Wakes it up from its nap. Pikachu surprised face at it being angry lol

[@shaunacorrigan9372]

What a cool spider! Can't wait to see how it makes its burrow and trapdoor, hopefully we'll actually get to see it in some good feeding clips!

[@amsbeats841]

I don't think I'd be overjoyed to be stuck in a box and shipped in the mail either tbh

[@laurenk.7325]

😆 Someone is a lil pissy! ❤️ it's CUTE TUDE! Thanks for sharing your new addition.

[@AmandaWeyer]

My kindergarten teacher had a tarantula in her classroom. I also had the pleasure of having my own growing up,(I had a Chilean Rose, her name was Charolette, my sweet girl) & I would pick her up & everything. Having said all that, this video made me jump with the heebie jeebies & I haven’t even finished it yet. Haha! But I love it.

[@pettime2785]

I love your videos they are so helpful you were the reason I decided to get into the tarantula hobby and it makes me so happy to know that there are people like you who are willing to do so much for their animals and to provide the best care possible for them have a great day 🙂

[@AussieBit451]

I have one of theeeesssee! They’re definitely a cool species. I recently found out he’s a male and omg, he is one of my feistiest spiders. So cool to see you do a video on this! 🖤🖤

[@ZombasticRex]

I saw a trapdoor spider in Wilmington North Carolina. It's skin, shell, exoskeleton, reflected blue in the light. He drank the condensation on the outside of my gatorade bottle. He followed me around on the driveway, I like spiders as long as they're not crawling on me, so he stayed on the driveway. Neat neat spider. I would have kept it as a pet if I lived there. Edit: because I really need to read things before I post them after using the microphone on my phone. All kinds of not what I said.

[@michaelbayne3474]

Who else wanted the spider to be in the initial packaging, delivering a severe bit on the way out.

[@memoriesofviolet]

Oh my goodness! That's one spicy meatball!😂

[@DaveTormala]

Hello. This was a pretty cool video. Can you tell at the end that the spider hid under the leaves as to feel that he/she is hidden that as long it can't see you so it feels you can't see it so now it feels protected. It just a cautious little guy right now. Trap door spiders are an interesting specie of spider cause it hunts differently vs the other spiders. It will way until it's prey is just above them. Either there is small fiber of web just outside that alerts the spider of prey near by or the prey is causing a vibration that the spider can feel in which also alerts them of food is present. Cool video. Thank you.

[@kevinpham3022]

Such personality! Thanks Kat and Peter! Maybe starting a starter burrow would encourage it? Not sure if these type of species appreciate that.

[@hoibsh21]

Gangbanga: (Flippin Gang Signs) Trapdoor Spida: HOLD MY MOUSE.....

[@notsorry3631]

Poor little guy. So cute.

[@wildeyedfae]

Poor bugger. I hope she makes a door! Definitely would love to see her pop up and grab some noms!!!!!

[@kirre_motion3437]

No surprise beeing furious like that after a long journey in this little box..... I would also be angry

[@trendmassacre8423]

"blah blah blah it should be back in the wild blah blah blah blah" 😂🤣

[@ronin4073]

That spider is not helpless by any means my dear! LoL

[@Ava_Orchid]

They way he hurried to the dirt like Hello old friend protect me please.

[@idlandejeudi3833]

trapdoor spider:LET ME DOWN AND FREEDOM!

[@deb2285]

“It do be like that sometimes”. LMAO!

[@hollishan]

He's such a cute chonky thing!!

[@joesmetalmancave]

Haha, good to know some of these FedEx boxes I've been delivering might have deadly spiders in them. Just what you want potentially crawling around your work truck, haha.

[@wolverine1694]

I've raised many a spider's in my day... I'm still fascinated with them... I really like the fishing spider... they're aggressive

[@lizarrrdbeth]

GR8 job with this Kat!!! Damn cool spider!! I think they are really awesome!!!!

[@WhiteIndoraptor]

I love him/her already he/she is so feisty lol 😆

[@ZarpSterr]

That's Mike Tyson's spider....and he's ready for the Death Dance.

[@StrangeMachines1]

That's one thicc angry boi 😤 😆

[@IDoABitOfTrollin]

Wierd seeing a package without "Live Creature Inside"

[@ianvaughan9028]

The Aussie trapdoors I've kept as pets are equally grumpy when out of their burrows.

[@kylieroth2326]

The spider- I wanna demolish everything fear me And I’m just here like “aawwwee grumpy cutie”

[@bexj4205]

"I've got a jar of dirt, ive got a jar of dirt "

[@Ashley-ke2xp]

Just when I was looking for something to watch, this came at the perfect time 😎

[@mszs3913]

As an Australian, you should get one of our Sydney Funnel Web spiders and Male Mouse Spiders sent across (male mouse spiders have RED jaws)

[@maxmax1626]

FedEx now you know why is angry 🤣

[@yormhammerson530]

Yowza! That trapdoor is seething malding and definitely not coping

[@Missuskeefe]

entomology is something that has always fascinated me. My heebie-jeebies has always gotten in the way. I have made huge strides in overcoming my heebie-jeebies but I need physical exposure to truly overcome it. Where I live, there are very few insects and "bug" species. I live in an arctic climate. I have always dreamed of moving somewhere tropical to "become acquainted" with some bugs. Weird, I know. LOL

[@humbertocastro8088]

Awesome spider you showed and home you made

[@alexanderjakubsen2198]

I love what you do for spiders.

[@derpyhooves6667]

Other people: its just a tub of dirt Me and all the Jack Sparrow fans: I GOT A JAR O DIRT I GOT A JAR O DIRT😂

[@redlady222]

You have insanely healthy, beautiful hair ❤️ The spiders are cool too 😂

[@Latchimus]

So angrily upset with it's embarrassment it just hides under the first leaf it can find!

[@calvinready9878]

I'm not into spider's to much. But I do love learning about spider's from you. I do love snakes and I loved my uromastic lizard I had once. It was so sweet along with my boas Mackey and Mallorca. Thank you for you education on these different species and helping people get over there fears and teaching Thema New hobby as well as how to handle and care for them. I found your channel and really like it. I am a ALL ANIMAL LOVER 9F EVERY KIND. AWESOME VIDEOS I LOVE THEM.

[@jakobw135]

Let's BOOGIE? You mean ... let's - BUGgie! :-)

[@randomreviewz2628]

7:57 When you enter Robot Wars but you forget to design a self-righting mechanism.

[@mikequantum9835]

I don't know what is the worst.. Having such a big spider in a bottle like that ( it's not even 5L capacity ) or thinking that it's a good way to keep spiders.

[@diedfrombored5295]

I've seen a Chinese Trapdoor Spider in Texas when I was fishing at a creek by myself when I was about 11 years old, I remembered it had the scariest and weirdest butt and the spider was reddish/pink I didn't know until like 10+ years later when I saw one online and realized that's what I saw. Ugly and terrifying as ever

[@britneylatimer62]

Yeah I can’t get over how gross their butt looks. Gives me the heebie jeebies just thinking about them!

[@bonniehawkins2979]

Thank you.

[@NinoNation]

Looks like a funnel web spider

[@JoshuaLeggans]

It says don't fuck with my vibes 😂👍🤣

[@babyshea89]

“I got a jar of dirt”” I got a jar of dirt and guess what’s inside it?” LMAO 😂😂😂🖤 sorry I had to 😂

[@DevilDoc1988]

Can't you get a small terrarium? That's like a studio apartment

[@cowgirl3144]

I don't know much about spiders, and I'm new to your channel. I've always had a fascination about them because if they didn't kill insects, we humans would be overrun by them!! LOL!!!! I used to feed jumpungspiders in my windows in the kitchen!! Great channel!!

[@samoht1288]

Previously thought trapdoors were the scariest spiders; having watched this, they’re actually cute! Kinda like the “pugs” of the spider world.. Just goes to show how Fear can come from ignorance sometimes, thank you for this video!

[@wagsman9999]

Who knew you could FedEx a spider ?

[@riggamorrischan]

Right. I always thought there’d be some type of special and specific packaging to ship insects and stuff but my mans was just stuffed in a plastic container and in an ordinary ass fedex box!!

[@diegobernal6037]

@@riggamorrischan and she doesn't seem to care, as she immediately threw the spider into another tiny box.

[@angelamayes8118]

Ooooopppsss You woke him up, shame!!!! LMAO

[@arcanekand]

yeah trapdoor spiders can be feisty if disturbed the "rearing up" is to make them look bigger and deter potential threats and rarely bite unless provoked. while they look fearsom and would inflict a nasty bite they are actually fairly harmless and if bitten most people likely experience localized swelling and pain at the area of the bite for a day or two.