True Facts: Tarantulas

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Dr Rainer Foelix, Neue Kantonsschule Aarau
Dr Saoirse Foley, Carnegie Mellon University
Dallas Haselhuhn, Eastern Michigan University
Dr Fernando Pérez-Miles, Universidad de la República de Uruguay
Dr Bastian Rast, Neue Kantonsschule Aarau
Dr Milan Řezáč, Department of Entomology, Crop Research Institute
Dr Cara Shillington, Eastern Michigan University
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[@garretmangio9756]

So are crickets adjacent to koalas in the context that no fucks are given?

[@SamuQu]

will we get a full version of "Cricket that don't give a fuck"?

[@eromicafrancisco5477]

Can you do one on jumping spiders?

[@chrisjorritsma5745]

“Science is sort of a long, passive-aggressive argument about everything” is now my new favorite definition of science.

[@fredericapanon207]

@zefrank1 certainly came up with some great bons mots in this episode.

[@creativelibertiesweretaken3366]

My favourite definition of the scientific method is “fucking around and finding out”

[@loupax]

Counts for philosophy as well

[@alicia1463]

I mean, he's not wrong...

[@MarkBermanVideos]

just like my old girlfriend

[@AJVD2123]

I had a tarantula throw it’s hairs into my eyeball once, during a holiday weekend. Worst 3 days of my life. I started panicking about what to do but all I found was a news article and a medical journal entry 🫠 The entire ophthalmologist office would not shut up about my case, a lot of them had no idea that could even happen to you. I ended up having 7 hairs removed from my eyeball itself and 8 from the surrounding area. Upsides? I’m no longer scared of getting lasik, and I ended up being a students thesis and teaching moment about why you never look inside a box with an angry tarantula in it. Ever.

[@nenmaster5218]

Like long Videos that teach Stuff? "Some More News" has you covered; same for Hbomberguy. Though the former kinda had a 'boring Month' so I'd recommend starting with the older videos.

[@ericsfishingadventures4433]

Well nobody said lessons in life were ever going to be easy! Lol. Glad you got a great story out of it!

[@alanwatts8239]

I can't even begin to imagine how painful that must have been.

[@slotholopolis2314]

Two of my biggest fears are large spiders and eye trauma. I'll never be the same

[@madrazz8888]

Best comment. I hope your eyeball is okay now.

[@deKahedron]

The cricket eating the other cricket while both are bring eaten by a tarantula feels like a marxist metaphore for class apathy.

[@onyxfay3800]

oooh good one

[@normanred9212]

Yet marxs was a class man, and wanted to be a ruler and make everyone else suffer. He wanted to be an ant queen.

[@mf5779]

Thats Stalin

[@Xbalanque84]

Or just Marxists inevitably eating their own movements (figuratively and literally, once the mass starvation kicks in).

[@florianfeige6323]

@@normanred9212 tell me you know very little about the subject without telling me…

[@JeanneOxley]

I was camping in the Sonoran Desert. A few friends came over and we had our fire pit roaring and were enjoying the stars. Not long after starting our get-together, a tarantula comes sauntering over into the spotlight of the fire. I think he just wanted to party and hang out. After a few minutes, my friend stands up and says "Okay Bert, we didn't invite you and I think you're trying make our party all about you!" Bert slunk away slowly. So, tarantulas are just sensitive fuzzy emotional spiders. I still think about Bert and hope his mental health is okay.

[@williamrosenbloom215]

Bro why you gotta be such a dick to Bert?

[@Saiavinn]

Pff, that's just great as an experience. I can only imagine Bert's potential mindset at the time- out on that inevitable search for a mate in the night, then, "Oh- is that day? Light means day. Day helps. Still dangerous, but helps." You approach this strange daylight only for it to be surrounded by enormous _other_ animals. They don't seem to react. "Oh. Not dangerous. Good. Still safe. Still have time to look." You spend some time in the strange daylight still looking for someone- until one raises itself. "Oh no-" It turns and faces you- it found you- you're in danger. It barks! It's angry! It hasn't moved forward. It isn't hunting you yet- but it still can. It already sees you. Staying still won't protect you. "I'm not fighting. Please don't attack me. I'm no threat to you." Back away. Don't act threatening. You can't survive by threatening these ones. Back away slowly or it will kill you... It doesn't approach. It just stopped. Ah- alright, just a threat. It doesn't want to eat you. It just noticed you were in its territory. Leave- slowly. Do nothing that might make it angrier. You've already used up any time you have left here. Go back in the night. Keep looking somewhere less dangerous... You keep backing away and the enormous thing lowers itself again, and all return to how they were before, ignoring you. "Ah. Okay. Good. You're not hunting right now. I'll leave." And you do so. You leave and keep searching. Hopefully you can find someone that will reward you for all this danger...

[@ruthrichardson9717]

Attention-hogging Bert 😂

[@ironamos2306]

Bro why'd you do bert like that 😭

[@longreach207]

AwesomeOxley

[@michaelnash2138]

I am a veterinarian. One day I had a potential client call on the phone with quite a conundrum. He had a tarantula and he was, by his own admission, afraid of it. This guy wanted me to do an operation on his tarantula and remove its fangs because, as I mentioned earlier, he was scared of being bitten. I had to explain to him the several things wrong with that idea: 1) If this were to be done I don't know how i would anesthetize the spider since they don't have lungs for inhalant anesthesia and I certainly couldn't inject the spider with valium. I don't even know if valium will WORK on a spider but I know it would leave a very big leaky needle hole, plus I'd have to get the spider to hold still for it and, well, that wasn't going to happen. I could have placed the spider in a tank of anesthetic gas but how to monitor it escaped me, as it doesn't have the usual pulse and respiration, nor could I use a pulse oximeter on it. Even if it would work (which it wouldn't) I didn't have one small enough. There would be a very fine line between asleep spider and dead spider and one could become the other quite rapidly. 2) In veterinary school we are, quite frankly, taught how to KILL arachnids and insects (ticks and fleas, respectively) rather than operate on them. I suppose I could have opened up a whole new category of service for people with pet arachnids, but I'm sure I'd soon get someone wanting me to de-venom sac their Deathstalker Scorpion and I'm not going there. Finally, the 3rd problem with the idea is that if I 'defanged' his spider it would very quickly starve to death because it couldn't inject any venom in its prey. The guy sat quiet for a minute and then said, "I guess a tarantula won't make a good pet for me if I'm afraid of it." I agreed. He thanked me and hung up. That still ranks as one of the oddest telephone conferences I've ever had.

[@amarie1693]

Fun fact you can actually anesthetize a tarantula. I saw a video in which they needed to in order to extract venom from them, I believe they used a plastic bin and hose with CO2 to slow the spider down and put it in a conscious but slowed down state. That being said it seems really ridiculous that guy even wanted a tarantula if he was that afraid of it, removing the fangs would be like removing the jaw of a dog because it had the possiblity to bite, hope he rehomed it at least. Tarantulas don't even want to bite unless they are extremely stressed and scared, unless you're messing with it a whole lot you shouldn't ever have risk of being bitten.

[@ItamarWeilFireWind]

Amazing story haha

[@cam4636]

The amount of people who want to get a pet they already know they can't take care of is astounding and quite frankly infuriating

[@Hotchpotchsoup]

I find someone wanting to mutilate an animal to keep it as a pet really fucking immoral, it's something only a psychopath would do

[@The1nvisibleJeevas]

@@Hotchpotchsoup I mean, I think this person just didn’t think it through. Maybe he thought it was like spaying or neutering a cat.

[@anondecepticon]

“Sort of like an upside-down version of the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet, except they both have bongos and Juliet is potentially a pissed off cannibal” is the best analogy for tarantula courtship I’ve ever heard.

[@shadydaemon4178]

That’s because it’s true that makes it funny, just be glad that’s not the case with humans.

[@user-wb7ez9ud4p]

@@shadydaemon4178 Octopus: basically humans, but this.

[@shadydaemon4178]

@@user-wb7ez9ud4p Humans can’t regenerate like that.

[@anondecepticon]

@@shadydaemon4178 I don’t know, the bongos could be kinda fun. Imagine scenes like the ones in Say Anything or Cyrano de Bergerac, but with bongos instead of music or poetry. 😂

[@ArcanineEspeon]

Well, what's the second best analogy for tarantula courtship you've ever heard?

[@cannibalbananas]

"but Juliet is potentially a pissed-off cannibal" 😂😂😂 Love zefrank's humor

[@screwybit8118]

Congratulations that accurately described my brothers 6th girlfriend a repressed lesbians prone to violent outbursts

[@blacksheep7910]

@@screwybit8118 Sounds like a good time 👍

[@Mr0Anonymous0]

​@@screwybit8118 I can only fathom what your brother must have done to himself to attract a lesbian like that

[@davidturney2975]

I thought the whole heavily armed thing was spot on

[@nope53926]

The tale of Romeo and the pissed off cannibal. I'd watch that.

[@coreyhead5777]

“Like an exorcism, where you’re both the demon AND the possessed.” Is a phrase I didn’t know I needed

[@nyczdarkalex]

Oh, absolutely. It gives "I'm both the killer and the final girl" energy.

[@makokx7063]

I got a tarantula as a teenager without knowing anything about tarantulas and the first time it molted I honestly thought it died. It was late so I figured I'd deal with cleanup the next day. When I got home from school I picked up the molt and was like, that ain't right, and the tarantula crawled out from under its log and was like Yo, whattup? Had dozens of pets of dozens of varieties and none were as gentle as that tarantula (Chilean Rose)

[@_god_6321]

I got a rose hair as my first tarantula too and after about 8 or 9 years of having her I got 3 more, a togo starburst baboon, green bottle blue, and a metallic pink toe

[@perrodetokio]

Same! I had a mexican painted tarantula when I was 15 yo. I was so sad when that happened. I thought it was my fault because I hadn't taken good care of her.

[@Scriblyn]

Omgg how does it feel to live my dream. Tarantulas are so beautiful

[@WetAdek]

When I got my first tarantula as a 12 yo (a B. smithi) I knew that they molt, how it looks like and how to notice an upcoming molt. But still when she had her first molt at my home it was at night while I was sleeping. Next day I look into the enclosure and see more legs than usual, so I was like ''wtf how are there two spiders all of a sudden?!''.

[@ObieDobieZoomer]

that is so wholesome and cute x3

[@quiggsy8571]

Tarantulas are so entertaining to watch when they're out and about. Like a cross between a neurotic crab and a paranoid samurai.

[@tarantulacollective]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 love it!

[@fidalf99]

I read this in Zefrank's voice

[@roidblitzed]

@@fidalf99 it sounds better that way lol

[@dicerson9976]

I want to see an Artist draw a Humanoid crab that is clearly both neurotic and paranoid, dressed in Samurai armor wielding a katana. Then have a label at the top, "Tarantula".

[@purplespectre]

@@dicerson9976 I would pay to see an artist make this!

[@robthedestroyerjr]

9:16 "You can try this at home" absolutely slayed me I was giggling like a maniac and you can hear him try to hold it in as well.

[@MaskofAgamemnon]

"Whatever it takes really; he's a very horny spider at this point." 😂

[@erickchristensen746]

Remember when Zefrank was gone for a few years without any word? I'm so happy he came back, love these videos to death.

[@wc0424]

That merits a semi-colon, instead of a comma, by the way.

[@DavidEasthope]

@@wc0424 The semicolon is criminally underused; it's really disheartening.

[@TheRealEvilkitten3]

@@wc0424 there actually was a semi-colon; a cricket ate the top half while it was getting eaten by a tarantula

[@RichyArg]

you can blame buzzfeed for that, apparently he was contractually ensla, err, i mean, bound to them for a while

[@genghis_connie]

@@TheRealEvilkitten3 I salute you.

[@TSIRKLAND]

I got a tarantula for Christmas when I was nine years old. I had that pet for eighteen years. I developed an allergy within the first few years, so I couldn't hold and handle her, but I still enjoyed watching in the terrarium, feeding it crickets and grasshoppers, watching it molt several times. One interesting thing is that when I got it, one of its legs was missing. Through the process of several molts, it grew back, good as new! Fascinating creatures. I learned so much in this video that I never knew before! Thanks again, ZeFrank, for your informative and entertaining content!!

[@vivimannequin]

Did this allergy consist of irritated itchy skin?

[@madeliner1682]

I didn't realize they could grow legs back! how cool

[@deavve8490]

@@madeliner1682 Yeah, isn't that cool! When they are little they can grow missing legs back easily. When a grown tarantula looses a leg it will grow it back too, but it usually takes more time and the new leg is smaller and weaker that the others. Still it's better that no leg

[@subinitamazumder1307]

So nobody is gonna scream that someone gets a tarantula for Christmas ? Like what?

[@effy_kujo]

18 years! Wow! You were a great keeper!

[@meadmaker4525]

The narration and writing for this was so unexpected. Hilarious, yet informative. Nice combination. Well done.

[@zoyadulzura7490]

Yup, I like how it's so densely educational, and not just with a bit of funny stuff thrown in, but actually laugh-out-loud funny.

[@lisabelle7553]

I'm terrified of spiders, and yet, I find tarantulas to be amazing and brilliant little creatures. Maybe because they are thick and furry, more like a mammal.

[@aste4949]

And they're actually so soft when feeling out and standing on your hands! I got to be a staffer on a 5th grade class field trip to an amazing Insectarium and getting to hold a few critters was delightful.

[@jeffbrown3009]

As a fellow arachnophobe, I agree with finding Tarantulas really intriguing, but I know thanks to a friend but that does NOT transfer to experiencing them IRL. Too big, can't handle it. Jumping spiders though, are friends.

[@rumpelstilzz]

Compared with most other spiders, tarantulas are actually quite stupid. Cute, yes, but stupid. I love them.

[@loftyradish6972]

You guys might like Peacock Jumping Spiders, they are extremely cute, tiny and beautifully coloured spiders that do hilarious mating dances. There are some videos on youtube where someone put the dances to YMCA and Staying Alive.

[@noaha6185]

They are also big and slow so you know exactly where they are and what they are doing. Small spiders are scary because they are fast and hide in all kinds of places. You never know where they are.

[@kdash2657]

I had a Chilean Tarantula for 17 years. She was one of the kindest and easiest pets to ever take care of, even easier than owning a plant. RIP Rosy, may you eat your fill of crickets and worms in your heavenly hole.

[@DracarmenWinterspring]

impressive lifespan for an arthropod!

[@andrewmcdougall9298]

I had a rose hair for about 8 years. Very docile unless you were a cricket in her aquarium...

[@georgeoconnor3274]

Damn, you had a pet tarantula called Rosy as well? Was she a Mexican red knee by any chance?

[@andrewmcdougall9298]

@@georgeoconnor3274 Chilean rose hair named Thistle...

[@campfortson4387]

Tarantulas and other large bugs truly are fascinating. Even though they are living, they are just such a different form of creature that we cant really fathom them. They're like weird automatons with just a tiny bit of sentience.

[@tarantulacollective]

Wow! You nailed this Episode. Hillarious and extremely informative. Amazing job! Thanks for letting me contribute footage and be a small part of this. 🖖💚🕷

[@zefrank]

Thank you! Everyone go check out this channel!

[@heleninglis9961]

Was wondering if anyone im subbed to helped with the footage. Happy to see you contributed!

[@heleninglis9961]

@@zefrank i second that, although he does pronounce "substrate" strangely!🤣🤣🤣

[@tarantulasarecool]

I second @TarantulaCollective! Also didn’t know about the frogs & tarantula ‘alliance’. I did know about the tarantula wasp & although it’s a bit demented I still appreciate how tarantulas are so so so important in the ecosystem!!!

[@tarantulacollective]

@@heleninglis9961 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tread140]

I'm 50, and I think I learned more about tarantulas in the last 15 minutes than I had in the rest of my entire adult life. And actually laughed out loud more than once during the learning. Kudos!

[@jdk353]

"These bebays..." Love how he says, babies😄

[@arashink]

I think he has it on a shirt.

[@monkelyn5045]

As someone who is terrified of spiders, I love this. Spiders are frightening yet so fascinating to me

[@m0-m0597]

they're in the walls

[@TinaCBeana]

I was beyond terrified of spiders. Then I got a tarantula. Now I have 9.

[@TinaCBeana]

Because you can never just have ONE...my 9 are nothing compared to some other keepers, as most will have noticed lol

[@Heinzpeteromfg]

As someone who is terrified of spiders I think zefrank can take it as quite the compliment that I decided to watch this anyway.

[@tarantulacollective]

I started out as an Arachnophobe but the more I learned about tarantukas and other spiders and arachinds....the more fascinated I became. My fear has turned into a loving passion!

[@jrkc9218]

Why couldn’t I have learned biology from someone like this? I died “and Juliet is potentially a pissed off cannibal” 😂😂😂

[@archive881]

What's even funnier is the fact that the male tarantula essentially has to find the female's "G spot" with two loaded guns to his head and then must run like hell afterwards so as to not become a post-orgasm snack!

[@kingghidorah8106]

hello fellow aviation enjoyer :)

[@simonnilsson8375]

Honestly I love the joke where the male had the knock knock and wait for his wife to arrive with the shotgun in hand

[@bugjams]

Gonna ride off your top comment here to drop another cool biology fact. Notice how he talks about extra legs multiple times throughout the video? At 0:38 and 5:55 for example. It turns out that _many_ arthropod features (for both insects and arachnids) were once legs. The earliest arthropods resembled weird centipedes, with dozens of legs. Centipedes and millipedes themselves are very ancient - not quite living fossils, but a good idea of what some of the first terrestrial invertebrates looked like. For evolution, it was just easier to make new body parts out of those already-exisiting legs. Why go through the process of evolving whole new mouth-parts when you can just convert a pair of legs into them? Centipedes did this. Their fangs are adapted legs. If you want to get super technical, almost any bug's mouthparts were once legs. Look at the little mouthparts of a grasshopper or praying mantis, and it's instantly apparent. Same goes for antennae on insects - those were legs too! Basically any feature on a spider or insect that looks long and segmented was once legs. Or a body part that held legs. Evolution just fused them together to form more efficient parts... except in millipedes and centipedes, where it just doubled down on the whole "having lots of legs" thing. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, I guess.

[@petitforgeron7507]

i waited all my life for a video of this sort. niche interest with deep calming voice, jokes and a little classical in the background + simple schema for my tiny brain to process. i am so happy

[@sammygecko_]

Good news, he’s been doing this for years! Glad it popped into your recommended

[@kimberlypatton9634]

I live in mostly rural West Texas.Years ago ,iny South Florida hometown I purchased my first pet tarantula and instantly fell in love with her! She lived in my 10 gallon aquarium with 2 " of sand on the base.She was very docile and never stung me,and I always held barely above soft blankets or pillows since any sudden drop and she would shatter her exoskeleton like a dry cracker.I saw her place a thin sheet of webbing over the surface of the sand ,with which she would wrap and encase the few live bait crickets I fed her on weekly.They are fascinating,and when I moved ,I entrusted her to an equally trustworthy friend ..Later living in W.Tx,I found and adopted a wild girl I discovered hiding under a rock while helping a rancher friend gather them for a retaining wall! I am not really an insect or spider lover,I'm pretty partial to Betta fish and cats too,but I do love tarantulas!

[@greensun1334]

That tiny frog shown at the end lives in a interesting symbiotic relationship with tarantulas. The frog keep the burrow free from ants and parasites, and the tarantula provides shelter and protection for the little frog, so it's a win/ win situaton for both animals!

[@dave5194]

I wonder how the tarantula can tell the frogs are friends and not prey, considering their poor vision

[@greensun1334]

@@dave5194 I can imagine that they communicate with vibrations, like tarantulas in their mating process. Or maybe with chemical signals?

[@datkhornedog899]

@@greensun1334 The latter, in the form of a sort of scent. Accidents still happen, but not a lot.

[@lballzdurocher]

@@dave5194 I read about this, they said the tarantula will pick it up and sense the chemicals on the frog with it's mouth parts to determine if it's their babysitter frog or not. Basically frog walks through the door, get snatched up and goes "woah WOAH! IT'S ME! DAVE! CHILL CHILL DON'T EAT ME!" I think they figured it out by taking the skin off a dead babysitter and putting it onto another frog and sending it in, tarantula picked it up, tasted it, and didn't kill it. Imposter frog "you want me to go where? Here goes nothing. 'hI mR. SPiDeR, i'M dAvE" "Well you do taste like like ant butter and my butt silk, so that checks out"

[@dave5194]

@@lballzdurocher thank you for inserting me in the story 😂

[@JoeMad437]

There are some tarantulas that make alliances with frogs. You see frogs and tarantulas team up like a form of mutualism meaning they both benefit each other. Tarantulas defend the frog from large threats, and the frog defends the tarantulas eggs from smaller opponents.

[@tarantulacollective]

Nature is so cool....especially all things tarantulas!

[@Three60Mafia]

he does mention this in last few seconds of the video

[@IronicHavoc]

15:25

[@RagnarokCo]

It's like the Tarantula has a pet dog, only it's a frog.

[@givensurname1296]

You mean symbiosis.

[@stefanieromay2212]

The cricket rock out is hilarious! He really didn't GAF 🤣

[@jasonjsalgado4091]

With those creatures being hated like by half the world population of humans. Is freaking amazing and interesting the amount of studies and footage experts have made from them! In this video I saw a lot of new things. Hundreds of baby spiders, spiders dropping its silk upside down, spiders procreating. And those microscopic photos showing the hair, fangs, skin. Totally amazing.

[@DanGamingFan2846]

As someone who appreciates spiders, especially tarantulas, I love this. I also love that first Koalas didn't give a f***, now crickets. What's next?

[@phoenix402]

honey badgers. gotta stick with the classics ;)

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

Giant sloths, capybara, seagulls, manatee...

[@matthewwhitcomb1489]

@@phoenix402 u beat me to the punch hehe

[@TheBlazingboi]

Only Zefrank can make nightmare fuel creatures seem somewhat adorable. SOMEWHAT.

[@deathrooster14]

As a tarantuala owner, they're like 8 legged cats. And they're very cute.

[@samsonsoturian6013]

Oh yes. Deplorab- ADORABLE!

[@Cristalmaedevilla]

SOMEWHAT funny you.😂

[@jamestrevelyan1268]

That is how the Zefrank do.

[@Iucke]

I dunno, I quite like them.

[@Butterfly-mt5ml]

“Sewed her children into a beanbag?” 😂😂 I’ll never look at a egg sac the same again! 🤣 I do believe this is my favorite new channel. ❤

[@MeredithHagan]

Ze you should make a “true facts about humans” video that explains the menstrual cycle in detail, because if it’s funny it will be shared and too many people don’t understand.

[@solistic33]

no....plenty of people are informed about periods....he should do one about horny old men that don't know their sperm can still make babies but how older women who choose to have babies get slammed hard for their sketchy choice

[@aboomination897]

@@solistic33 that sounds very personal

[@solistic33]

​@@aboomination897 it is actually, I'm the product of old sperm and have a lot of health issues and had no father as a result of his death while I was still a child

[@myusername3689]

@@solistic33Damn

[@PH0B0PH1L1A]

@@solistic33 that's less "biology lesson that lots of people are misinformed of and need to learn about and that a funny science video would help reach an audience that wouldn't otherwise go looking for the information" and more "male entitlement and misogyny that makes for an unfortunate statistic but isn't a worldwide phenomenon of misinformation that needs to be corrected by a science video" in my opinion. there's definitely more men who don't understand periods out there than men who don't think they can get a woman pregnant at an older age - this is coming from a man who is still trying to do his best to learn about periods/female biology, and every fact terrifies me more, but i'm forcing myself to learn because it feels right, haha. i'm sorry about your health issues though, sounds awful, i hope you're receiving proper care for them and that you stay as healthy as you can throughout your life.

[@curiousnerdkitteh]

"And of course the science hippies can't leave that alone" is such a quote for the ages.

[@micahnewman]

"Science hippie" is a pretty choice phrase in itself.

[@maxfield4121]

That cricket eating the other cricket must of lived longer than expected because he’s pumping more food into his body for the tarantula to suck out lol

[@justinhackstadt6677]

I have severe arachnophobia, but I actually got through watching this. It just goes to show how good this video was. Well done sir. 👏

[@byronic-heroine]

You're the only person who could get me to watch a spider video. That's very high praise.

[@tarantulacollective]

He did an amazing job with this episode for sure!

[@Spyrika]

ExoticsLair has some fun videos about tarantulas, like, he's awesome too

[@AmarthwenNarmacil]

I was at least able to listen to it and occasionally glance at the screen for a few seconds. 😅

[@Odious_One]

I'm surprised Jerry had no part in this episode and it's been awhile since Ze's mom had some wildly abstract yet insanely specific advice, lol.

[@DrReginaldFinleySr]

I'll take Jerry's place. 🙂 "Reggie, why are you bleeping that. People are going to think I'm saying *bleep*. Come on Reggie!"

[@Odious_One]

@@DrReginaldFinleySr Idk, are you willing to glue feathers to your face and spit an egg out your mouth, lol? I think Jerry earned it after doing that.🤣

[@jeanackle]

Ze may not have addressed Jerry, but there was that part where Ze said something like "the male goes looking for a female butt... for a female. But ..." We all know whose job it is to writeproof these scripts, and we all know that he never does it. Jerry.

[@Odious_One]

@@jeanackle Very true butt, lol ... I was thinking more like Jerry's "talented" involvement in the Tardigrade episode. I'm still waiting for Ze to let Jerry host once too, lol.

[@ampunbangd4855]

Its because cricket didnt give a fuck about Jerry 😂

[@medusagorgon8432]

I enjoyed this immensely. I used to have a male tarantula a few years ago named Naboo. He eventually died over time.

[@faefiercevulpine6990]

Yeah if you want a longer investment look into females, they’re sturdier and typically a tad calmer with a lifespan that exceeds males’ by many years! All spiders are good tho ♥️

[@xVibra]

Weird that it died over time. Usually things die all at once.

[@dmc6436]

I really liked the citations at the end and by far the most entertaining citations section I've seen.

[@chavamara]

We accidentally dug up a tarantula with her egg sac once on an archaeological dig. To her credit, she stayed quite a while with her eggs, trying to defend them while we got her into a bucket and to a safe space outside our site. Then the moment we dumped her out, she decided she'd had enough and booked it away without the sac. We left it nearby in case she decided to come back for it.

[@thedankengine585]

What kind of archaeology were you unearthing that day?

[@gpavl1177]

Did she come back?

[@chavamara]

@@thedankengine585 we were working on a Mayan city as part of a university field school.

[@chavamara]

@@gpavl1177 no idea, we got distracted with work and didn't check

[@sapphicsolace3605]

@@chavamara I have a real question, so I really hope you have some sort of answer. I would love more than anything to go into a field like archeology or paleontology or the likes, but I've been hesitant because I feel there wouldn't be very many career opportunities after all the study and money sunk into it. Have you had any experience with finding a job related to the field? Are there enough jobs for all the people who graduate, or is it a sort of 'lucky few' type thing? I'm trying to gather a bit more information from people in the field before making my choice, because I cannot afford to choose wrong.

[@eledatowle8767]

I'm such an arachnophobe that I was once "trapped" in the bathroom for almost an hour until my husband came home to remove the spider that was perched on the door frame. And yet, Ze posts a spider video and I watch it, even while eating supper. Only ZeFrank could do that. Thrilled you've got sponsorship for your videos now!

[@danielmantell8751]

I really didn't want to watch it but missing a zefrank video is forbidden. Thankfully it was only tarantulas which are like the whale shark of spiders.

[@Kulilin420]

You are braver than I lol. Couldnt get further than the spider-lings.

[@OvAeons]

My friend is and REFUSES to watch this one lol

[@amberwest7846]

OMG I'm an arachnophobe too! But i remember reading a book about spiders as a child and i can watch this video. But God forbid i see one in real life. I lose all logic and go fight or flight and i DEFINITELY take flight! 😭

[@achaides]

I made it about 12 minutes in before I started to get the heebie jeebies and just had to listen to the rest 😅

[@Silverset_]

The tarantula scientist battle about the silk is an amazing example of how science works. It was beautiful.

[@tmwdnb]

I have kept tarantulas for many years and I have to applaud Ze Frank for a great, well researched video with lots of good information not seen in any other videos on the topic. Well done.

[@chrismayer3919]

I’m terrified of spiders, yet this webcast about Tarantulas is weirdly fascinating… how very odd 🕸️

[@trublgrl]

You write stuff like that on the internet, and any spider who reads it is gonna come after you.

[@mliv695]

People are only afraid of real spiders in front of them, not their 2D on-screen images.

[@Huue101]

"Webcast" thats right

[@miask]

I got 4 mins in, but I just couldn’t handle it. I am petrified of large spiders. I almost shot a fishing spider I came across while working in my barn! Ugh!

[@BRBMrSoul]

Know thy enemy

[@majorfriedrice]

I’m terrified of spiders, but seeing the mama spider cover up her babies was so sweet and wholesome.

[@killianmiller6107]

Looked a bit like cooked chicken’s egg at first glance

[@patrickcorcoran4828]

I find jumping spiders cute. A few summers ago I had one that would hang out on me when I sat on my porch. I named him "Bouglas".

[@givemeahappyending]

@@patrickcorcoran4828 Lol. I randomly named one in my bedroom Claudia a few years ago and now all jumping spiders are Claudia to my daughters and I.

[@madeliner1682]

@@patrickcorcoran4828 yup. Jumping spiders and hognose snakes are like the cute ones you use to sucker people in who don't already like snakes or spiders

[@aosandstone5493]

@@patrickcorcoran4828 Maby he was after the mosquitos you were attracting. or if you turned a light on while you were out there that would attract bugs to

[@amycasida7046]

This should be the only adult way to watch documentaries. So entertaining! Love this guy lol

[@Listening_Books12345]

"Excuse me, Madam, what have you got there? A dirty pillow full of your babies?" 🤣🤣🤣 Why is Ze such a chaotic genius?

[@jasminecluney1769]

As the keeper of 100+ species of tarantula, thank you for not making this a “scary” video. Ts are often unfairly maligned. Educational and funny as always :)

[@mikeblair2594]

Tarantulas are beautiful spiders I'm just glad I don't have them near me. I love the little jumping spiders that are black with white stripes and sometimes red or orange splotches. They look like tiny tarantulas and I think are good luck. I always seem to have one around my work bench to make me smile

[@McFwoupson]

@@mikeblair2594 I love seeing tarantulas in the wild. They show up on my porch sometimes here in Texas. The tarantulas here are super docile too so it's very easy to hold one. Their feet feel like tiny paws

[@aerielblair8333]

@Mike Blair Nice last name!

[@alveolate]

you do need to know what type of tarantula you're dealing with tho. don't want those urticating hairs on exposed skin, or like the other comment above, in your eye yikes. as with handling any wild animal, research before approaching, and always be respectful. appreciating wildlife from a distance is also a great way to enjoy them! that said, if you know what you're doing, i hear tarantulas make great pets, because they aren't expensive to upkeep and they do live much longer than most arthropods. some individuals may even be desensitised to your hands/smells and interact with you in a docile manner.

[@lainiwakura1776]

Tarantulas are one of the few spiders I don't fear.

[@KaySTeal4434]

The "growing a mustache under your skin and ripping your face off" part got me🤣

[@ivechang6720]

I may never have empathized with a spider more in my life! 😅👌

[@katevgrady]

Ingrown hairs are just the body's attempts to return to arthropod

[@mathyeti]

I hadn't seen True Facts for a long time - it's great be in touch again. Keep up the good work!

[@katewarner5525]

Ze Frank, thank you so much for doing this video! All of your work is fantastic, but this has to be my favorite. I work with tarantulas professionally, as well as have several as personal pets. Even with that, You still taught me something new! Thank you for all that you do!

[@annabunovsky5628]

I’m very much afraid of larger spiders but I didn’t look away for a second. Zefrank’s narrations are just Magic like that.

[@carolineyuen3247]

I’m entirely aware this is about to give me nightmares (I may even wake up slapping my face) but it’s a Zefrank video, I have to watch it! 😅

[@mikejones8866]

That's how Zefrank do. It cracks me up how he does science videos, but calls others "science hippies."

[@ThePeaceluffer]

Fucking same. sitting here constantly looking under my desk to ensure there's nothing there, but i cannot miss a zefrank video

[@atgosh]

The thought of missing one of Ze's videos is scarier than any spider - except maybe those giant orb weavers we have on Australia…

[@colesontaylor1231]

You know what? The tarantula hawk segment was actually quite cathartic to me. It's nice to know that no matter how terrifying and creepy something is, there's always something else that is more terrifying and creepy. And it's nice to see someone else suffering because of cazadores. THAT'S HOW IT FEELS, BUDDY.

[@fullmetalpotato1258]

Yes, someone else who know the pain they bring to the Mojave

[@TheGregamonster]

Nature is gross and terrifying, but it's comforting to know that all the gross and terrifying things in nature have to deal with each other too.

[@redtsun67]

Fucking cazadors

[@fernandoflores2275]

Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter

[@TXGrackle]

There’s always a bigger fish

[@CletoFrost]

tarantulas are scary but theyre also so dorky i love it

[@christopherb8017]

As a young child I was exposed to the horrors of the tarantula hawk during a documentary on tarantulas which at the time were my favourite animals. I have never gotten over my hate for wasps

[@joshc5613]

wasps are one of the few animals that I feel like evolved specifically to be angry and little else

[@Nietzscheisdead-God1900]

I always loved and appreciated spiders. Glad the most feared spiders get their own episode.

[@samsonsoturian6013]

Excuse me while I call the exorcist

[@maxselcow4180]

Tarantulas are not spiders. They are two different but similar looking species.

[@jezze2293]

Same. Then i got myself a tarantula and that mf is a pain in the ass. Absolute bastard. The amount of times it has either filled the water dish with the bedding or flipped it over outnumber the amount of stars in the universe

[@zakktaylor9431]

I didn't see any wolf spiders. They're the only fuzzy spiders that are actually intimidating, most tarantulas are really chill compared to most things with exoskeletons. Never try to befriend a scorpion, unless you're looking for au natural lip plumping

[@palchumfriend4887]

@@maxselcow4180 care to explain how they are not considered spiders?

[@John_McDonnell_76]

As a tarantula breeder and keeper, I love videos like this that explain the various unknowns about Ts. Another interesting one is that with all those eyes, tarantulas are basically blind, only seeing shadows, so a main reason for their web laying AND their hairs is to feel vibrations from predators and prey alike. Also, they HATE bright light, so people who have tarantulas should not use a flashlight when keeping and feeding them. It’s best to use a red light, as it’s invisible to them.

[@obsidianfrost9514]

That's dope my guy keep doing what makes you happy

[@sarueira]

Btw how does breeding happen indoors? I kept thinking about that during the video

[@thyland2483]

@@sarueira the same way imo just minus most of the threats the males have to deal with in the wild. From what I've seen online, breeders usually monitor them while breeding too just in case females decide to go hungry, don't know how they do it but they can reduce the risks of the males dying.

[@BOOGiNS]

Mine love the light. They post up on the glass to get warm

[@wlt3585]

@@BOOGiNS That sounds more like they love the heat rather than the light

[@G31M1]

Damn, I just discovered this channel and I'm blown away. I'm 25 already but I'm sure this type of content especially resonates well with younger people. You seem like you would be a kick ass teacher man!

[@CallOfTheVoid06]

It's like exorcism when you're both the Demon and the possessed. LMAO

[@ALaughingWolf2188]

No matter how Zefrank’s narrator describes things, it always manages to be funny yet still informative at the same time, truly a one of a kind

[@metalmamasue3680]

Zefrank is the narrator and snarky science guy of his own channel 😃👍

[@ElysetheEevee]

@@metalmamasue3680 Haha I was gonna say. He's totally a one-man show just about.

[@samiam619]

That’s how He Do!

[@arthurmartin4616]

@@ElysetheEevee What about Jerry?

[@Julia-uh4li]

@@arthurmartin4616 Lest we forget about Jerry!!

[@elizabethtaylor8428]

I have arachnophobia. Five years ago, after I learned what manifested my fear of spiders, I felt that by 'flooding' my senses with images of spiders would help me tolerate and not freak out when I see these eight legged freaks, especially tarantulas. It took me a few days to work up the courage to view this video and honestly I found it comically informative entertainment. Not once did I creep out or flinched, but laughed. Thank you, Zefrank ❤🕷😊

[@anthonybasonmagday5892]

@Elizabeth Taylor. I also had arachnophobia. I learned how to control my fear by petting one. Also known as "Exposure Therapy"

[@Sr.Estroncio38]

Why so many people are against gay spiders?

[@Arj-oh-five]

@@Sr.Estroncio38 bruh 💀💀💀

[@spikem5950]

I have arachnophobia and have become quite desensitized to tarantulas in particular. I feel like I could hold a tarantula without feeling any fear nowadays. For some reason though, small spiders that sneak around and move fast still scare the piss out of me.

[@spikem5950]

@@anthonybasonmagday5892 How the hell did you pet one? o.o

[@menotyou5380]

"Blood filled demon stress ball". Omg! I'm dying! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@screwybit8118]

Honestly the fact that I'm obsessed with learning new things about everything but mainly science , history or animals and never found your channel till now literal years later shows how truly fucked the algorithm is well I'm here and sticking around so take my sub

[@youtubestudiosucks978]

I want your lunch too :'(

[@screwybit8118]

@@youtubestudiosucks978 Good luck because the last guy who tried got his shit kicked in and the ones before that being smart doesn't mean I don't know how to fight I just don't

[@cowsinvertebrates1816]

As a tarantula keeper i love this video! It shows off so much diveristy in species that you dont generally see from education content and shows you they are not just big brown spiders but have all sorts of colors, textures, and patterns. I love the quality of information too, everything is super informative and accurate, which is rare when talking about tarantulas.

[@JackOfAllRAIDs]

I'm a T keeper too and I'm impressed by the accuracy of the info as well.

[@Yjn75]

All while making it entertaining. NatGeo can make me sleep while they talk about the same thing.

[@cowsinvertebrates1816]

@@JackOfAllRAIDs I was thinking “oh no” when he brought up the feet silk, then I was impressed how stated it was wrong and explained the studies.

[@mauroboros8566]

"Blood-filled Demon stressball" is the perfect definition for a tarantula.

[@Jestar82]

Oh man You have to keep doing these videos. These are so educational and hilarious. 😂

[@seldinjoy]

I'm a long time watcher. I need you to know that you make these videos of things, and some of them frighten me, but learning about them, with you is the best. Thank you so very very much

[@joshleggett4551]

“Have you ever been accosted by a microphone the size of your upper body?” *lost it when he said that*

[@leejerrett8268]

Man, if I wrote a science fiction novel which described tarantulas in detail but referred to them as an alien species I would probably have a bunch of armchair biologists complaining that my creature design is ‘implausible’. Thankyou for the regular reminder that reality is so much more creative and strange than any product of the human imagination. It always makes my day when I see you have released a new video!

[@Thunderyena]

as someone starting up a speculative evolution project, i was thinking the exact same thing! i'm legitimately inspired by how awkward & complicated the whole mating process is, lmao.

[@alveolate]

as the biologists love to say, evolution is not "survival of the fittest", but "survival of the good enough". if it works well enough to reproduce, it has won the evolution lottery! in some other corner of the animal kingdom, a male angler fish basically fuses with the female and become a parasitic tumour that produces sperm for her.

[@MyShiroyuki]

I just saw it happen and I still can’t believe it’s real.

[@KillerChrono666]

Weird as it is, it reminds me of the the movie Slither, and how the alien creature would reproduce by injecting a host with both a female and male tentacle.

[@Snowstar837]

@@KillerChrono666 lol my ex and I would quote that movie... "I'm so hungry... Could you pass me a little bit of that possum over there" 😂

[@artemissadlier1293]

Best videos on KZbin! Love this guy! I wish he would make them more often. I’ve practically memorized them all, I’ve watched them so many times.

[@majiknine]

Tarantula Collective and Tom's Big Spiders are some of my favorite KZbin channels!

[@OmanutOnamut]

"when you're both the demon AND the possessed" is my new favorite

[@AlisTarantulas13]

as a tarantula keeper, i clicked SO fast

[@snakebabies67]

Me too!!!

[@kerohiroshi]

As a true facts enjoyer i also clicked so fast

[@user-ky8du8lk7l]

Saaaame

[@hamaurai4570]

Na he has them facts but sketchy

[@texasbutter1341]

Same bro I own a Arizona blonde)

[@Ty-bz7zx]

The genius never ends... Such a clever and entertaining format. The cricket song at the end was next level =) Thanks for the hard work and effort through the yrs =)

[@renegade125anime5]

The commentary hooked me. Just got yourself another subscriber

[@user-ky8du8lk7l]

FINALLY A TARANTULA VIDEO FROM ZEFRANK!!!! As a dad of 30 tarantulas I'm so happy ;)

[@eoincampbell1584]

That's too many man, one day they're gonna overpower and kill you and puppet your body with silk.

[@tarantulacollective]

This was some pretty awesome stuff!

[@Spiderific]

Yeah I was so happy to see this in my notifications ☺️

[@RedVelvetReaper]

I have 4 females. I got so excited when I saw this. Also learned a few things even I didn't know about these fascinating creatures.

[@iabervon]

At the moment, "dad of 30 tarantulas" gives me a very different impression than I would have gotten a few hours ago. You must be a really great drummer.

[@princeapoopoo5787]

Watching this made me miss my old tarantula. She may have been mildly terrifying, but she was my mildly terrifying pet, damn it.

[@tarantulacollective]

Tarantulas make the best pets! I love every one of mine. They're so cool.

[@Cattrix999]

@@cloudycolacorp The problem with tarantulas being so fluffy and looking so soft and huggable is, you Can't Cuddle Them!! so frustrating to see how pettable they look and know it would be a bad idea to try and pet their fluffy little rumps.. lol

[@Textile_Courtesan]

That's exactly the right response!!! My favourite tarantula (Caribena versicolor) is the fluffiest of fluffs but I can't cuddle her.

[@princeapoopoo5787]

@@Cattrix999 This is why I am thankful for Pokemon's existence. Cuddly and marketable soft spider plushies *for the win.*

[@annebruecks7381]

Mildly? Lol

[@DustyTheDog]

I live in the part of Colorado that has the tarantula migration. It is really cool to see these big spiders just walking around. I do a lot of fishing, so I see them often and I love it every time. I have never tried to hold one, though. I leave them to their own business. I've also seen the Tarantula Hawk wasps. They are so beautiful with their blue shimmer. They score really high on the pain index, so I avoid these, too.

[@Laurel608]

I appreciate all your videos Ze Frank! This one was excellent!

[@drexyspivey]

I want CRICKET. THAT. DON’T. GIVEA. FUCK. played at my funeral.

[@RealMothman98]

I need this as an actual song.

[@garrettcarlson6835]

I wanna know the lyrics

[@godzillamanz8139]

I like song

[@User-435ggrest]

Limping Insect

[@jocomisa4444]

I would love listening to a full song of it.

[@The1andOnlyWog]

You always know it's gonna be a great day when a new "True Facts" video drops! Thanks for making my day just that little bit better!

[@godzillamanz8139]

The giant enemy spider 0:57 *ok that cute* U know this fly is ___ked

[@nosferattusx2]

0:57 is actually a small enemy spider!

[@nosferattusx2]

*starts beatboxing*

[@WilliamSmith-iz2kl]

Forgive me for not finding this channel years ago. It's hilariously informative, and out right awesome! I'm hooked now, and forever caught in your web of glory.

[@alexiscondit898]

I have a tarantula as a pet, they really are cute, and really beautiful. I used to be scared of spiders, but the more you learn about them, the more you appreciate how amazing they are.

[@someguy9370]

Yes, I'm so glad I get to see how derpy and majestic they are now that I've worked on my fear

[@Regunes]

kind of a shame they're not developped enough to be real pet. Then again squids can go depression mod if you don't stimulate them.

[@katevgrady]

Regularly seeing and observing my friend's tarantulas was supposed to alleviate my strong irrational arachnophobia but all that happened was my brain went "tarantula in a glass box? You've become unafraid of it, so it must not a spider. Cellar spider in the corner above the light? Fuckin PANIC"

[@pennytrui1149]

Cute???? My scary ass is like sorry nope I'm so terrified watching this 😳. Honestly, I'm trying to get rid of my fear of spiders but it's so freaking hard that my hair immediately stands up when I see one. Right now I'm just working on not killing cellar spiders since they kill other spiders. I rather have tiny cellar spiders than big house spiders

[@celestialraevyn5187]

@@pennytrui1149 I’m glad you’re trying your best not to kill them :) you should watch videos of jumping spiders. It may sound scary to an arachnophobe but they’re actually adorable and extremely intelligent and lots of people have said that they’ve cured their arachnophobia from watching videos of them.

[@SpiderdayNightLive]

Ah, this is great! It was a blast talking to y'all to help make the episode. Thank you for this amazing love letter to some of my favorite spiders.

[@Textile_Courtesan]

OoooOooh! Which ones?

[@EstablishedEnt]

Bro I love the way you explain information it's to the point and sometimes funny AF and your voice is awesome 👌 👏 👍

[@thatdrillguy7889]

Man this video is something else! Keep em coming!

[@tpgggg]

Even as someone who has owned multiple spiders and feels like i know just about everything necessary about them, this was a very entertaining and informative video, and I am always so happy to see good press about spiders of any kind. They're really some of my favorite animals and I wish more people would give them a chance

[@2_572]

I hate the poisonous ones

[@thedevilhimself4661]

hard to even think about giving that demonic looking thing 'a chance' tbh

[@keithfox7634]

@@2_572 there are no poisonous spiders.

[@2_572]

@@keithfox7634 what does the brown recluse fall under then or black widow?

[@keithfox7634]

@@2_572 venom. Not posion.

[@britt6184]

Tarantulas are one of the only spiders I can stand looking at. They're just less scary looking than certain other spiders. Ogre faced spiders specifically.

[@BeckyNosferatu]

For me, it's jumping spiders. Especially Peacock spiders. Watching them dance amuses me to no end.

[@slumpywumpy4166]

I googled and ogre faced spiders are fucking terrifying, jumping spiders however are adorable

[@teasp00ns]

I’m guessing it’s because tarantulas are fleshier-looking and “furry” (hairy) like the mammals we find cute. I agree with you about finding them the only spider I can stand looking at, so I will not be looking up ogre-faced spiders lmao

[@lordfelidae4505]

They are less spidery than other spiders.

[@esth8175]

@@slumpywumpy4166 I almost looked it up. Glad I didn't.

[@KrawlerKustoms]

Literally the greatest narrations of the animal kingdom and this needs to be a televised show

[@mistrzbajerycesarzpodrywu7652]

Best youtube recommend in a year. Educational and fun!

[@pixystixnfairycrack]

I love tarantulas. My best friend (he's 6'2, 220 ex military.. this become relevant to the humor of the story in a minute) took me out to a store that dealt with exotics to get me one for my birthday one year. Where I love them, my friend on the other hand is terrified of them. So I always gave him props for still being my friend even when my house was full of things that gave him the heebie jeebies. So we go into this store, he's just kind of staring at everything a little wide eyed and keeping his hands/arms tucked in as close to his body as he could. I start talking to the owner, discussing what he had available etc. He had this awesome adult Goliath Pink Toe that was gorgeous. I asked if I could hold it and he was fine with that. So I'm holding this beautiful tarantula, we're just chatting away and my friend decided to be brave and get a little closer to look at it. He gets closer, the spider stops wandering around my hands, he steps a little closer and this spider leaps straight at him (the spider was fine). The scream that came out of this man as he ran out the door was absolutely hilarious. I scooped up the spider, me and the owner looked at each other and I just said "I'll take it" with a huge grin. We both then burst into laughter, my friend heard us outside, stuck his head back in and called us a few choice words before tossing me his wallet (he refused to come back into the place). The owner even knocked a chunk off the price because he hadn't laughed that hard in a while. And that is the story of how I brought home Horatio the Pink Toe Tarantula.

[@jetsam666]

I was at a terraristic fair with my sis. I didn't plan to get any more Ts but was looking for a Heterometrus spinifer scorpion and for pretty brown-siver colored millipedes with orange heads (fire head millipedes - Spirostreptus servatius), since I wanted to expand from tarantulas to other interesting and pretty crawlies. My sis was in awe with small spiderlings of Caribena versicolor. The seller gave her a tiny box with a sling to take a closer look and the first thing happening was that the little fella turned it's butt towards my sis and threw some poop towards her (well, inside the box but still). She just looked at me and said "You're getting another T, if you want to or not!" That's how I got Lovis, my Caribena versicolor. Luckily she never used her poop as defense again so far.

[@schlawyn3r418]

That's a great and funny story! How's the spider doing?

[@philzan3627]

11:00 the evolutionary arms race between tarantulas and wasps is one of the most amazing natural phenomenon. Wasps and spiders of any species including ants will actually avoid each other because of it. Truly remarkable.

[@daslynnter9841]

feel like this is a kids movie waiting to be made.

[@OswaldBeef]

The evolutionary race is between spiders and mites. The mites won

[@bugjams]

Like a multi-billion-year long family fued.

[@spikem5950]

Why did that one type of wasp in particular develop to parasite on the tarantulas then? That's very much not avoiding the spiders.

[@philzan3627]

@@spikem5950 wasps injecting eggs into other beings is quite popular and evolution would have it do it to anything, including tarantulas.

[@elizabethharttley4073]

Thanks Ze, always a treat

[@Hailnolah]

This channel is PERFECTION ❤❤

[@scarletonyx8507]

I’ll never get tired of Zefrank’s voice. I could and have listened to him for hours. It’s always exciting to see an upload. Thanks for your hard work, mate!

[@charickter]

His voice reminds me of the fella from @SousVideEverything (exploratory food channel on YT).

[@scarletonyx8507]

@@charickter I’ll have to go check them out!

[@piratecalypso132]

He's parodying Morgan Freeman. It's his gimic.

[@scarletonyx8507]

@@piratecalypso132 Or is Morgan Freeman parodying Zefrank? 🤔 but yes, I realise he has his “recording voice” and he should keep on doing what he’s doing cos it’s perfect!

[@CutMeSomeSlackTheVII]

He's the next David Attenborough

[@levelxxiv]

The “you can try this at home” absolutely KILLED me 😂

[@Kroshuro]

Had to pause the video and come directly to the comment section to find someone commenting on this haha, and yes I rofl twice because of that 🤣🤣

[@CrowrockHD]

The music and video fx for the cricket eating the other cricket was brilliant

[@spencercarlson8110]

Good to have you back, Ze!