Will it Bite Me?! Handling a Brown Recluse!

On this episode, Coyote is showing you the differences between a harmless brown spider and the deadly Brown Recluse! Hailed as one of the most venomous spider species in the United States, Coyote is going to share how to properly identify the infamous Brown Recluse - and then he's going to freehandle one! Watch now to see if the spider will bite him as Coyote handles a BROWN RECLUSE!
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[@archertor5319]

It brings a sigh of relief each time this guy uploads because it means he is still alive

[@russellbrothersanimation7392]

Haha. When he didn't upload last week my brother was worried. 😂

[@faredapastakia1953]

I hope he uploads after this vid

[@RaulDiaz-mp8ms]

He does have a camera crew that could upload for him if the worst happened.

[@NoahLavineASP]

He'll never die. At this point he's gained an immunity to everything and anything he could possibly encounter. Plus he's careful. But honestly I feel the same way you do. People like coyote are the reason why we know things are poisonous / venomous. I mean we already know now after thousands of years of evolution. But if Coyote Peterson lived thousands of years ago he would have been a pioneer of toxicology.

[@turtlejeepjen314]

I got a W.I.C.K.E.D. awful, horrible, painful, scary BROWN RECLUSE spider bite the summer before last!!! It took almost a year to heal, & STILL acts up. I have a giant, HUGE SCAR from it on my back!!! •••••The irony of it is that I •actually HAVE A SPIDER TATTOO• on my back, above my shoulder blades!!!!! It ASTOUNDS ALL the doctors & nurses!!!! I even had one ask if she could take a PICTURE of my back, since it was SO freaky!!!

[@BestOfAnimalss]

He has passed every test of aranchnophobia

[@spicedogz4438]

Yyyyuuuppp

[@dubtv6160]

He really has

[@BivorXD]

Yes

[@LastGoatKnight]

And even insectophobia and stingphobia too

[@tiagocarapeto9227]

Indeed

[@diptonsauce1985]

my aunt was bit by a brown recluse living in las vegas. she waited a few days to go to the hospital. She lost the ability to move the right side of her body and face. She was a cosmologist and was never able to recover and return to her profession. After a few years, she was still struggling mentally and physically and sadly, decided to take her own life. I would not wait to see what happens if you ever get bit by a brown recluse. I don't recall where she was bit or if that made a big difference in how it affected her brain and nervous system. Rest in Peace Alexis

[@ryryreactzz9382]

That’s horrible and I know I this man’s trying to educate but no matter what this is ignorance! A lot of experience means jack!! Any way what I wanted to say my condolences and yes I lived in Las Vegas most of my life born and raised and they are definitely around and very deadly! I pray peace over you and your family in Jesus Christ name!

[@synax652]

That is awful. Theres a guy on KZbin who lets venomous insects bite him, and he did one for the Brown Recluse; he had mild pain and slight nausea for the day but thats it. It truly is different from person to person. I definitely will not be taking my chances!

[@TK-rz6ni]

“I’m going to place this basic brown spider off to the side” Basic brown spider: ☹️

[@kevinsouthwell1587]

lol

[@jacquelinesanger6541]

Roflmao

[@thanos5220]

Poor bb

[@shuruff904]

Poor lil dude

[@16firebuff]

All he wanted was a friend

[@ultimatelyinsane4501]

Mad respect to the man who has done something that most of us will never do

[@kymanimills3201]

Agreed

[@nolixxlost6090]

Yes thats right i would burn the house if theres a spider

[@funkylentil6966]

*should never do

[@sopheagutierrez349]

Frfr

[@judicatorhurayth1927]

Alot now

[@brynnejewell1275]

I wish someone like you had been around when I was a kid. After I heard about the brown recluse it pretty much ruined being outside for me. Thanks for sharing!

[@seriousbeaner3059]

Weird kid damn hope your ok and not killing people

[@the-postal-dude]

90% of the time being bit by a brown recluse doesn't actually lead to necrosis, but it's still better safe than sorry

[@VL1975]

Well. Hell..it's good thing they didn' tell you about snakes and other bugs! LOL

[@GanerRL]

i sure love how it avoids humans by grouping up on bathtub floors and on blankets

[@ultimate.funkypunky]

THEY HUNT US, IF ANY

[@wolfman210]

If a spider is in your bathtub or blanket it either got there by accident or you haven't used it in a while. I live in rural Tennessee, I've seen several Recluses in my house. I can authoritatively say Coyote is right, they do not like people and will run away as soon as they notice you. My best advice if you're worried about Recluse Spiders? Keep your living space clean, avoid leaving laundry, shoes or bedding on the floor and use clear plastic containers instead of cardboard boxes for storage.

[@cherryfroggo]

​@@wolfman210 I can confirm what you say. I have many at the building I live in but they never go into our rooms! They're scared of humans. And they're much more docile than people think. But they can bite when getting into people's clothes and getting squished

[@travisdodge2370]

I got bit by 1 recently, it didn't hurt, until a couple of days later and it started swelling and rotting my skin away. It took almost 3 weeks for the rot to go away (cleaning and removing dead tissue multiple times a day). It's almost healed now.

[@yellowfrog2259]

I've seen a brown recluse in my house. It saw me and started running away, it jumped off of the wall, hit the ground, ran for a little bit, shriveled up and died. Poor little spide

[@DianaEmilia911]

😱❤️

[@trentonmeade8933]

That’s the same as me 😮

[@2500grit]

3 weeks? My bite took more than 6 Months to heal

[@tupskillz3135]

same here..not positive it was a brown recluse but seems like it..was at my buddy's lakehouse and slept in the basement with a blanket it must have been in..no one had probably used the blankets in that closet for a really long time..didn't feel anything but woke up during the night like wtf..next day and following day got that red ring on my leg that got progressively worse..definitely took several weeks or a month to heal completely..probably the first time ever bit by a spider..

[@revan7402]

"To identify the spider you will have to get very close" Most people: SMASHY SMASHY

[@ColinTimmins]

lol, so true! What a cruel and evil world we live in... lol

[@alexissenner3534]

I'm a Runny Runny person lol

[@deviantart2673]

Smash first, identify after. :)

[@JohnMkrv]

@@deviantart2673 "shoot first, ask questions later"

[@pregmonk7520]

360 no scope that thing

[@stv0036]

"never interact with a spider" I couldn't agree with you more.

[@josephcok00]

looking at them only, made me feel terrified. Let alone interact with them😅

[@1romancatholic]

I must kill the brown recluse if seen in my home.

[@43forlife]

LOOL

[@gamingwithmatt9561]

Burn the house down. "But it cost a lot of money" I DONT CARE I SAW A SPIDER! NAPALM, GO!

[@geometricart7851]

Coyote. Really? That would be like saying never interact with death. I'm good bro!

[@onetonmantis]

I lived with them in my home for around 8 years due to a really bad infestation when I moved in. Neither me nor anyone I lived with through that time had any confirmed bites from them. The up side to living with them is you don't have to deal with any other kind of bug infestion while they're around.

[@thegreatgambino5079]

I've still had roaches in my home while having fiddlebacks.

[@nitroxylictv]

@@thegreatgambino5079 roaches can live through almost anything I still see a few from time to time in my apartment even though we have a plethora of parasitic wasps in the area, (tiny wasps that lay eggs in roach larvae)

[@shaunmckenzie5509]

@@thegreatgambino5079 cause they breed faster than the spiders can eat them

[@adriandelacruz8646]

Lol

[@sunrazor2622]

I've interacted with at least 4 brown recluses within the past year. Here's what I learned from them: 1. Brown recluses will most likely seek shelter in your home during heavy rains, especially flooding. 2. Brown recluses aren't afraid of the light. 3. Brown recluses aren't afraid of you. 4. Brown recluses will happily walk across your computer monitor while you are using it. 5. Brown recluses will happily crawl into your keyboard while you're typing on it. 6. Brown recluses simply don't care where you are and what you are doing. 7. Brown recluses generally walk in S-curves at constant speed just like ants. 8. Brown recluses have no problem crawling up slippery vertical surfaces. 9. Brown recluses are difficult to smash because their body is quite hard compared to most spiders. 10. Brown recluses usually curl into a tiny solid sphere if you attempt to smash it. This sphere is generally small enough to fit between the treads of your shoe, which allows the spider to roll away (drop away) and escape from sight. 3 of the 4 brown recluses I interacted with crawled into a ball and survived being smashed by my shoes. This is because, as a tiny ball, the spider is solid enough to withstand the pressure of rubber of my shoes. I had to use a high voltage mosquito zapper to kill one and hard plastic to properly crush the others. Sorry spider-lovers, I'm not trying to be cruel, I just don't want to go to bed with one. 11. Finally, the easiest way to identify a brown recluse is the violin shape in combination with its care-free movement, they just don't care if they're in your personal space.

[@aru2089]

Menace

[@iamfearnaught]

I genuinely appreciate this

[@Psyxiiko]

Thanks

[@joshmckulsky8526]

No thanks. I’m good. I don’t want to associate with this

[@jebusnator]

I appreciate this! Because you've come across this spider many times, I have to ask you about this constant ant-like speed you mentioned. I think I've also come across these spiders, but not so sure if they're a recluse or not, and one thing that might help me identify them is their movement, whenever I see them move they move very slowly, almost sluggish, but at a steady pase like you mentioned

[@themagician6310]

the fact that this man can lecture and give informative info about spiders whilst holding one of the most venomous spiders, takes balls of STEEL

[@Avogadros_number]

“Informative info”

[@inutero10]

Its not as if he dosent know what to do in case he is bitten. Also, im sure he has medical personal on site

[@anthony18243]

@@inutero10 oh yeah because that’s totally gonna make the pain and side effects disappear. Regardless it still takes balls

[@ultralordkefka4681]

Yeah gigantic balls

[@thunderthighs6277]

@@inutero10 the brown recluse venom will still eat your flesh away like pouring boiling water on ice

[@luecisturner4839]

This man has essentially become a legend. He is in fact my favorite outdoorsman and wildlife observer since the late Steve Irwin. Thank you for keeping this wild adventure thing alive Coyote. Your a pure delight.

[@kevinsouthwell1587]

agreed

[@slenders_dumz1404]

True. I have been watching him since the og days of the bullet ant

[@graykush5294]

Well put.

[@belialzed2244]

Bear Grylls is wannabe. True adventurer: Coyote "damn,this hurts really bad" Peeterssoooon!!!!

[@Lovebirdd]

You're*

[@mattadler4710]

He's great. I have always really appreciated this channel. More info and entertainment packed into a single episode than you can shake a stick at.

[@Hxltmane]

I heard that the recluses venom doesn’t actually cause the skin rot, it’s the bacteria afterwards, which is why you gotta keep the bite wound clean Also storytime: one time I went outside smoking a bowl and I noticed a jumping spider on my aunts side view mirror, and i got close to ig just look at it, and it like turned its head to look back at me, so I had this thought to move side to side and it followed my movement and I was like atleast a foot away, then I got a twig and put it like 5 inches away from it and it jumped onto the twig and I set it in the grass, what a great encounter haha

[@TheOne496]

Bold jumping spiders are actually extremly cooperative and friendly.

[@Unhingeddirtdog]

Jumping spiders are sweethearts loll

[@slightly.psycho]

My ex got bit and he's permanently missing some muscle there. Just a small bit. Like a little crater. Anything can happen I guess.

[@mateobarrett6829]

I swear spiders are so much more intelligent than we give them credit for

[@flickcentergaming680]

Jumping spiders are very curious and almost friendly!

[@giantgazelle7471]

The reason why he doesn't get bit is because the spiders can sence the poison in his blood and realize if they bite him they'll be poisoned as well

[@imag00dgurl15]

Lol

[@FabianEXL]

😂

[@Niccolo27]

Ahhaha

[@UbzUnclemax]

I see what you're referring to ...

[@zeeky3875]

🤣😂

[@waynejohnson1786]

"When in doubt, never interact with a spider and admire it from a safe distance... Okay, now I'm gonna pick it up."

[@zachrubinic4685]

Or just… don’t? And…? Run???

[@t5hammer871]

He’s not in doubt so it doesn’t apply lol

[@Vonanimations334]

Or just step on them simple lol

[@garywilson3042]

@@Vonanimations334 NO!! Never just kill a spider, they are great predators getting rid of annoying insects!

[@Vonanimations334]

@@garywilson3042 true but one tried to sneak me what was I suppse to do?

[@untamedfox35]

Your loving nature towards all creatures great and small is heart-warming. Thank you for this video. I had hundreds of these living in my cabin when I was little and for four years of sleeping on the floor they didn't bother me, but I accidentally rolled over one one time and it bit me, but I put charcoal on the bite and the bite dried right out. I was fine. I felt more bad for hurting the spider than angry tbh. I wish more people understood they're more scared of us at the end of the day. Look how small they are. Your videos make me happy, love what you do man.

[@flickcentergaming680]

My aunt got bitten by a brown recluse once and needed a skin graft. I have a very healthy respect of these particular species. Great vid as always!

[@gabylm7]

Very high respect indeed! His videos are always awesome 🤟👏

[@hope4ourfallen]

I just had my bersa sac in my elbow surgically removed after a bite, and had a wound vac put on today. Luckily no necrosis. But sure not a fun situation.

[@deadraider420]

@@hope4ourfallen… Dam homie. I got bite years ago. I felt this

[@toby211]

The way the spider ran around his thumb like that gave me chills and I’m not even afraid of spiders. 😳

[@blaineg8814]

Sounds like you are

[@josemoreno1123]

I don't think you need to be afraid of spiders to know you don't want one of those crawling on your bare hand, I know I don't!

[@Lunatic4343]

Bro saaame

[@sammieh9695]

Same! I regularly pick up and evict spiders from the house because I have a "severe spider infestation" in my crawlspace and they come up the vents when it gets cold. Made me jump because it was a fear response from the spider

[@jahdread]

😂😂😂😂

[@ma_s_v]

Spider: _"remain calm, this is Coyote! He's got more venom than I am inside his body, be sure to wait for that plastic thing and get inside quickly!"_

[@collinbogert6011]

This puts a smile on my face

[@omcmbarabida355]

@@collinbogert6011 yes

[@chrisg7205]

Ahah yes ^^

[@giantgazelle7471]

Lol

[@jamesmichelis1667]

What??? "More Venom than I am inside his body"???

[@joseherrera8208]

It's crazy how lately people have been ridding their fears of things in life & one of those things is the fear of spiders I see all kinds of videos of different channels posting videos handling crazy spider species like it's a gecko or something, it's helping me overcome my fear of them for sure! Thanks y'all

[@joseherrera8208]

@@okameow5693 my friend why yes I do, if you ever find yourself running into any spider, stay calm, if u wanna squash it do so :/ but if u wanna preserve the awesome creature catch it in a cup or jar & release outside in nature! They take care of bugs that like to bite us & annoy us also. Lastly if u ever watch that Disney short of the jumping spider u understand they are adorable & they respond to us when u gently interact with them, no bites ever occur they either wanna get away from you because they are more scared of you than you are of them or theyll curiously crawl or jump on u & web u up cause you are a nice warm cuddly human who can protect them & or be their fate. Your choice:)

[@evangelionl0vr857]

Living in AZ I was taught to recognize the difference between a Recluse and a normal brown spider a long time ago, the main thing I focus on is looking for the violin pattern as he said and the eye pattern. I've only seen a few, and I'm pretty sure they were Brown Recluse because I remember them being stockier than this one.

[@aponi5093]

I love how it crosses its legs in the beginning at first. Like such a classy little spider!

[@annagrace4169]

Hahaha I loved that too!

[@Emlane09]

Ladylike

[@James-jg2cb]

Can we just respect how this man does insanely dangerous things that no one else would do for this channel? Mans a legend

[@Troyisful]

I love him, but I have a sinking feeling he will pass away like Steve Irwin and it sucks.

[@timothyandrewnielsen]

Yea he is. A hero!

[@Topher.86]

Check out jacks world of wildlife, he takes bites from the recluse and widow

[@patrickscalia5088]

You should come to Louisiana sometime. People down here are...unusual. By the time I was seven years old I knew how to safely catch and handle copperheads and cottonmouth moccasin snakes, with nothing more than a stick, both highly venomous. And do it without harming the snake. In the 50 years since I have long lost count of the number of venomous snakes I've caught and relocated to places where they wouldn't be in danger from humans. The kid who first taught me how to safely catch and handle venomous snakes ended up getting graduate degrees in herpetology and zoology and worked to retirement at the Audobon Zoo in New Orleans. Me and my little cohort of Cajun ragamuffins who grew up playing in the canals and bayous of southern Louisiana, we could hardly see a small critter pass without trying to catch it by hand. We caught moccasins and giant alligator snappers and huge bullfrogs and even those creepy big water bugs that will bite hell out of you if you let them (I think that Coyote Peterson gets bitten by one in an episode.) I actually had mantises and recluses and big wolf spiders I kept in large pickle jars and would feed them crickets and the like. That practice ended when one of them (one of the recluses) escaped and wound up in my mom's clothes. Or at least she assumed I was the source of the critter, and to be fair it was probably one of my escapees. It bit her on the heel of her hand when she picked up a shirt to hang it up and unknowingly squeezed it. I remember that it would not turn lose and remained stuck with its fangs embedded, hanging from her palm until I plucked it off her (and tossed it straight into the toilet -- sorry) and her hand ended up swelling so much that it looked like one of Mickey Mouse's gloves, fingers the size of sausages. She never got a necrotic pus-hole, thankfully, but she said it was quite painful for a day or two. Still my mom was a Louisiana mom through-and-through. The incident only lead to a minor change to the rules of the house: critters were okay but nothing venomous. Our grandparents also started us on 7-Up mixed with burgundy wine around the age of 6, but that's another Cajun story.

[@sricharte89]

an American version of Steve Irwin lol

[@CRC780]

You’re crazy bro! In a very cool way. I admire your courage and appreciate seeing safe interaction. It’s very educational.

[@nystagmus]

Tripod set eyes is probably the most unique thing about the recluse for identification

[@golbez3794]

"im going to try to be as absolutely calm as possible..." he says looking the most nervous ive ever seen anyone...

[@lindamichelle6427]

Those fr's mean business.i got bitten by one and lived to tell the story there's a reason that he didn't wanna get bitten by one of those spiders..they all need torched.

[@dannyorr8430]

For someone who fully understands the gravity of what he’s doing he’s pretty calm

[@AmaryIIion]

He looks nervous to you? Lmao this guy will not be nervous about that spider compared to what he's held.

[@PiousSlayer]

@@AmaryIIion His hand was shaking the entire time, he was definitely nervous.

[@dandonovan3701]

@@PiousSlayer what do you expect when he’s handling a spider that could seriously hurt him what’s the chances you would do the same 🤷🏼fair enough he would get immediate medical attention but it would still be a horrible

[@Knightstruth]

The thing I will NEVER forget about the first time I saw a Brown Recluse spider was how freaking fast it was. Wolf spiders are very fast but....the brown recluse makes wolf spiders look like they run in slow motion.

[@sathsaramapalana485]

no dude wolves are faster

[@toyotacamry8795]

I swear to god those things can match Usain bolt.

[@Jo-JoGro]

Ive woken up in the middle of the night with a huge wolf spider on my face i was sleeping on my sisters floor that night the next night i watched the same spider jump around her kitchen floor i caught it and took it out into her garden it was so big when i first saw it jumping i thought it was a toad lol

[@zandozman]

@@Jo-JoGro hahaha

[@jmdesertadventures803]

A hunting wolf spider is faster than a fleeing recluse.

[@zelia4942]

i am terrified of spiders but for some reason still clicked this video.

[@andreahoffman2449]

Wow! Fantastic info! U are so awesome! Thank u again brave friend! 💜👍🏻💜

[@BraedenPS]

Thought I knew a lot about recluses, learned a lot more than expected. Still would never free handle in a million years, but gained a lot of love for the species. Thanks Coyote

[@lucanandrews774]

Same! I worked with one at the museum I worked at. Mostly food/water, but even then, I still learned new things from this.

[@David9dee]

Just found this guy last night, binge watched a bunch of videos, can’t help but watch them all lol.

[@b0nkeror452]

@carol lady rude

[@John-ml2gh]

@carol lady get a better attitude

[@anudeepkhadka6053]

Watch his sting series

[@nicolesovia6218]

@carol lady Says the person commenting on random youtube videos. 😂 Ok!

[@destroyer9817]

Epic!

[@J0EB0B555]

They might not be out to get me but if they're in my house, I'm out to get them

[@TheDeadlyDan]

In the late 80s, I worked at Spider Pharm in Arizona. One of my favorite spiders to collect was the Loxosceles deserta, which you show. I could get around a hundred adult spiders from a single packrat burrow. You could pick one up by the back legs and it would just wait for you to drop it into a vial. As long as you taped up you were perfectly safe from them. What worried me was coming across snakes, scorpions, and centipedes.

[@SeattleMarinerMan]

A spider farm? How could something so vile and evil exist?!? 😢

[@TheDeadlyDan]

@@SeattleMarinerMan 😁 We had around 43 species numbering about 450,000 individual spiders. These need to be fed, watered, and put on a milking schedule that coincides. The venom was used primarily for research. From the interwebz; "How can spider venom be used for medicine? Compounds identified in recent years from spider venoms include polypeptide toxins that contain a specific structural motif known as an inhibitor cystine knot (ICK). Pharmacologically, these toxins have been reported to exert a variety of neuroprotective, antimicrobial, anticancer and antinocieptive effects .Jun 3, 2019"

[@SSWolfie404]

Id just like to take a moment to appreciate your insane bravery for interacting and handling so many dangerous creatures. You are truly a living legend, Coyote

[@nolixxlost6090]

Yes thats right respect to the legend coyote

[@ArchonOfDoom]

I still love how he treats all animals with gently and loving touch. Respect for this man!

[@worm.on.a.string.]

this helps a lot, actually. as a neurodivergent nerd this kind of stuff really lets me know more about the topic and every day i'm learning more on how to deal with bugs and spiders, like this. i've often been told not to pick up random spiders, (which is insanely fair), but normally concerned people talk about brown recluses. knowing how to easily identify them and be more careful is helpful, especially knowing about how spider bites normally happen, and knowing they aren't outwardly aggressive. people talk about spiders as very terrifying things, but they're mostly just little carnivores from what i've found. yeah, they bite, but so do snakes and tigers. hell, frogs are more poisonous than a lot of spiders.

[@HADRON-9d]

"I do not want to receive a bite in this instance" *Puts spider on hand*

[@SeraphinaPZ]

Me with my anxiety: *gets nervous paying for food* Coyote: *holds an incredibly venomous spider and can still hold his hands steady*

[@TS-ss6zb]

Coyote, we actually have this same brown recluse in the southern regions of Brazil. We are advised by the local news to always look inside our shoes or our clothes before wearing them. They are normally common in wood houses, home attics or dark places where people normally store stuff. They are known as "brown spider".

[@worsedarkdoom2357]

Are you sure that's the Brown Recluse and not the Chilean recluse?

[@overlygoodvibes]

goodness if i lived there i would move out the country

[@TS-ss6zb]

@@worsedarkdoom2357 Good question. I'm not a spider expert, but checking google images they look much more like the Brown Recluse.

[@michaelf.150]

Truly amazing video and Thank you for sharing with us 🕸🕷🕸🕷🕸

[@user-rw7mw6nz5m]

i have been watching this channel for five years never have i found one of their videos boring

[@smolbunz]

When the spider jumped at 4:08 seconds, I got shockwaves and goosebumps all down my arms. Holy crap.

[@Gizzy666]

Hahaha same!!!

[@MakoRuu]

I'm going to admire any spider in my home at a distance with a can of Raid.

[@itsmeh_leah8154]

AHAHA

[@snick3896]

The only safe spider is a dead spider ☠️ flushed down the toilet with a bleach bath

[@amandadebergh4785]

The spider could have the house ill move

[@_PhilMcCracken]

😂

[@kevkamo6289]

I’ll admire it on the bottom of my slipper

[@DavidWhite-ss6kp]

The risks you take to educate people shows your passion for all wildlife. You're amazing sir. stay safe.

[@hedvigg463]

I LOVE UR VIDEOS AND U MADE ME SERIOUSLY BRAVER FOR SPIDERS CUZ I HAD A PHOBIA FOR THEM BEFORE!❤️❤️❤️

[@thegojiguy]

Me:*Enters Bathroom* Spider:*Staying on the wall* Also me:*Vanishes*

[@LastGoatKnight]

Me, who saw the spider 10 cm from my face on the wall:"hi" The spider after one sec:*vanishes in a fraction of the second for the 1000th time and maybe just a ghost* Also me:"okay, bye, see ya next time" *then goes back to sleep*

[@nolixxlost6090]

Me:*vanishes too* My mom: GURL DO YOUR HOMEWORK Me:cant you see i have vanishe mother my mom: i dont care DO IT me:geez ok

[@faredapastakia1953]

@@nolixxlost6090 ????????

[@chuuyasmissinghatchain]

@@nolixxlost6090 lol true true

[@omcmbarabida355]

When I see a spider I spray it with water

[@tylerjohnson3195]

"never interact with a spider" "Ok let's mess with this one"

[@TheWelchProductions]

He’s a professional trained to handle these things and is aware of the dangers of his job.

[@PlanetBlake]

@@TheWelchProductions : It is indeed dangerous, even for the trained. Many have tasted that the hard way unfortunately.

[@LittleSko278]

Me at 2 AM as an Arachnophobe who despises Huntsman's and Recluses: Yeah this is a good idea to watch this after having a visitor in the shower

[@Cire-dm5cj]

My gosh bro your tough as nails, God bless you and keep doing what you love most! I think hands down your as tough/brave with handling deadly/venomous insects/mamals/reptiles etc as Steve Irwin and I never thought any other human being could ever fit that description. It's also nice that you can educate, and clear the name for some of the things that terrify most people. Cheers

[@victorvallejo1045]

*right after video ends* Coyote: “alright, cut, we’re done” Spider: “phew, I was worried I would do bad” Coyote: “nah you did great little buddy! Spider: “I might give this acting thing a chance after all”

[@Check7his]

now this is a great comment!

[@rjgonzalez9220]

Spider "Now lets celebrate. Give me a kiss 💋 "

[@freddyfazbearfromfnaf3669]

@@rjgonzalez9220 you lost me wth

[@auxsec]

Lmao

[@RandomPerson-iy1on]

@@rjgonzalez9220 and Spider-Man was born 9 short months later

[@RealImpostor]

Enter the sting zone with me, Coyote Peterson

[@Heat-Productions]

Your pretty sus

[@C0smic-Fear]

That doesn't sound right tbh

[@Breno1997]

sus

[@flakgunaxel115]

Oh yeah buddy you Sus lmao

[@TheGrandWizardMan1863]

Imposter what your in the wrong universe

[@Erniekona23]

Bro this guy needs 1 billion subs💀 he’s literally risking his life

[@karenolsen4374]

Seriously soo educational! I sadly got bit on the leg by one of these bad boys a few weeks ago. They are very painful and take foreverrr to heal! :/

[@ExUSSailor]

Every Australian, "That's not a venomous spider, THIS is a venomous spider..."

[@beccaangel9821]

Word. I lived in Australia

[@Tangarisu]

AZ IS like Australia, just with less thing wanting you dead.

[@TheWelchProductions]

Bigger doesn’t mean more venomous. Often the smaller ones are deadlier. Same with snakes.

[@omegateamsports5291]

Coyote: “I don’t want to receive a bite” also Coyote....let hold it

[@synax652]

“Now I’m going to geeeently coax the spider on to my hand…” *violently shakes the jar to get it out*

[@KiranAlokkan]

2:35 "Admire them from a Safe Distance". Nope. I'm taking out my flame thrower.

[@saiyanbob666]

if we didn't have spiders, you would notice with all the extra insects everywhere. Remember, they provide a free service for you as bug catchers, respect them.

[@victorolson1477]

Necessary part of the ecosystem

[@krieger8825]

Hell naw, I rather have 10 lizards than 1 one of these creepy crawlies

[@scp001thesmilingshadow2]

@@SmokingRat so you would have rather chozen 5 million fire ants and bullet ants a year over 1 spider?

[@scp001thesmilingshadow2]

yes

[@513hook513]

I leave the little jumping spider alone in my bedroom window seal. It's a bug graveyard there

[@milanvrandecic3414]

The moment the recluse dashed up to your thumb, I jumped so hard I nearly fell out of my chair. It scared the crap out of me, my heart was racing fast as hell. Also I love your vids, I have been a fan for ages since 2014 and to watch this channel grow over these 7 yrs, makes me happy, I love everything you do keep it up you absolute legend. :)

[@geometricart7851]

I'm sure it wasn't great for Coyote either haha

[@northernninety7]

I almost noped out

[@carrie1114]

Brown recluse (fiddle back) are also found in the pacific nw! Was getting wood from woodpile, swished one by accident, and it bit me…always wear gloves in fiddle back country! They love things like wood piles!!

[@theortizfamilylife7821]

I love you'r shows so much that i wach them evre day.

[@mspionage1743]

Seeing as I am in an area that sees these very often I have to add one thing you need to add - The CA Brown Recluse is not so much found in ground crevices as it is found in wood piles and higher elevation (ie: off the ground a bit) crevices. Nearly all the recluses around here are typically wedged in wooden fences or piles of this/that in peoples yard. Thankfully it's apex predator also roams the same locations (wolf spider) so never kill the wolves if you see them. They are harmless and take out the bad guys in your yard en masse. Fun fact: Apparently ancient spider DNA that has been analyzed was most closely related to the recluse. In other words, it apparently is the modern spider that most closely resembles the prehistoric types. I always thought that would be the funnel web but I guess it's this guy.

[@shawnpoynter2065]

Information logged lol. Thanks for sharing your knowledge! I never knew this. 😇

[@Reneelwaring]

I have had an unprevoked bite from a wolf spider and it caused yellow blisters up my arm that caused scars and reoccurred a year later. I was told it was the jumping spider that was the best defense against the recluse.

[@mspionage1743]

@@Reneelwaring Wolf spider bites don't cause reoccurring scars. Their bites are similar to mosquito bites. Red little bumps for a couple days that just fade after that. Yellow blisters that reoccur often come from bed bugs or worse. You may want to do a deep clean of your living space if this is happening often.

[@Reneelwaring]

@@mspionage1743 I was sitting at my desk when it crawled up onto my hand and bit me. I saw it. Burned so badly I turned my hand into my stomach and killed it. Sorry, I was a witness.

[@conkyjoe8932]

Pretty sure this isn't accurate. Last I checked, it was a spider in SEA (perhaps even the giant huntsman, though I can't recall for certain) that was the most ancient-yet-still-living species of spider. It lacks a ton of the more modern adaptations and features that spiders would go on to evolve as the eons passed. You could be correct, I'm just saying, perhaps check again. Bc the spider I'm thinking of has remained essential unchanged for millions of years and is thought to be the oldest species still around that all others most likely branched off from.

[@fredread9216]

Very informative. Thanks.

[@dannyrichards6233]

Thx 4 sharing .

[@Queermeister]

A main identifier of the brown relcuse is their eye formation. They only have 6 eyes in 3 sets, the placement makes for a very distinguising marker. Additionally to their very small fangs, they also have fused chelicerae/jaws. They have to be directly on the skin and, in most cases, an outside force actually Has to press/squish them into the skin for the brown recluse to actually deliver a bite. Tiny fused jaws make us near impossible to bite. Most spiders are not aggressive and, at most, will react defensively. At least in the United States, our venomous spiders are also our most docile. If you don't know the species, I would recommend a cup and paper. Unless you're in Australia, then I would recommend praying perhaps.

[@ninjavibez4696]

😂😂😂😂 that was funny

[@348Tobico]

You are totally correct. The squeeze is what sets them off. Personally, I wish they would just growl or hiss instead.

[@mads423]

Now how close are looking at this spider to see their eyes and fangs 😨

[@neonmangoz]

@@348Tobico They're tiny man, imagine feeling your bones almost cracking, that's what they feel since they're way smaller then us. They're trying to defend themselves.

[@Goldenkitten1]

The biggest issues I have with brown recluses is that they love to get in your shoes here near the swamps. And like you said the most dangerous part is them accidentally getting pushed down and biting defensively. Forget to check your shoes just once and woops, off to the hospital. It's been a big issue ever since covid since we've been in the house most of the time they have plenty of time to set up a whole house with a recliner and bed in there by the time we have to go out again.

[@kuitaranheatmorus9932]

I love how Coyote could make handling a dangerous spider,both educational and entertaining,while of course making sure he's safety is in the clear, and that always good. And this video was pretty good too,also I wish yall a good day.

[@andreahoffman2449]

Thank u so much for this awesome video! I'm posting to fb! Wow👍🏻👍🏻💜💜💜💜💜💜! Ps I love spiders!

[@headshothendo]

Literally just had one crawl on me in my bed and I swept it off my arm. Positively identified and removed. Thank you for calming my nerves a bit, I do still worry about my son who has a heart condition but i can rest a tiny bit easier.

[@CreatureCal]

If it has a violin, it’s a venomous recluse. This is why I stick to percussion.

[@Daedalussy]

I see what you did thete

[@ceeinfiniti1389]

anyone who's ever been in band in high school knows all about the antics of the percussion section.

[@ggibson262]

🥁

[@Deadpool....]

Clever

[@Savitar.2020]

I was a percussionist in high school. Everyone knew our antics.

[@tarantulakat]

My least favorite part handling a brown recluse is the fact they don’t want to get off your hand once you let them on 😂 I appreciate you mentioning that their venom affects people differently. For the vast majority of KNOWN bites, 90% are nothing more than a slight localized redness. Most of those “bites” we see are actually MRSA or staph and unfairly blamed on these guys. They are so misunderstood and unfortunately under studied and villainized. I suggest checking out Rick Vetter’s work if you want to know more. But these guys are awesome! Appreciate this video.

[@itachiuchiha-wp7ie]

same

[@itachiuchiha-wp7ie]

how can u reply to ur own reply

[@itachiuchiha-wp7ie]

YOU CAN REPLY TO THAT TO

[@Wayne_R]

@@itachiuchiha-wp7ie are you ok?

[@Wayne_R]

I mean yes you're 99% correct but Necrotic Venom is no joke

[@zorey96]

You know Spidey crawled all over him, trying to get him in the jar. xD

[@samuelstevens1129]

I got bit by either the brown recluse or Mediterranean recluse(these are invasive and very wide spread) recently and the bite sucks a lot. It's taking forever to heal. Started off as a red mark that quickly turned into a large blister. And now it's a raw skin ulcer

[@beverlydurant4233]

How do you know it was a brown recluse?

[@midnight_x_edits]

@@beverlydurant4233because those are the spiders whose bite causes that

[@DR1Tz2]

“They prefer dark places”, “they’re most likely to bite when pressure is applied to their back because they feel like they’re in danger” ... recluse crawls up to the edge of Coyote’s wrist band where there’s a dark cave and an opportunity to have pressure applied to it’s back between the wrist band and his skin. 😱

[@Viper-sx5zv]

I thought this exact same thing!

[@AcousticKitty]

I thought that too! 😆

[@shawnpoynter2065]

Yes I got nervous when the spider was looking towards his wrist band! D:

[@sop6405]

He was just lookin for home

[@gobster99]

My thoughts

[@CoriMultipass]

I've had the misfortune of being bitten by one while hiking (walking mostly) an overgrown trail in 2011. I had a black hole in my leg the size of a nickel. But I also had the misfortune of getting a poison oak rash on the exact same spot, from the same trip, so it's hard to tell which sent me to the ER three different times with two conflicting diagnoses, before being hospitalized due to the swelling. Miserable time and kept getting flare ups of blisters during the months-long healing process. It's a miracle I don't have a single scar left now. ((Important advice: if you're sensitive to poison oak, don't eat mango or cashews...))

[@JC-mi7wn]

I had a very similar experience. Resulted in that black hole in the back of my calf. Was really wild when that dead tissue fell out and left a relatively painless hole, and now I have a penny sized scar of really smooth skin about 8 years later. Luckily, my doctor almost immediately knew what it was. But apparently doctors often misdiagnose skin anthrax as brown recluse bites.

[@cnote4897]

I was bitten recently, after 3 different courses of antibiotics and topicals the wound is finally starting to heal . There is a hole in my leg about half an inch deep and about the size of a dime. I'm living in Georgia... I've never ever seen such a thing..

[@kate4biglittlevoices]

Really? Mango or cashews if allergic to poison oak???

[@CoriMultipass]

@@kate4biglittlevoices yes, they all contain urushiol oil, which is what causes the blistering associated with poison oak (this is why raw cashews are almost never sold as raw). For mangoes, it's in the sap of the tree and the skin around the fruit (and sometimes leaches into the fruit itself).

[@blahblah6497]

@@CoriMultipass yeah, my brother used to get horrible rashes from mango

[@dove43]

ive always loved this species of spiders- theyre so shy

[@everettgaspar3482]

Very educational!

[@NeoScreamo]

6:40 I don't know why but I laughed more than I should, this looks to funny.

[@diultra601]

He doesn't fear nature, nature fears him

[@Danielle-ex6il]

Nature is his pet

[@stevest.martin3940]

After he stoped filming he stepped on the spider LOL

[@SinOfDeletion]

Damn dude, you have nerves of steel. As soon as it ran around your thumb I would of lost it😂

[@Thunder0usKitsune]

Fun fact!: these guys are related to the six eyed sand spider which arguably has the worst venom you could receive in the world. It’s a deadly concoction. The six eyes sand spider is really shy, found in the deserts of Africa I believe, and have no records of ever biting people. Some people even keep them as pets. Also it’s really cute how they bury themselves in sand 🤗

[@amandaschwarz898]

Check out the YT video of "the spider that can't hide". It looks like the spider youre talking about. The video is hilarious with the voiceover

[@chazbretz7989]

As some one who’s free handled a brown recluse…. It’s nerve racking for sure! Thanks Coyote! :D

[@misscandy84]

Why heck would yu hold one gross

[@justajcrispy3406]

@@misscandy84 they small

[@misscandy84]

@@justajcrispy3406 nope there big with huge legs

[@captaincosmos6984]

It's a desert recluse the brown recluse is bigger lol

[@chazbretz7989]

@@captaincosmos6984 yes but I handed a brown recluse, not a desert recluse

[@shepss217]

I couldn’t even finish this video, as soon as you were about to dump it into your hand i said heck no lol

[@RodDay]

Wow!!! I’ve ran across several of them. In Mississippi if you go into an attic you’re likely to meet one.

[@Jaeger_89]

Coyote: "Spiders are not out to get you" Brazilian Wandering Spider: "Allow me to introduce myself..." Seriously...those things are evil! Hahahahahah

[@vincentwhitehead]

Yeah, I don’t think coyote would even think of going near a Brazilian wandering spider especially because of how aggressive they are Around perceived threats.. they’re even more aggressive than orange and king baboon tarantulas and those mofos are pretty cranky all the time XD

[@Sedgehun]

Honestly, just respect them from a distance! :D

[@winnienguyen4420]

I remember a video he put up where they caught one in the rainforest. So he is familiar with it.

[@strangerontheinternet7358]

isn’t that the death erection spider

[@Jaeger_89]

@@strangerontheinternet7358 precisely

[@thepatriotsrage661]

The Violin Spider as it's called down here in South Africa, is quite prevalent in both urban and rural parts of the country. I was bitten by one in 1993 and I had a full blown reaction to it. The severity of the wound is not just about how you react, but how much venom you get nailed with. The best comparison I have is a Puff Adder bite.

[@randyjackson5159]

The females venom is twice as potent as a males venom. The extreme reactions from recluse bites come from adult age female recluse. Female recluse never leave their nest once they reach adult age so they need more potent venom because they are opportunity feeders. The males will traverse short distances in search of food or longer distances in search of a female during mating season. This leads people to believe that the reaction to the bite is based on how much venom or how your body reacted to it. The higher chance of coming into contact with males leads to more male recluse bites.

[@TheTruthBeToId]

When ever I encounter a spider I introduce it to my clear coat aerosol can and lighter, they always make good friends.

[@alexandralarsen8103]

can we all appreciate the fact that he does this for us

[@removelimitbreak7524]

I really like that the spider just chilled on his thumb as if coyote was his hype man.

[@KirbyMarie]

“ do not mess with any spider species” Me as a 10 year old- *holds and plays with daddy long legs*

[@itsmenala9087]

U were way braver than me 😂

[@KirbyMarie]

They can’t bite so they are the only spider that I was okay touching because they are completely harmless to humans if they had larger teeth to penetrate human skin however they’d be one of the most venomous spiders

[@juliannarathmell]

@@KirbyMarie that is actually a myth, i know, i know, i just recently found this out too! Technically true daddy long legs aren't even spiders and they don't have venom glands or fangs! What does, and where the myth comes from are cellar spiders but there is no scientific data to back up any claims of this as the only way to test it would be to milk the spider and inject the venom into human tissue and this has not been done due to ethics.

[@shuruff904]

@@KirbyMarie very false. 1. They actually bite people alot, especially kids. 2. Their venom is sometimes not even strong enough to kill insects or other spiders.

[@cathygraham4274]

I love bugs and daddy long legs are harvestmen not apiders

[@Damian-mi8di]

I lived in a house in Guatemala with a heavy brown recluse infestation. Because the house wasn't very well developed being in a third world country, there were plenty of cracks and crevices for these spiders to live in. I remember thoroughly inspecting my room and finding 15 spiders once. I'd see them inside every day, yet was never bitten. When I was bored, I would find two spiders of different species (spiders were numerous where I lived) and pit them against each other in a jar. The recluse never won, In fact it rarely ever bit, even when attacked. It's reclusive nature and unwillingness to fight led to other spiders which were often smaller and less venomous taking the win. I came to appreciate and even welcome these spiders. Fascinating species.

[@crystalcurrie9631]

That was very helpful thank you! My house is infested with brown spiders I thought they were brown recluse spiders but now I'm not so sure however I do not want to get close enough to investigate whether it looks like that brown recluse spider or not I am super terrified but this puts me at ease a little bit

[@Impalingthorn]

More likely than not, they are wolf spiders. Which is a good thing. Wolf spiders are actually totally harmless and are basically just fast, eight legged puppies. You can pick them up and toss them out at will. However, you might not want to. See, while they are harmless to humans and pets, they are predatory towards PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ELSE. Centipedes, moths, beetles, and yes, other spiders. This includes Brown Recluses. Now Brown Recluses themselves are already largely harmless for reasons Coyote didn't actually cover here, but if you still want them to stay gone, just leave your wolf spiders alone. They are effectively free pest control and if they're around it means whatever other pests you have are being eradicated. I do recommend acquainting yourself with what they look like and getting comfortable with them; the ONLY "scary" thing about them is how they look and if you can get past that single solitary thing then you basically will never fear these things again and even be pretty happy if you do see them. Hope this comment improved your day in some way.

[@ssmakisaki69]

You can see when he initially starts to free handle it that his hands are shaking a little, but towards the end they are completely still. Named BRAVE wilderness for a reason.

[@irrelevanceking9825]

Can we all appreciate the fact that he risk his life to make good contest for us the viewers

[@Bostonmoose243]

That speed was amazing

[@fartingpart2]

coyote is such a little goober he’s so funny and silly

[@travis8106]

I just love seeing the respect he gives to wildlife that even most people run from or get scared of. But spiders are fascinating, and they deserve a spotlight so people can learn about them safely. Coyote Peterson is a gem.