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Narrator: THEY’VE RULED OUR PLANET
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FOR OVER 400 MILLION YEARS...
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A FAMILY OF EIGHT-LEGGED FREAKS
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THAT COME IN MANY WEIRD SHAPES AND SIZES.
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THEY THRIVE IN THE TROPICAL JUNGLE...
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THE DESERT WASTELANDS...
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AND EVEN UNDERWATER.
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THERE ARE THE CARNIVOROUS GIANTS
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THAT RISE FROM THEIR UNDERGROUND LAIRS
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TO FEAST ON FLESH.
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THE PREDATORS EQUIPPED WITH AN ARSENAL OF WEAPONS.
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SOME ARE ACCOMPLISHED ACROBATS...
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WHILE OTHERS SLING WEBS...
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WALK ON WATER...
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AND EVEN FLY.
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FINALLY, WE’LL REVEAL THE MONSTER THAT RULES THEM ALL.
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IT’S THE BIGGEST SPIDER ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET.
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FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY, GRAB FRONT-ROW SEATS
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TO NATURE’S REAL HOUSE OF HORRORS.
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Man: CRAZY MONSTER SPIDERS!
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Narrator: COME OUT OF THE COLD
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AND STEP INSIDE OUR LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS.
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THIS IS HOME TO NATURE’S REAL FREAK SHOWS.
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HERE, EVERYTHING GOES BUMP IN THE NIGHT...
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BUT FIRST TO THE STAGE
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IS OUR COLLECTION OF EIGHT-LEGGED FREAKS.
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THERE’S THE FEMME FATALE
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THAT’S 15 TIMES DEADLIER THAN A RATTLESNAKE...
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THE GIANT THAT’S BIGGER THAN YOUR DINNER PLATE.
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ONE POUNCES LIKE A LEOPARD,
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WHILE ANOTHER CATCHES ITS PREY WITH A HOMEMADE NET.
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BUT OUR FIRST ARACHNID
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IS EQUIPPED WITH MORE WEAPONS THAN A SWAT TEAM!
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♪ CRAZY MONSTER, MONSTER SPIDERS! ♪
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IN THE DESERT WASTELANDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA,
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FOOD IS HARD TO COME BY.
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OUT HERE TEMPERATURES REACH WELL OVER 100 DEGREES.
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ONLY THE TOUGHEST CREATURES SURVIVE.
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THE SNATCHING SPIDER, OR SOLIFUGE,
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IS LIKE NOTHING YOU’VE SEEN BEFORE.
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IT’S EQUIPPED WITH AN ARSENAL OF BIZARRE WEAPONRY
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TO HUNT, TRACK AND KILL ANYTHING IT CAN FIND.
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LONG, SENSITIVE HAIRS DETECT
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THE SLIGHTEST MOVEMENT IN THE AIR FROM POTENTIAL PREY.
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WHILE STRANGE SENSORY CUPS
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PRESS AGAINST THE GROUND LIKE TINY EARS
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AND PICK UP THE SLIGHTEST VIBRATION...
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AND ITS ENORMOUS CHAINSAW-LIKE EATING CLAWS
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ARE ABLE TO CRUSH THROUGH SCORPIONS.
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THIS CREATURE IS A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
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BUT IT’S ITS STICKY APPENDAGES
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THAT GIVE THIS ARACHNID ITS NAME.
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AT THE TIP OF EACH FRONT APPENDAGE
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IS A ROUND, EXPANDABLE ORGAN.
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THIS HAIRLESS SUCTION DEVICE USES PRESSURE
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TO CATCH AND HOLD ON TO PREY.
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ONCE IT SNATCHES WITH THESE SUCKERS, LITTLE ESCAPES!
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THE SNATCHER IS ALMOST NEVER SEEN OUT IN THE DAY,
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BUT IN THE DESERT THIS PREDATOR MUST RISK THE HEAT TO FIND FOOD.
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IT FRANTICALLY SCANS THE AREA, PICKING UP ON ANY VIBRATION.
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SOMETIMES IF YOU STAND STILL, THE PREY COMES TO YOU.
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ITS LEGS STICK LIKE GLUE.
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THE SNATCHER NEEDS TO MAKE THE MOST
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OF THE GRASSHOPPER BUFFET.
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[GRASSHOPPER SQUEALING]
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HE HAS A BRUTAL TECHNIQUE, BUT IT ENSURES A MEAL.
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[SQUEAL]
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♪
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WITH ITS PREY SNATCHED,
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IT’S TIME FOR ITS ENORMOUS JAWS TO KICK INTO ACTION.
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LIKE HYDRAULIC PINCERS, THEY CRUSH AND SLICE,
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TURNING THE PREY INTO A DIGESTIBLE MUSH.
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WITH ITS BELLY NOW FULL,
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THE SNATCHER MUST ESCAPE THE BLISTERING HEAT
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UNTIL NIGHTFALL...
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WHEN THE HUNTING WILL BEGIN AGAIN.
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THE SNATCHING SPIDER MIGHT BE A CRAFTY HUNTER,
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BUT THERE’S A SUPER-PREDATOR OUT THERE
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THAT DOESN’T NEED STICKY FEET.
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IT’S THE SPIDER WORLD’S VERY OWN AERIAL ASSASSIN.
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♪ SCARY MONSTER SPIDERS ♪
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IN THIS FOREST LIVES A SMALL BUT DEADLY ASSASSIN.
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[BIRDS CALLING]
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THE JUMPING SPIDER IS AN ACTIVE HUNTER.
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WHILE MOST SPIDERS SPIN A WEB TO CATCH PREY,
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THIS PREDATOR HAS A MORE DIRECT APPROACH.
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ITS EXTRAORDINARY EYESIGHT AND JUMPING ABILITY
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ARE THE REASON IT’S TO BE FEARED.
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THE SPIDER’S CAPABLE OF JUMPING
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OVER 30 TIMES THE LENGTH OF ITS BODY.
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THAT’S THE EQUIVALENT OF A HUMAN
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JUMPING OVER HALF THE LENGTH OF A FOOTBALL FIELD!
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IT’S SO POWERFUL THAT, LIKE A BUNGEE JUMPER,
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IT NEEDS TO LAY A SAFETY LINE
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TO STOP IT FROM OVERSHOOTING ITS MARK.
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BY CONTRACTING MUSCLES, FLUID IS PUSHED INTO THE SPIDER’S LEGS.
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LIKE A HYDRAULIC PISTON, THE CHANGE IN PRESSURE
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CAUSES THE LEGS TO EXTEND RAPIDLY,
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FIRING THE SPIDER INTO THE AIR!
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THIS FEMALE IS ON THE PROWL.
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THE JUMPING SPIDER’S EIGHT EYES ARE OPTIMIZED FOR HUNTING.
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HER ENORMOUS FORWARD-FACING EYES JUDGE DISTANCE,
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WHILE HER SIDE AND BACKWARD-FACING EYES
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SEE MOVEMENT, ALLOWING HER TO SEE ALMOST 360 DEGREES.
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A DEAD LIZARD IS ATTRACTING FLIES.
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THE DRONES TRY TO SCARE HER OFF...
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BUT SHE’S NOT BUDGING.
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[BUZZING]
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SOMETIMES THINGS JUST DON’T GO ACCORDING TO PLAN.
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THE SPIDER ONLY WEIGHS A FRACTION OF AN OUNCE,
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AND THE BREEZE IS BLOWING HER OFF COURSE.
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SHE MUST RECALCULATE WIND DIRECTION AND DISTANCE.
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HER DAGGER-LIKE FANGS HOOK ON FOR DEAR LIFE
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WHILE THE QUICK-ACTING VENOM GETS TO WORK.
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KILLING IS ALL IN A DAY’S WORK FOR THE JUMPING SPIDER.
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♪
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WHILE SOME SPIDERS POUNCE ON THEIR PREY...
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THE FRIGHTENING WEB-SLINGER THROWS A NET OVER ITS VICTIMS...
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STOPPING THEM IN THEIR TRACKS!
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♪ MONSTER SPIDERS ♪
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THIS COLLECTION OF SPIDERS GETS EVEN CREEPIER
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THANKS TO THE WEB-SLINGER, OR NET-CASTING SPIDER.
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ITS ENORMOUS EYES AND SKINNY LEGS
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MAKE IT A LIVING, BREATHING SKELETON.
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IT’S HAPPY TO EAT LAST NIGHT’S MEAL IN DAYLIGHT...
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BUT THIS PREDATOR WILL ONLY HUNT IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT.
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[OWL HOOTING]
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THIS FEMALE HAS FOUND A LOW-HANGING TWIG TO HUNT FROM.
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SHE’LL USE A WEB TO CATCH PREY, BUT IT’S NOT THE WEB YOU KNOW.
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SHE TEASES STRANDS OF SILK
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AND WEAVES A NET OF HIGHLY ELASTIC, NON-STICKY SILK.
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SHE’S STATIONED HERSELF THREE INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND...
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CLOSE TO PASSING INSECTS.
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[CRICKET CHIRPING]
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THIS FREAKY SPIDER
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IS GOING TO USE THIS WEB AS A NET
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TO SLING OVER INSECTS THAT SCUTTLE BELOW!
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SHE TAPS HER LEGS ON THE FOREST FLOOR
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TO MEASURE HER EXACT DISTANCE FROM HER TARGET.
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SHE STRETCHES THE WEB TO THREE TIMES ITS RELAXED SIZE.
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THE WIDER SHE STRETCHES THE ELASTIC THREADS,
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THE MORE ENTANGLED HER PREY WILL BECOME.
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[CRICKET CHIRPING]
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BECAUSE THE SILK’S NOT STICKY,
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THROWING IT WITH THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF FORCE IS CRITICAL.
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FAILED ATTEMPTS LEAD TO A GRUBBY, DYSFUNCTIONAL NET.
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IT’S OF NO USE TO HER NOW.
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SHE’LL HAVE TO START AGAIN.
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[CHIRPING]
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THE ELASTIC SILK TIGHTENS AROUND THE CRICKET.
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THE MORE IT STRUGGLES, THE MORE ENTANGLED IT BECOMES.
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VENOMOUS STRIKES...
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FINALLY PARALYZE IT.
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THE CRICKET IS GOING NOWHERE...
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SO THE WEB-SLINGER LEAVES TO CONTINUE HER ASSAULT
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ON THE INSECT WORLD.
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WHILE THE WEB-SLINGER SPIDER WEAVES ITS OWN DEADLY NET,
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THERE IS ANOTHER INCREDIBLE SPIDER
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THAT CATCHES ITS PREY BY RUNNING ON WATER.
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THIS IS THE FISHING SPIDER.
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THIS SPIKY-LEGGED SPIDER
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HAUNTS FISH POND RESIDENTS THE WORLD OVER.
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ITS GOOD LOOKS ARE ENOUGH TO SCARE YOU TO DEATH.
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BUT IT’S ITS LEGS THAT ARE TRULY FREAKY.
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THIS BIZARRE ARACHNID NOT ONLY WALKS ON WATER...
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IT CAN READ THE UNDERWATER WORLD WITH ITS LEGS.
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MILLIONS OF TINY SPIKES
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DETECT VIBRATIONS ON THE WATER’S SURFACE.
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IT CAN ACCURATELY JUDGE WHERE THE MOVEMENT IS COMING FROM,
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AND EVEN WHAT PREY ITEM IT IS.
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A MALE LIVES IN THIS SECTION OF THE POND.
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AND IT’S FULL OF FOOD.
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HIS BACK LEGS ANCHOR HIM TO THE SHORE,
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WHILE HIS SUPER-POWERED FEET GET TO WORK.
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EVERY LITTLE VIBRATION IS ASSESSED.
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THE FISH WAS JUST OUT OF REACH.
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WALKING ON WATER IS ONE THING,
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BUT THIS INCREDIBLE SPIDER CAN ALSO BREATHE UNDERWATER!
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THE WATERPROOF HAIRS AROUND THE SPIDER’S ABDOMEN
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CREATE AN AIR BUBBLE.
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ITS LUNGS LOOK LIKE THE STACKED PAGES OF A BOOK
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AND DRAW THE OXYGEN FROM THE BUBBLE.
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THIS INCREDIBLE ADAPTATION
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ALLOWS THE FISHING SPIDER TO BREATHE UNDERWATER!
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THE FISH MAY HAVE BEEN SCARED
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OUT OF THE SPIDER’S HUNTING ZONE,
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BUT NOW THEY’RE IN THE SHALLOWS.
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THE FISHING SPIDER INJECTS PARALYZING VENOM INTO THE FISH,
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WHICH SLOWLY TURNS ITS INSIDES INTO A NUTRITIOUS SOUP.
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THIS PRIZED CATCH IS SOMETHING WORTH BRAGGING ABOUT.
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SOME ARACHNIDS ARE EQUIPPED WITH DEADLY VENOM,
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WHILE OTHERS DANCE FOR A LIVING...
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BUT ONE SPINE-TINGLING SPIDER
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BUILDS ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE WEBS ON THE PLANET.
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♪ CRAZY MONSTER SPIDERS! ♪
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[INSECTS CHIRPING]
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[BIRD CALLING]
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THE ENGINEERING SPIDER, OR GOLDEN ORB,
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HAS SPENT OVER 160 MILLION YEARS
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HAUNTING TROPICAL AREAS ACROSS THE GLOBE.
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BUT IT’S ITS WEB THAT IS MOST TERRIFYING!
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ITS SEGMENTED LEGS AND INWARD-POINTING ENDS
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ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WEAVING GIGANTIC SILK TRAPS
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THAT, OUNCE FOR OUNCE, ARE STRONGER THAN STEEL.
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THEY’RE SO STRONG THAT EVEN SMALL BIRDS AND BATS
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HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN THEM!
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THE GLITTERING GOLDEN SILK IS A LURE TO GOOD FORTUNE.
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BUT IT’S A TRAP... A PLATTER OF THE LIVING DEAD.
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THE ENGINEER’S WEB
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IS ONE OF NATURE’S MOST HIGH-TECH INVENTIONS,
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AND THIS SPIDER IS NOT ARMED
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WITH JUST ONE SILK-PRODUCING GLAND, BUT SEVEN.
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EACH GLAND PRODUCES ITS OWN UNIQUE SILK.
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THEY MAKE TOUGH SILK TO PROTECT THEIR EGGS...
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A SOFT SILK TO WRAP UP THEIR PREY...
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AND THEY CAN EVEN PRODUCE A CABLING SILK
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FOR STRUCTURAL SUPPORT FOR WEBS.
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HOWEVER, WHAT’S TRULY FASCINATING
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IS HOW THIS SILK IS PRODUCED.
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IT’S STORED AS A LIQUID IN EACH GLAND.
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AS THE SPIDER CONTRACTS ITS MUSCLES,
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IT FORCES THE LIQUID SILK OUT THROUGH HUNDREDS OF TINY TUBES.
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THE MUSCULAR FORCE TURNS THE LIQUID INTO A SOLID SILK STRAND.
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THESE INDIVIDUAL STRANDS TWIST AND PLAIT TOGETHER
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TO PRODUCE ONE SUPER STRONG CORD.
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♪
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THE FEMALE BUILDS THE ENTIRE WEB ON HER OWN...
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WHILE A POTENTIAL MATE FREELOADS.
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HE’LL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANY LEFTOVERS CAUGHT IN HER TRAP.
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BUT HE’S TEN TIMES SMALLER THAN HER,
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SO MUST TREAD CAREFULLY.
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THE TIPS OF HER LEGS ARE CONNECTED TO STRANDS
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THAT RADIATE IN EIGHT DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
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THROUGH VIBRATION, SHE HAS A 360-DEGREE RADAR
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OVER HER ENTIRE WEB.
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WHEN PREY HITS...
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IT’S AS GOOD AS DEAD!
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ONCE PREY HITS HER WEB,
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THE ENGINEERING SPIDER IS ON IT IN AN INSTANT.
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IT’S PARALYZED WITH VENOM
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AND WRAPPED ALIVE IN SOFT PRESERVING SILK.
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♪
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SHE HANGS EACH COFFIN AT THE CENTER OF THE WEB
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WITH STRONG CEMENTING SILK.
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THIS MEAL WILL STAY FRESH FOR HOURS IN ITS TOMB-LIKE CASING.
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♪
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♪
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ONE BY ONE THE SPIDER WRAPS HER PREY ALIVE
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IN THEIR GOLD COFFINS,
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WHILE THE MALE HANGS ON FOR THE RIDE.
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♪
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THE ENGINEERING SPIDER’S COMPLEX WEB DELIVERS EVERY TIME...
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AND AN AFTERNOON OF FEASTING AWAITS.
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♪
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SPIDERS HAVE TAKEN OVER THE TREETOPS AND THE JUNGLE FLOOR...
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BUT THE NEXT UNBELIEVABLE SPIDER
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SPENDS ITS ENTIRE LIFE UNDERWATER!
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♪ CRAZY MONSTER SPIDERS! ♪
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THE FISHING SPIDER LIVES ON THE SURFACE OF THE WATER...
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BUT THE SCUBA SPIDER BREAKS ALL THE RULES.
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♪
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IT’S THE ONLY ARACHNID KNOWN TO LIVE EXCLUSIVELY UNDERWATER.
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IT HAS NO FINS OR GILLS.
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BUT THIS AMAZING SPIDER DOESN’T NEED THEM.
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IT BUILDS ITS VERY OWN SUBMARINE AIR SUPPLY.
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THIS BUBBLE IS ITS LIFELINE...
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ITS HOMEMADE SCUBA TANK.
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TO CONSTRUCT THE BUBBLE
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THIS MALE SWIMS TO THE SURFACE AND POPS HIS BUTT INTO THE AIR.
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LIKE THE FISHING SPIDER,
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THE AIR BUBBLE AROUND HIS ABDOMEN
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ALLOWS HIM TO BREATHE THROUGH HIS BOOK LUNGS.
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THIS ODD CRAB-LIKE SWIMMER
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COLLECTS SEVERAL BUBBLES FROM THE SURFACE
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TO CREATE A LARGE RESERVOIR OF OXYGEN.
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THIS IS THE SPIDER’S SANCTUARY WHERE IT WILL FEED AND REST.
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THANKS TO EVOLUTION,
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IT HAS BEEN GIVEN THE TOOLS TO CONQUER AN ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM!
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♪
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THIS SPIDER FREAK SHOW IS FULL OF SURPRISING CHARACTERS.
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WHILE ONE SPIDER LIVES UNDERWATER,
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ANOTHER DEADLY ARACHNID HUNTS FROM BENEATH THE GROUND.
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THIS IS THE BABOON SPIDER...
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A FIVE-INCH MONSTER THAT LIVES IN AN UNDERGROUND LAIR
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FOR MOST OF ITS LIFE.
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IT’S SHY AND SECRETIVE BY NATURE,
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BUT IT HAS A DARK SIDE.
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♪
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IT GETS ITS NAME FROM ITS ENORMOUS SIZE,
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ITS HAIRY BODY
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AND THE BABOON-LIKE PADS ON THE END OF EACH LEG.
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♪
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ITS MANY EYES OPERATE LIKE A BUILT-IN PERISCOPE
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SURVEYING THE SURROUNDINGS OF ITS BURROW.
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BUT ITS FRIGHTENING LOOKS AREN’T THE WORST OF IT.
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♪
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[CHIRPING]
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WHAT PREY DOESN’T KNOW IS THAT ITS SECRETIVE HIDEOUT
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DOUBLES AS A DEADLY MURDER WEAPON.
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WHEN IT’S NOT HUNGRY, THE SPIDER SPINS A SEAL
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AT THE ENTRANCE TO ITS LAIR.
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THIS PREVENTS FALLING PREY FROM DISTURBING HER BEAUTY SLEEP.
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BUT WHEN IT’S TIME TO EAT,
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THE BURROW BECOMES A HIGH-TECH BOOBY TRAP.
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THE ENTRANCE IS LINED WITH STRANDS OF SILK
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THAT TRAVEL INTO THE BURROW AND OPERATE LIKE TRIP WIRES.
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WHEN MOVING PREY TRIGGERS THE WIRES,
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VIBRATIONS WILL BE SENT DOWN THE BURROW
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AND ALERT THE SPIDER TO A POSSIBLE MEAL.
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SHE CAN DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE VIBRATIONS OF A PESKY ANT
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AND A MEATY CRICKET.
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A WIRE’S BEEN TRIGGERED.
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IT’S TIME TO FEED.
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THIS CRICKET’S MADE A FATAL ERROR
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BY TRIGGERING THE BABOON SPIDER’S TRIP WIRES.
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♪
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[CRUNCH]
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♪
328
00:27:04,189 --> 00:27:08,293
THE BABOON SPIDER IS A CALCULATING KILLER.
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♪
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00:27:14,266 --> 00:27:16,502
ANOTHER TRIP WIRE’S BEEN SET OFF,
331
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AND THE OPPORTUNISTIC HUNTER RETURNS TO THE SURFACE.
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MANY LEGS MEANS MANY VIBRATIONS.
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♪
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♪
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FROM STRAIGHT OUT OF THE GROUND,
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THE CENTIPEDE MEETS ITS GRUESOME DEATH.
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♪
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00:28:00,712 --> 00:28:02,881
OVER A FOOT BELOW THE SURFACE,
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00:28:02,915 --> 00:28:07,586
THE BABOON RETURNS TO ITS SOLITARY CONFINEMENT...
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00:28:07,719 --> 00:28:12,657
TO FEAST ON ITS PREY...ALIVE.
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00:28:14,459 --> 00:28:18,363
THIS UNDERGROUND KILLER DOESN’T COME OUT OF A HORROR STORY.
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IT’S NATURE’S REAL-LIFE NIGHTMARE.
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♪
344
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SOME SPIDERS LIVE IN DUNGEONS, WHILE OTHERS USE WEAPONS...
345
00:28:31,310 --> 00:28:33,579
BUT FEW CREATURES ARE AS HAIR-RAISING
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00:28:33,679 --> 00:28:36,982
AS THE ALIEN SPIDER!
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00:28:37,015 --> 00:28:40,118
♪
348
00:28:40,152 --> 00:28:46,225
NO OTHER NAME COULD DESCRIBE THIS SPOOKY ARACHNID.
349
00:28:46,258 --> 00:28:49,795
THE ALIEN SPIDER WOULD LOOK MORE AT HOME ON THE MOON
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THAN ON PLANET EARTH.
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DURING THE DAY A FLAT BODY
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ALLOWS IT TO CRAWL INTO DARK NOOKS AND CRANNIES...
353
00:29:00,405 --> 00:29:04,075
AND ITS PINCERS CAN GROW TO TWICE THE LENGTH OF ITS BODY
354
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AND ARE TIPPED WITH WOLVERINE-LIKE CLAWS.
355
00:29:11,183 --> 00:29:14,086
THE ALIEN SPIDER, OR WHIP SPIDER,
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DOESN’T HAVE VENOM...
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00:29:15,654 --> 00:29:17,890
SO IT GRABS ITS PREY WITH ITS PINCERS
358
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AND IMPALES IT WITH ITS FIENDISH SPIKES.
359
00:29:26,632 --> 00:29:31,637
AT NIGHT THE ALIEN SPIDER SHOWS ITS TRUE COLORS.
360
00:29:40,946 --> 00:29:43,715
LONG SENSORY WHIPS PROBE THE AIR...
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AND PICK UP VIBRATIONS FROM MOVING PREY.
362
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THE ONLY THING CREEPIER THAN AN ALIEN SPIDER...
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IS AN ALIEN SPIDER WITH BABIES.
364
00:30:02,901 --> 00:30:06,438
♪
365
00:30:06,471 --> 00:30:10,875
THESE MINI TRANSLUCENT ALIENS WILL LIVE ON THE FEMALE’S BACK
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UNTIL THEY DEVELOP THEIR VERY OWN ARMOR PLATING.
367
00:30:17,115 --> 00:30:18,617
AFTER THEIR FIRST MOLT
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00:30:18,650 --> 00:30:24,422
THE GREEN SPROUTS TURN INTO FULLY FORMED ARACHNIDS...
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EQUIPPED TO TERRORIZE THE DARK CORNERS OF THE INSECT WORLD.
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00:30:32,064 --> 00:30:33,732
THIS FRIGHTENING ARACHNID
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00:30:33,799 --> 00:30:36,201
SHOULD COME STRAIGHT OUT OF A SCI-FI FILM,
372
00:30:36,234 --> 00:30:39,237
NOT THE NATURAL WORLD!
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00:30:39,271 --> 00:30:45,043
♪
374
00:30:45,143 --> 00:30:49,481
A SPIDER HAS EVOLVED FOR ALMOST EVERY HABITAT ON THE PLANET.
375
00:30:49,614 --> 00:30:53,518
WHILE SOME LIVE UNDERGROUND AND EVEN HUNT UNDERWATER,
376
00:30:53,552 --> 00:30:55,054
THERE IS ONE SPIDER
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00:30:55,220 --> 00:31:00,225
THAT LIVES IN SAND DUNES OVER 600 FEET HIGH!
378
00:31:01,827 --> 00:31:06,565
THE CARTWHEEL SPIDER LOOKS A LOT LIKE MANY OTHER SPIDERS...
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00:31:08,033 --> 00:31:12,404
BUT THIS ONE HAS A UNIQUE ACROBATIC TALENT.
380
00:31:15,907 --> 00:31:21,379
OUT IN THE NAMIBIAN DESERT THERE IS DANGER AROUND EVERY CORNER.
381
00:31:21,413 --> 00:31:23,916
SO A BURROW BENEATH THE BOILING SAND
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IS ITS BEST CHANCE OF SURVIVAL.
383
00:31:29,921 --> 00:31:35,727
THE SILK-LINED BUNKER WILL EXTEND OVER A FOOT DOWN
384
00:31:35,827 --> 00:31:39,931
AND PROTECT THE SPIDER FROM THE HARSH DESERT SUN.
385
00:31:39,965 --> 00:31:44,403
BUT IT’S NOT JUST THE HEAT THIS SPIDER’S ESCAPING FROM...
386
00:31:44,436 --> 00:31:49,608
THIS POMPILID WASP IS ON THE HUNT FOR A CARTWHEEL SPIDER.
387
00:31:51,209 --> 00:31:53,445
IT DOESN’T WANT TO EAT IT...
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00:31:53,478 --> 00:31:57,449
IT WANTS TO LAY A SINGLE EGG INSIDE IT.
389
00:31:59,451 --> 00:32:01,553
WHEN ITS LARVA HATCHES
390
00:32:01,586 --> 00:32:06,224
IT’LL HAVE A FRESH CARTWHEEL SPIDER TO FEAST ON.
391
00:32:09,895 --> 00:32:14,199
THE SPIDER DOES THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO ITS HIDEOUT,
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00:32:14,232 --> 00:32:16,034
JUST IN TIME.
393
00:32:18,637 --> 00:32:22,307
THE WASP SENSES MOVEMENT.
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♪
395
00:32:35,086 --> 00:32:38,990
THE WASP ONLY NEEDS TO STING HIM ONCE.
396
00:32:39,024 --> 00:32:47,566
♪
397
00:32:47,599 --> 00:32:53,371
THE SPIDER MAKES HIS GETAWAY... AND PULLS OUT HIS TRUMP CARD.
398
00:32:57,909 --> 00:33:02,514
BY FOLDING ITS LEGS INTO SPOKES, THE SPIDER TURNS INTO A WHEEL
399
00:33:02,547 --> 00:33:08,186
AND CARTWHEELS DOWN THE DUNE AT 20 TURNS A SECOND,
400
00:33:08,220 --> 00:33:11,657
LEAVING THE WASP IN ITS DUST!
401
00:33:14,292 --> 00:33:16,561
EVOLUTION HAS GIVEN THE CARTWHEEL SPIDER
402
00:33:16,728 --> 00:33:21,666
A HELPING HAND IN ITS DESERT ENVIRONMENT,
403
00:33:21,700 --> 00:33:26,905
BUT IT’S NOT GOING TO TEST ITS LUCK OUT IN THE OPEN!
404
00:33:26,938 --> 00:33:30,542
SOME HAVE BEEN GIVEN SIZE INSTEAD OF SPEED,
405
00:33:30,575 --> 00:33:33,211
WHILE OTHERS WALK ON WATER...
406
00:33:33,245 --> 00:33:37,049
BUT THIS SPIDER HAS EVOLVED VENOM SO POTENT
407
00:33:37,082 --> 00:33:40,185
IT COULD KILL YOU!
408
00:33:41,486 --> 00:33:45,056
♪ CRAZY MONSTER SPIDERS! ♪
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00:33:45,090 --> 00:33:46,558
[COYOTE HOWLING]
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00:33:46,658 --> 00:33:50,028
THIS FEMME FATALE NEEDS LITTLE INTRODUCTION
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ON OUR FREAK SHOW STAGE.
412
00:33:53,064 --> 00:34:01,773
♪
413
00:34:01,806 --> 00:34:04,909
THE BLACK WIDOW IS NAMED AFTER HER TENDENCY
414
00:34:04,943 --> 00:34:09,614
TO KILL AND EAT HER PARTNER AFTER MATING.
415
00:34:14,886 --> 00:34:19,824
HER PIERCING FANGS HAVE ENDED MANY A MAN’S LIFE.
416
00:34:25,764 --> 00:34:29,935
AND A THREATENING RED HOURGLASS ON HER ABDOMEN
417
00:34:29,968 --> 00:34:33,505
IS THE TRADEMARK OF DANGER!
418
00:34:36,775 --> 00:34:38,810
THE BLACK WIDOW’S VENOM IS THOUGHT TO BE
419
00:34:38,843 --> 00:34:44,015
15 TIMES MORE POTENT THAN SOME RATTLESNAKE SPECIES...
420
00:34:44,049 --> 00:34:46,418
BUT BECAUSE SHE INJECTS LESS OF IT,
421
00:34:46,451 --> 00:34:51,089
HUMANS CAN SURVIVE HER BITE.
422
00:34:51,122 --> 00:34:55,994
AND IT’S NO WONDER SHE’S SO FEARED BY THE MALES...
423
00:34:56,127 --> 00:35:01,799
THE FEMALE HAS MUCH LARGER FANGS AND VENOM GLANDS!
424
00:35:06,037 --> 00:35:09,607
THIS FEMALE HASN’T EATEN FOR WEEKS.
425
00:35:11,376 --> 00:35:14,980
SHE’S HAD OTHER THINGS ON HER MIND.
426
00:35:16,781 --> 00:35:21,719
SHE’S JUST LAID HUNDREDS OF EGGS IN THIS INCUBATED EGG SAC.
427
00:35:21,753 --> 00:35:27,259
♪
428
00:35:27,292 --> 00:35:30,095
SOON HUNDREDS OF MINIATURE SPIDERS
429
00:35:30,128 --> 00:35:35,467
WILL ENTER THE WORLD TO CONTINUE THE BLACK WIDOW LEGACY.
430
00:35:36,868 --> 00:35:40,572
WITH HER MOST IMPORTANT JOB COMPLETE,
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00:35:40,605 --> 00:35:43,441
IT’S TIME TO EAT.
432
00:35:44,943 --> 00:35:54,953
♪
433
00:35:54,986 --> 00:36:00,992
♪
434
00:36:01,026 --> 00:36:05,697
SHE HIDES BEHIND AN OVERHANG... READY TO ATTACK.
435
00:36:05,797 --> 00:36:10,101
♪
436
00:36:16,441 --> 00:36:18,910
SHE RESTRAINS THE CRICKET WITH SILK
437
00:36:18,943 --> 00:36:23,347
BEFORE PARALYZING IT WITH VENOM.
438
00:36:23,381 --> 00:36:25,450
CELLS LINING HER VENOM GLANDS
439
00:36:25,617 --> 00:36:30,288
PRODUCE HER POTENT NEUROTOXIC VENOM.
440
00:36:30,321 --> 00:36:31,989
THESE CELLS DISINTEGRATE
441
00:36:32,123 --> 00:36:35,960
TO RELEASE A TOXIC CONCOCTION INTO THE GLAND.
442
00:36:39,831 --> 00:36:43,301
WHEN THE WIDOW STRIKES, MUSCLES AROUND THE GLAND
443
00:36:43,401 --> 00:36:48,773
CONTRACT TO FORCE THE VENOM OUT THROUGH HOLLOW FANGS.
444
00:36:48,807 --> 00:36:54,479
THE VENOM SHUTS DOWN THE CRICKET’S NERVOUS SYSTEM.
445
00:36:54,512 --> 00:36:57,849
BUT SHE DOESN’T EAT HER PREY STRAIGHT AWAY.
446
00:36:59,984 --> 00:37:01,519
SHE STORES IT,
447
00:37:01,553 --> 00:37:05,891
LETTING THE VENOM’S ADDITIONAL DIGESTIVE ENZYMES GET TO WORK
448
00:37:05,990 --> 00:37:09,527
WHILE SHE CONTINUES TO HUNT.
449
00:37:17,035 --> 00:37:18,937
WEEKS AFTER LAYING HER EGGS,
450
00:37:18,970 --> 00:37:23,208
HUNDREDS OF MINIATURE SPIDERS COME TO LIFE...
451
00:37:23,308 --> 00:37:30,282
♪
452
00:37:30,315 --> 00:37:33,819
BUT THEY’RE HARMLESS...FOR NOW.
453
00:37:33,852 --> 00:37:35,821
IT’S ONLY WHEN THEY BECOME ADULTS
454
00:37:35,854 --> 00:37:39,925
THAT THE FEMALES WILL BE AS LETHAL AS THEIR MOTHER.
455
00:37:42,193 --> 00:37:46,197
THE BLACK WIDOW MALE MAY GET KILLED JUST FOR SHOWING UP,
456
00:37:46,231 --> 00:37:48,400
BUT IN AUSTRALIA ANOTHER MALE
457
00:37:48,500 --> 00:37:52,938
IS WALKING THE TIGHTROPE WITH HIS SONG AND DANCE.
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00:37:52,971 --> 00:37:57,909
♪
459
00:37:57,942 --> 00:38:02,180
OUT OF THE SANDY EARTH EMERGES A SPIDER SO TINY
460
00:38:02,213 --> 00:38:05,850
THAT EIGHT OF THEM COULD FIT ON YOUR THUMBNAIL!
461
00:38:11,222 --> 00:38:15,159
THE PEACOCK SPIDER IS A TYPE OF JUMPING SPIDER...
462
00:38:15,260 --> 00:38:16,995
WITH A TWIST.
463
00:38:19,697 --> 00:38:24,135
THESE BACHELORS ARE ON THE HUNT FOR FEMALES.
464
00:38:24,169 --> 00:38:28,306
AND THEIR SEARCH TAKES THEM INTO ENEMY TERRITORY.
465
00:38:29,841 --> 00:38:33,345
THERE’S ONLY ONE FEMALE HERE...
466
00:38:35,847 --> 00:38:38,450
SO ONCE THEY’VE SIZED EACH OTHER UP,
467
00:38:38,483 --> 00:38:40,952
IT’S TIME TO FIGHT!
468
00:38:40,985 --> 00:38:52,029
♪
469
00:38:58,369 --> 00:39:01,606
ONCE THE COMPETITION’S BEEN SCARED OFF...
470
00:39:01,639 --> 00:39:04,242
THE HARD WORK BEGINS.
471
00:39:04,275 --> 00:39:07,178
♪
472
00:39:07,278 --> 00:39:13,184
APPROACHING A SINGLE LADY IS A RISKY BUSINESS.
473
00:39:13,218 --> 00:39:18,023
SHE’LL ATTACK IF SHE’S NOT IN THE MOOD.
474
00:39:18,056 --> 00:39:20,025
SO THE MALE PEACOCK SPIDER
475
00:39:20,124 --> 00:39:24,495
HAS HAD TO TAKE HIS COURTSHIP EFFORTS UP A NOTCH.
476
00:39:24,529 --> 00:39:28,500
LIGHTS...CAMERA...ACTION.
477
00:39:28,533 --> 00:39:37,375
♪
478
00:39:37,508 --> 00:39:43,047
ELECTRIC COLORS MESMERIZE THE FEMALE.
479
00:39:43,081 --> 00:39:46,985
THIS IS THE SPIDER WORLD’S VERY OWN BIRD OF PARADISE!
480
00:39:47,018 --> 00:39:53,525
♪
481
00:39:55,994 --> 00:39:59,164
THE DANCE SEEMS TO HAVE WORKED.
482
00:40:01,432 --> 00:40:04,168
WHEN IT COMES TO PEACOCK SPIDER ROMANCE,
483
00:40:04,202 --> 00:40:07,172
IT’S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT SIZE.
484
00:40:07,205 --> 00:40:12,877
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THE BEST DANCE MOVES!
485
00:40:12,911 --> 00:40:17,149
WE’VE SEEN THE CREEPY CRAWLERS, THE DEADLY ASSASSINS,
486
00:40:17,181 --> 00:40:19,383
AND THE EXPERT HUNTERS,
487
00:40:19,417 --> 00:40:22,353
BUT ONE SPIDER RULES THEM ALL.
488
00:40:22,387 --> 00:40:26,224
IT’S THE BIGGEST SPIDER ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET.
489
00:40:26,257 --> 00:40:27,692
[GROWL]
490
00:40:27,725 --> 00:40:31,495
IT’S THE MIGHTY GOLIATH BIRD-EATING TARANTULA!
491
00:40:31,529 --> 00:40:33,131
[SQUEAK]
492
00:40:38,269 --> 00:40:40,838
IN THE DAMP AMAZON RAINFOREST
493
00:40:40,939 --> 00:40:46,077
LIVES A SPIDER SO BIG IT’LL COVER YOUR DINNER PLATE.
494
00:40:50,281 --> 00:40:52,583
ITS BODY IS COVERED IN HAIR,
495
00:40:52,684 --> 00:40:56,788
AND ITS FANGS ARE LONGER THAN A LION’S CLAW.
496
00:41:04,729 --> 00:41:09,968
THIS BEHEMOTH IS THE SUBJECT OF MYTH AND LEGEND...
497
00:41:10,001 --> 00:41:15,006
WITH ONLY A FEW HAVING EVER BEEN SEEN IN THE WILD.
498
00:41:18,176 --> 00:41:20,645
THE GOLIATH BIRD-EATING TARANTULA
499
00:41:20,678 --> 00:41:24,115
IS A FEARED SPIDER FOR GOOD REASON.
500
00:41:26,184 --> 00:41:32,223
IT HAS A LEG SPAN OF 11 INCHES AND WEIGHS OVER 6 OUNCES.
501
00:41:33,758 --> 00:41:39,330
IT’S SO BIG IT FEASTS ON MICE AND EVEN BIRDS.
502
00:41:46,504 --> 00:41:51,576
IT’S AN AMBUSH HUNTER SO IT LAYS LOW IN DARK CORNERS.
503
00:41:55,380 --> 00:42:01,119
BUT OUT IN THE JUNGLE, EVEN THIS GIANT HAS ENEMIES.
504
00:42:01,152 --> 00:42:04,856
[SQUEAKING]
505
00:42:04,889 --> 00:42:09,594
THE GOLIATH ISN’T GOING TO TAKE ITS CHANCES WITH THIS RODENT.
506
00:42:09,660 --> 00:42:15,332
AND ITS BEST FORM OF DEFENSE IS ATTACK.
507
00:42:15,366 --> 00:42:21,138
WHEN PROVOKED, THE GOLIATH BRUSHES HIS ABDOMEN,
508
00:42:21,172 --> 00:42:25,743
RELEASING THOUSANDS OF HAIR-LIKE BRISTLES INTO THE AIR.
509
00:42:25,843 --> 00:42:27,678
THOUSANDS OF MINI HARPOONS
510
00:42:27,712 --> 00:42:32,050
FLY THROUGH THE AIR TOWARDS THE ATTACKER.
511
00:42:32,083 --> 00:42:36,287
EACH MENACING BRISTLE IS SHARPLY POINTED,
512
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:39,390
WITH HOOKED BARBS ON ONE END.
513
00:42:41,559 --> 00:42:44,395
THE HARPOONS HOOK INTO THE PREDATOR’S FLESH,
514
00:42:44,429 --> 00:42:47,866
CAUSING SEVERE PAIN AND ITCHING.
515
00:42:49,434 --> 00:42:53,905
WITH THE THREAT WARNED OFF, IT’S BACK TO HUNTING.
516
00:42:53,938 --> 00:42:59,444
RETRACTABLE CLAWS HELP THE GOLIATH CLIMB UP ANY SURFACE.
517
00:42:59,477 --> 00:43:06,117
[BIRDS CALLING]
518
00:43:06,217 --> 00:43:11,089
WHEN THE DAY DRAWS TO AN END, THE JUNGLE COMES ALIVE...
519
00:43:11,222 --> 00:43:15,893
[BIRD CHIRPING]
520
00:43:15,927 --> 00:43:17,195
[CROAK]
521
00:43:17,228 --> 00:43:22,366
AND ALMOST EVERYTHING IS ON THE GOLIATH’S MENU.
522
00:43:22,467 --> 00:43:28,073
♪
523
00:43:28,172 --> 00:43:29,674
ITS EYES ARE SMALL
524
00:43:29,707 --> 00:43:33,344
AND ILL-EQUIPPED FOR NIGHTTIME HUNTING,
525
00:43:33,377 --> 00:43:38,482
SO IT RELIES ON ITS MOST FINE-TUNED SENSE:
526
00:43:38,583 --> 00:43:40,652
TOUCH.
527
00:43:40,685 --> 00:43:42,887
THOUSANDS OF HAIRS ALONG ITS BODY
528
00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:47,525
ALLOW IT TO DETECT PREY BY FEELING FOR VIBRATIONS.
529
00:43:50,595 --> 00:43:54,199
JUST AHEAD IS A GECKO.
530
00:43:56,868 --> 00:43:59,037
THE REPTILE SEEMS UNAWARE
531
00:43:59,070 --> 00:44:03,575
THAT IT’S JUST INCHES AWAY FROM THE WORLD’S BIGGEST SPIDER.
532
00:44:03,608 --> 00:44:17,722
♪
533
00:44:18,890 --> 00:44:27,699
[SQUEAKING]
534
00:44:32,937 --> 00:44:36,941
AS THE GOLIATH’S ENORMOUS FANGS SINK INTO THE GECKO,
535
00:44:36,974 --> 00:44:41,312
PARALYZING VENOM IS INJECTED INTO ITS BLOODSTREAM.
536
00:44:48,186 --> 00:44:51,890
VERY QUICKLY THE GECKO’S ORGANS SHUT DOWN,
537
00:44:51,923 --> 00:44:54,626
AND THE VENOM’S ENZYMES START DIGESTING IT
538
00:44:54,659 --> 00:44:57,462
FROM THE INSIDE OUT.
539
00:45:04,869 --> 00:45:08,072
IT’S A GRUESOME WAY TO DIE.
540
00:45:09,407 --> 00:45:14,712
BUT THEN AGAIN, THE MOST FEARSOME SPIDER IN THE WORLD
541
00:45:14,745 --> 00:45:17,681
WOULDN’T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY.
542
00:45:17,715 --> 00:45:24,889
♪
543
00:45:24,922 --> 00:45:27,458
OUR FAMILY OF EIGHT-LEGGED FREAKS
544
00:45:27,558 --> 00:45:31,729
HAS MANY WEIRD AND WONDERFUL ADAPTATIONS,
545
00:45:31,762 --> 00:45:34,732
FROM ARROW SHOOTING AND WALKING ON WATER
546
00:45:34,765 --> 00:45:38,902
TO DISCO DANCING AND SLINGING WEBS,
547
00:45:38,936 --> 00:45:41,005
FROM THE ALIENS AND JUMPERS
548
00:45:41,038 --> 00:45:43,707
TO THE CARTWHEELERS AND HUNTERS.
549
00:45:43,741 --> 00:45:45,276
BEWARE!
550
00:45:45,376 --> 00:45:52,183
THIS MOTLEY CREW OF CRITTERS ALWAYS HAS AN EYE ON YOU.
551
00:45:52,216 --> 00:45:55,953
THEY’RE NATURE’S REAL-LIFE FREAK SHOW!
552
00:45:55,987 --> 00:45:58,289
♪
553
00:45:58,322 --> 00:45:59,757
♪ SPIDERS! ♪41235
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