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Narrator: THEY’VE RULED OUR PLANET

FOR OVER 400 MILLION YEARS...

A FAMILY OF EIGHT-LEGGED FREAKS

THAT COME IN MANY WEIRD SHAPES AND SIZES.

THEY THRIVE IN THE TROPICAL JUNGLE...

THE DESERT WASTELANDS...

AND EVEN UNDERWATER.

THERE ARE THE CARNIVOROUS GIANTS

THAT RISE FROM THEIR UNDERGROUND LAIRS

TO FEAST ON FLESH.

THE PREDATORS EQUIPPED WITH AN ARSENAL OF WEAPONS.

SOME ARE ACCOMPLISHED ACROBATS...

WHILE OTHERS SLING WEBS...

WALK ON WATER...

AND EVEN FLY.

FINALLY, WE’LL REVEAL THE MONSTER THAT RULES THEM ALL.

IT’S THE BIGGEST SPIDER ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET.

FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY, GRAB FRONT-ROW SEATS

TO NATURE’S REAL HOUSE OF HORRORS.

Man: CRAZY MONSTER SPIDERS!

Narrator: COME OUT OF THE COLD

AND STEP INSIDE OUR LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS.

THIS IS HOME TO NATURE’S REAL FREAK SHOWS.

HERE, EVERYTHING GOES BUMP IN THE NIGHT...

BUT FIRST TO THE STAGE

IS OUR COLLECTION OF EIGHT-LEGGED FREAKS.

THERE’S THE FEMME FATALE

THAT’S 15 TIMES DEADLIER THAN A RATTLESNAKE...

THE GIANT THAT’S BIGGER THAN YOUR DINNER PLATE.

ONE POUNCES LIKE A LEOPARD,

WHILE ANOTHER CATCHES ITS PREY WITH A HOMEMADE NET.

BUT OUR FIRST ARACHNID

IS EQUIPPED WITH MORE WEAPONS THAN A SWAT TEAM!

♪ CRAZY MONSTER, MONSTER SPIDERS! ♪

IN THE DESERT WASTELANDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA,

FOOD IS HARD TO COME BY.

OUT HERE TEMPERATURES REACH WELL OVER 100 DEGREES.

ONLY THE TOUGHEST CREATURES SURVIVE.

THE SNATCHING SPIDER, OR SOLIFUGE,

IS LIKE NOTHING YOU’VE SEEN BEFORE.

IT’S EQUIPPED WITH AN ARSENAL OF BIZARRE WEAPONRY

TO HUNT, TRACK AND KILL ANYTHING IT CAN FIND.

LONG, SENSITIVE HAIRS DETECT

THE SLIGHTEST MOVEMENT IN THE AIR FROM POTENTIAL PREY.

WHILE STRANGE SENSORY CUPS

PRESS AGAINST THE GROUND LIKE TINY EARS

AND PICK UP THE SLIGHTEST VIBRATION...

AND ITS ENORMOUS CHAINSAW-LIKE EATING CLAWS

ARE ABLE TO CRUSH THROUGH SCORPIONS.

THIS CREATURE IS A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

BUT IT’S ITS STICKY APPENDAGES

THAT GIVE THIS ARACHNID ITS NAME.

AT THE TIP OF EACH FRONT APPENDAGE

IS A ROUND, EXPANDABLE ORGAN.

THIS HAIRLESS SUCTION DEVICE USES PRESSURE

TO CATCH AND HOLD ON TO PREY.

ONCE IT SNATCHES WITH THESE SUCKERS, LITTLE ESCAPES!

THE SNATCHER IS ALMOST NEVER SEEN OUT IN THE DAY,

BUT IN THE DESERT THIS PREDATOR MUST RISK THE HEAT TO FIND FOOD.

IT FRANTICALLY SCANS THE AREA, PICKING UP ON ANY VIBRATION.

SOMETIMES IF YOU STAND STILL, THE PREY COMES TO YOU.

ITS LEGS STICK LIKE GLUE.

THE SNATCHER NEEDS TO MAKE THE MOST

OF THE GRASSHOPPER BUFFET.

♪

[GRASSHOPPER SQUEALING]

HE HAS A BRUTAL TECHNIQUE, BUT IT ENSURES A MEAL.

[SQUEAL]

♪

WITH ITS PREY SNATCHED,

IT’S TIME FOR ITS ENORMOUS JAWS TO KICK INTO ACTION.

LIKE HYDRAULIC PINCERS, THEY CRUSH AND SLICE,

TURNING THE PREY INTO A DIGESTIBLE MUSH.

WITH ITS BELLY NOW FULL,

THE SNATCHER MUST ESCAPE THE BLISTERING HEAT

UNTIL NIGHTFALL...

WHEN THE HUNTING WILL BEGIN AGAIN.

THE SNATCHING SPIDER MIGHT BE A CRAFTY HUNTER,

BUT THERE’S A SUPER-PREDATOR OUT THERE

THAT DOESN’T NEED STICKY FEET.

IT’S THE SPIDER WORLD’S VERY OWN AERIAL ASSASSIN.

♪

♪ SCARY MONSTER SPIDERS ♪

IN THIS FOREST LIVES A SMALL BUT DEADLY ASSASSIN.

[BIRDS CALLING]

THE JUMPING SPIDER IS AN ACTIVE HUNTER.

WHILE MOST SPIDERS SPIN A WEB TO CATCH PREY,

THIS PREDATOR HAS A MORE DIRECT APPROACH.

ITS EXTRAORDINARY EYESIGHT AND JUMPING ABILITY

ARE THE REASON IT’S TO BE FEARED.

THE SPIDER’S CAPABLE OF JUMPING

OVER 30 TIMES THE LENGTH OF ITS BODY.

THAT’S THE EQUIVALENT OF A HUMAN

JUMPING OVER HALF THE LENGTH OF A FOOTBALL FIELD!

IT’S SO POWERFUL THAT, LIKE A BUNGEE JUMPER,

IT NEEDS TO LAY A SAFETY LINE

TO STOP IT FROM OVERSHOOTING ITS MARK.

BY CONTRACTING MUSCLES, FLUID IS PUSHED INTO THE SPIDER’S LEGS.

LIKE A HYDRAULIC PISTON, THE CHANGE IN PRESSURE

CAUSES THE LEGS TO EXTEND RAPIDLY,

FIRING THE SPIDER INTO THE AIR!

THIS FEMALE IS ON THE PROWL.

THE JUMPING SPIDER’S EIGHT EYES ARE OPTIMIZED FOR HUNTING.

HER ENORMOUS FORWARD-FACING EYES JUDGE DISTANCE,

WHILE HER SIDE AND BACKWARD-FACING EYES

SEE MOVEMENT, ALLOWING HER TO SEE ALMOST 360 DEGREES.

A DEAD LIZARD IS ATTRACTING FLIES.

THE DRONES TRY TO SCARE HER OFF...

BUT SHE’S NOT BUDGING.

[BUZZING]

SOMETIMES THINGS JUST DON’T GO ACCORDING TO PLAN.

THE SPIDER ONLY WEIGHS A FRACTION OF AN OUNCE,

AND THE BREEZE IS BLOWING HER OFF COURSE.

♪

SHE MUST RECALCULATE WIND DIRECTION AND DISTANCE.

HER DAGGER-LIKE FANGS HOOK ON FOR DEAR LIFE

WHILE THE QUICK-ACTING VENOM GETS TO WORK.

KILLING IS ALL IN A DAY’S WORK FOR THE JUMPING SPIDER.

♪

WHILE SOME SPIDERS POUNCE ON THEIR PREY...

THE FRIGHTENING WEB-SLINGER THROWS A NET OVER ITS VICTIMS...

STOPPING THEM IN THEIR TRACKS!

♪ MONSTER SPIDERS ♪

THIS COLLECTION OF SPIDERS GETS EVEN CREEPIER

THANKS TO THE WEB-SLINGER, OR NET-CASTING SPIDER.

ITS ENORMOUS EYES AND SKINNY LEGS

MAKE IT A LIVING, BREATHING SKELETON.

IT’S HAPPY TO EAT LAST NIGHT’S MEAL IN DAYLIGHT...

BUT THIS PREDATOR WILL ONLY HUNT IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT.

[OWL HOOTING]

THIS FEMALE HAS FOUND A LOW-HANGING TWIG TO HUNT FROM.

SHE’LL USE A WEB TO CATCH PREY, BUT IT’S NOT THE WEB YOU KNOW.

SHE TEASES STRANDS OF SILK

AND WEAVES A NET OF HIGHLY ELASTIC, NON-STICKY SILK.

SHE’S STATIONED HERSELF THREE INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND...

CLOSE TO PASSING INSECTS.

[CRICKET CHIRPING]

THIS FREAKY SPIDER

IS GOING TO USE THIS WEB AS A NET

TO SLING OVER INSECTS THAT SCUTTLE BELOW!

SHE TAPS HER LEGS ON THE FOREST FLOOR

TO MEASURE HER EXACT DISTANCE FROM HER TARGET.

♪

SHE STRETCHES THE WEB TO THREE TIMES ITS RELAXED SIZE.

THE WIDER SHE STRETCHES THE ELASTIC THREADS,

THE MORE ENTANGLED HER PREY WILL BECOME.

[CRICKET CHIRPING]

BECAUSE THE SILK’S NOT STICKY,

THROWING IT WITH THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF FORCE IS CRITICAL.

FAILED ATTEMPTS LEAD TO A GRUBBY, DYSFUNCTIONAL NET.

IT’S OF NO USE TO HER NOW.

SHE’LL HAVE TO START AGAIN.

♪

♪

[CHIRPING]

THE ELASTIC SILK TIGHTENS AROUND THE CRICKET.

THE MORE IT STRUGGLES, THE MORE ENTANGLED IT BECOMES.

VENOMOUS STRIKES...

FINALLY PARALYZE IT.

THE CRICKET IS GOING NOWHERE...

SO THE WEB-SLINGER LEAVES TO CONTINUE HER ASSAULT

ON THE INSECT WORLD.

♪

WHILE THE WEB-SLINGER SPIDER WEAVES ITS OWN DEADLY NET,

THERE IS ANOTHER INCREDIBLE SPIDER

THAT CATCHES ITS PREY BY RUNNING ON WATER.

THIS IS THE FISHING SPIDER.

THIS SPIKY-LEGGED SPIDER

HAUNTS FISH POND RESIDENTS THE WORLD OVER.

ITS GOOD LOOKS ARE ENOUGH TO SCARE YOU TO DEATH.

BUT IT’S ITS LEGS THAT ARE TRULY FREAKY.

THIS BIZARRE ARACHNID NOT ONLY WALKS ON WATER...

IT CAN READ THE UNDERWATER WORLD WITH ITS LEGS.

MILLIONS OF TINY SPIKES

DETECT VIBRATIONS ON THE WATER’S SURFACE.

IT CAN ACCURATELY JUDGE WHERE THE MOVEMENT IS COMING FROM,

AND EVEN WHAT PREY ITEM IT IS.

A MALE LIVES IN THIS SECTION OF THE POND.

AND IT’S FULL OF FOOD.

HIS BACK LEGS ANCHOR HIM TO THE SHORE,

WHILE HIS SUPER-POWERED FEET GET TO WORK.

EVERY LITTLE VIBRATION IS ASSESSED.

THE FISH WAS JUST OUT OF REACH.

WALKING ON WATER IS ONE THING,

BUT THIS INCREDIBLE SPIDER CAN ALSO BREATHE UNDERWATER!

THE WATERPROOF HAIRS AROUND THE SPIDER’S ABDOMEN

CREATE AN AIR BUBBLE.

ITS LUNGS LOOK LIKE THE STACKED PAGES OF A BOOK

AND DRAW THE OXYGEN FROM THE BUBBLE.

THIS INCREDIBLE ADAPTATION

ALLOWS THE FISHING SPIDER TO BREATHE UNDERWATER!

THE FISH MAY HAVE BEEN SCARED

OUT OF THE SPIDER’S HUNTING ZONE,

BUT NOW THEY’RE IN THE SHALLOWS.

♪

THE FISHING SPIDER INJECTS PARALYZING VENOM INTO THE FISH,

WHICH SLOWLY TURNS ITS INSIDES INTO A NUTRITIOUS SOUP.

THIS PRIZED CATCH IS SOMETHING WORTH BRAGGING ABOUT.

♪

SOME ARACHNIDS ARE EQUIPPED WITH DEADLY VENOM,

WHILE OTHERS DANCE FOR A LIVING...

BUT ONE SPINE-TINGLING SPIDER

BUILDS ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE WEBS ON THE PLANET.

♪ CRAZY MONSTER SPIDERS! ♪

[INSECTS CHIRPING]

[BIRD CALLING]

THE ENGINEERING SPIDER, OR GOLDEN ORB,

HAS SPENT OVER 160 MILLION YEARS

HAUNTING TROPICAL AREAS ACROSS THE GLOBE.

BUT IT’S ITS WEB THAT IS MOST TERRIFYING!

ITS SEGMENTED LEGS AND INWARD-POINTING ENDS

ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WEAVING GIGANTIC SILK TRAPS

THAT, OUNCE FOR OUNCE, ARE STRONGER THAN STEEL.

THEY’RE SO STRONG THAT EVEN SMALL BIRDS AND BATS

HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN THEM!

THE GLITTERING GOLDEN SILK IS A LURE TO GOOD FORTUNE.

BUT IT’S A TRAP... A PLATTER OF THE LIVING DEAD.

THE ENGINEER’S WEB

IS ONE OF NATURE’S MOST HIGH-TECH INVENTIONS,

AND THIS SPIDER IS NOT ARMED

WITH JUST ONE SILK-PRODUCING GLAND, BUT SEVEN.

EACH GLAND PRODUCES ITS OWN UNIQUE SILK.

THEY MAKE TOUGH SILK TO PROTECT THEIR EGGS...

A SOFT SILK TO WRAP UP THEIR PREY...

AND THEY CAN EVEN PRODUCE A CABLING SILK

FOR STRUCTURAL SUPPORT FOR WEBS.

HOWEVER, WHAT’S TRULY FASCINATING

IS HOW THIS SILK IS PRODUCED.

IT’S STORED AS A LIQUID IN EACH GLAND.

AS THE SPIDER CONTRACTS ITS MUSCLES,

IT FORCES THE LIQUID SILK OUT THROUGH HUNDREDS OF TINY TUBES.

THE MUSCULAR FORCE TURNS THE LIQUID INTO A SOLID SILK STRAND.

THESE INDIVIDUAL STRANDS TWIST AND PLAIT TOGETHER

TO PRODUCE ONE SUPER STRONG CORD.

♪

THE FEMALE BUILDS THE ENTIRE WEB ON HER OWN...

WHILE A POTENTIAL MATE FREELOADS.

HE’LL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANY LEFTOVERS CAUGHT IN HER TRAP.

BUT HE’S TEN TIMES SMALLER THAN HER,

SO MUST TREAD CAREFULLY.

THE TIPS OF HER LEGS ARE CONNECTED TO STRANDS

THAT RADIATE IN EIGHT DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

THROUGH VIBRATION, SHE HAS A 360-DEGREE RADAR

OVER HER ENTIRE WEB.

WHEN PREY HITS...

IT’S AS GOOD AS DEAD!

ONCE PREY HITS HER WEB,

THE ENGINEERING SPIDER IS ON IT IN AN INSTANT.

IT’S PARALYZED WITH VENOM

AND WRAPPED ALIVE IN SOFT PRESERVING SILK.

♪

SHE HANGS EACH COFFIN AT THE CENTER OF THE WEB

WITH STRONG CEMENTING SILK.

THIS MEAL WILL STAY FRESH FOR HOURS IN ITS TOMB-LIKE CASING.

♪

♪

ONE BY ONE THE SPIDER WRAPS HER PREY ALIVE

IN THEIR GOLD COFFINS,

WHILE THE MALE HANGS ON FOR THE RIDE.

♪

THE ENGINEERING SPIDER’S COMPLEX WEB DELIVERS EVERY TIME...

AND AN AFTERNOON OF FEASTING AWAITS.

♪

SPIDERS HAVE TAKEN OVER THE TREETOPS AND THE JUNGLE FLOOR...

BUT THE NEXT UNBELIEVABLE SPIDER

SPENDS ITS ENTIRE LIFE UNDERWATER!

♪ CRAZY MONSTER SPIDERS! ♪

THE FISHING SPIDER LIVES ON THE SURFACE OF THE WATER...

BUT THE SCUBA SPIDER BREAKS ALL THE RULES.

♪

IT’S THE ONLY ARACHNID KNOWN TO LIVE EXCLUSIVELY UNDERWATER.

IT HAS NO FINS OR GILLS.

BUT THIS AMAZING SPIDER DOESN’T NEED THEM.

IT BUILDS ITS VERY OWN SUBMARINE AIR SUPPLY.

THIS BUBBLE IS ITS LIFELINE...

ITS HOMEMADE SCUBA TANK.

TO CONSTRUCT THE BUBBLE

THIS MALE SWIMS TO THE SURFACE AND POPS HIS BUTT INTO THE AIR.

LIKE THE FISHING SPIDER,

THE AIR BUBBLE AROUND HIS ABDOMEN

ALLOWS HIM TO BREATHE THROUGH HIS BOOK LUNGS.

THIS ODD CRAB-LIKE SWIMMER

COLLECTS SEVERAL BUBBLES FROM THE SURFACE

TO CREATE A LARGE RESERVOIR OF OXYGEN.

THIS IS THE SPIDER’S SANCTUARY WHERE IT WILL FEED AND REST.

THANKS TO EVOLUTION,

IT HAS BEEN GIVEN THE TOOLS TO CONQUER AN ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM!

♪

THIS SPIDER FREAK SHOW IS FULL OF SURPRISING CHARACTERS.

WHILE ONE SPIDER LIVES UNDERWATER,

ANOTHER DEADLY ARACHNID HUNTS FROM BENEATH THE GROUND.

THIS IS THE BABOON SPIDER...

A FIVE-INCH MONSTER THAT LIVES IN AN UNDERGROUND LAIR

FOR MOST OF ITS LIFE.

IT’S SHY AND SECRETIVE BY NATURE,

BUT IT HAS A DARK SIDE.

♪

IT GETS ITS NAME FROM ITS ENORMOUS SIZE,

ITS HAIRY BODY

AND THE BABOON-LIKE PADS ON THE END OF EACH LEG.

♪

ITS MANY EYES OPERATE LIKE A BUILT-IN PERISCOPE

SURVEYING THE SURROUNDINGS OF ITS BURROW.

BUT ITS FRIGHTENING LOOKS AREN’T THE WORST OF IT.

♪

[CHIRPING]

WHAT PREY DOESN’T KNOW IS THAT ITS SECRETIVE HIDEOUT

DOUBLES AS A DEADLY MURDER WEAPON.

WHEN IT’S NOT HUNGRY, THE SPIDER SPINS A SEAL

AT THE ENTRANCE TO ITS LAIR.

THIS PREVENTS FALLING PREY FROM DISTURBING HER BEAUTY SLEEP.

BUT WHEN IT’S TIME TO EAT,

THE BURROW BECOMES A HIGH-TECH BOOBY TRAP.

THE ENTRANCE IS LINED WITH STRANDS OF SILK

THAT TRAVEL INTO THE BURROW AND OPERATE LIKE TRIP WIRES.

WHEN MOVING PREY TRIGGERS THE WIRES,

VIBRATIONS WILL BE SENT DOWN THE BURROW

AND ALERT THE SPIDER TO A POSSIBLE MEAL.

SHE CAN DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE VIBRATIONS OF A PESKY ANT

AND A MEATY CRICKET.

A WIRE’S BEEN TRIGGERED.

IT’S TIME TO FEED.

THIS CRICKET’S MADE A FATAL ERROR

BY TRIGGERING THE BABOON SPIDER’S TRIP WIRES.

♪

[CRUNCH]

♪

THE BABOON SPIDER IS A CALCULATING KILLER.

♪

ANOTHER TRIP WIRE’S BEEN SET OFF,

AND THE OPPORTUNISTIC HUNTER RETURNS TO THE SURFACE.

MANY LEGS MEANS MANY VIBRATIONS.

♪

♪

FROM STRAIGHT OUT OF THE GROUND,

THE CENTIPEDE MEETS ITS GRUESOME DEATH.

♪

OVER A FOOT BELOW THE SURFACE,

THE BABOON RETURNS TO ITS SOLITARY CONFINEMENT...

TO FEAST ON ITS PREY...ALIVE.

THIS UNDERGROUND KILLER DOESN’T COME OUT OF A HORROR STORY.

IT’S NATURE’S REAL-LIFE NIGHTMARE.

♪

SOME SPIDERS LIVE IN DUNGEONS, WHILE OTHERS USE WEAPONS...

BUT FEW CREATURES ARE AS HAIR-RAISING

AS THE ALIEN SPIDER!

♪

NO OTHER NAME COULD DESCRIBE THIS SPOOKY ARACHNID.

THE ALIEN SPIDER WOULD LOOK MORE AT HOME ON THE MOON

THAN ON PLANET EARTH.

DURING THE DAY A FLAT BODY

ALLOWS IT TO CRAWL INTO DARK NOOKS AND CRANNIES...

AND ITS PINCERS CAN GROW TO TWICE THE LENGTH OF ITS BODY

AND ARE TIPPED WITH WOLVERINE-LIKE CLAWS.

THE ALIEN SPIDER, OR WHIP SPIDER,

DOESN’T HAVE VENOM...

SO IT GRABS ITS PREY WITH ITS PINCERS

AND IMPALES IT WITH ITS FIENDISH SPIKES.

AT NIGHT THE ALIEN SPIDER SHOWS ITS TRUE COLORS.

LONG SENSORY WHIPS PROBE THE AIR...

AND PICK UP VIBRATIONS FROM MOVING PREY.

THE ONLY THING CREEPIER THAN AN ALIEN SPIDER...

IS AN ALIEN SPIDER WITH BABIES.

♪

THESE MINI TRANSLUCENT ALIENS WILL LIVE ON THE FEMALE’S BACK

UNTIL THEY DEVELOP THEIR VERY OWN ARMOR PLATING.

AFTER THEIR FIRST MOLT

THE GREEN SPROUTS TURN INTO FULLY FORMED ARACHNIDS...

EQUIPPED TO TERRORIZE THE DARK CORNERS OF THE INSECT WORLD.

THIS FRIGHTENING ARACHNID

SHOULD COME STRAIGHT OUT OF A SCI-FI FILM,

NOT THE NATURAL WORLD!

♪

A SPIDER HAS EVOLVED FOR ALMOST EVERY HABITAT ON THE PLANET.

WHILE SOME LIVE UNDERGROUND AND EVEN HUNT UNDERWATER,

THERE IS ONE SPIDER

THAT LIVES IN SAND DUNES OVER 600 FEET HIGH!

THE CARTWHEEL SPIDER LOOKS A LOT LIKE MANY OTHER SPIDERS...

BUT THIS ONE HAS A UNIQUE ACROBATIC TALENT.

OUT IN THE NAMIBIAN DESERT THERE IS DANGER AROUND EVERY CORNER.

SO A BURROW BENEATH THE BOILING SAND

IS ITS BEST CHANCE OF SURVIVAL.

THE SILK-LINED BUNKER WILL EXTEND OVER A FOOT DOWN

AND PROTECT THE SPIDER FROM THE HARSH DESERT SUN.

BUT IT’S NOT JUST THE HEAT THIS SPIDER’S ESCAPING FROM...

THIS POMPILID WASP IS ON THE HUNT FOR A CARTWHEEL SPIDER.

IT DOESN’T WANT TO EAT IT...

IT WANTS TO LAY A SINGLE EGG INSIDE IT.

WHEN ITS LARVA HATCHES

IT’LL HAVE A FRESH CARTWHEEL SPIDER TO FEAST ON.

THE SPIDER DOES THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO ITS HIDEOUT,

JUST IN TIME.

THE WASP SENSES MOVEMENT.

♪

THE WASP ONLY NEEDS TO STING HIM ONCE.

♪

THE SPIDER MAKES HIS GETAWAY... AND PULLS OUT HIS TRUMP CARD.

BY FOLDING ITS LEGS INTO SPOKES, THE SPIDER TURNS INTO A WHEEL

AND CARTWHEELS DOWN THE DUNE AT 20 TURNS A SECOND,

LEAVING THE WASP IN ITS DUST!

EVOLUTION HAS GIVEN THE CARTWHEEL SPIDER

A HELPING HAND IN ITS DESERT ENVIRONMENT,

BUT IT’S NOT GOING TO TEST ITS LUCK OUT IN THE OPEN!

SOME HAVE BEEN GIVEN SIZE INSTEAD OF SPEED,

WHILE OTHERS WALK ON WATER...

BUT THIS SPIDER HAS EVOLVED VENOM SO POTENT

IT COULD KILL YOU!

♪ CRAZY MONSTER SPIDERS! ♪

[COYOTE HOWLING]

THIS FEMME FATALE NEEDS LITTLE INTRODUCTION

ON OUR FREAK SHOW STAGE.

♪

THE BLACK WIDOW IS NAMED AFTER HER TENDENCY

TO KILL AND EAT HER PARTNER AFTER MATING.

HER PIERCING FANGS HAVE ENDED MANY A MAN’S LIFE.

AND A THREATENING RED HOURGLASS ON HER ABDOMEN

IS THE TRADEMARK OF DANGER!

THE BLACK WIDOW’S VENOM IS THOUGHT TO BE

15 TIMES MORE POTENT THAN SOME RATTLESNAKE SPECIES...

BUT BECAUSE SHE INJECTS LESS OF IT,

HUMANS CAN SURVIVE HER BITE.

AND IT’S NO WONDER SHE’S SO FEARED BY THE MALES...

THE FEMALE HAS MUCH LARGER FANGS AND VENOM GLANDS!

THIS FEMALE HASN’T EATEN FOR WEEKS.

SHE’S HAD OTHER THINGS ON HER MIND.

SHE’S JUST LAID HUNDREDS OF EGGS IN THIS INCUBATED EGG SAC.

♪

SOON HUNDREDS OF MINIATURE SPIDERS

WILL ENTER THE WORLD TO CONTINUE THE BLACK WIDOW LEGACY.

WITH HER MOST IMPORTANT JOB COMPLETE,

IT’S TIME TO EAT.

♪

♪

SHE HIDES BEHIND AN OVERHANG... READY TO ATTACK.

♪

SHE RESTRAINS THE CRICKET WITH SILK

BEFORE PARALYZING IT WITH VENOM.

CELLS LINING HER VENOM GLANDS

PRODUCE HER POTENT NEUROTOXIC VENOM.

THESE CELLS DISINTEGRATE

TO RELEASE A TOXIC CONCOCTION INTO THE GLAND.

WHEN THE WIDOW STRIKES, MUSCLES AROUND THE GLAND

CONTRACT TO FORCE THE VENOM OUT THROUGH HOLLOW FANGS.

THE VENOM SHUTS DOWN THE CRICKET’S NERVOUS SYSTEM.

BUT SHE DOESN’T EAT HER PREY STRAIGHT AWAY.

SHE STORES IT,

LETTING THE VENOM’S ADDITIONAL DIGESTIVE ENZYMES GET TO WORK

WHILE SHE CONTINUES TO HUNT.

WEEKS AFTER LAYING HER EGGS,

HUNDREDS OF MINIATURE SPIDERS COME TO LIFE...

♪

BUT THEY’RE HARMLESS...FOR NOW.

IT’S ONLY WHEN THEY BECOME ADULTS

THAT THE FEMALES WILL BE AS LETHAL AS THEIR MOTHER.

THE BLACK WIDOW MALE MAY GET KILLED JUST FOR SHOWING UP,

BUT IN AUSTRALIA ANOTHER MALE

IS WALKING THE TIGHTROPE WITH HIS SONG AND DANCE.

♪

OUT OF THE SANDY EARTH EMERGES A SPIDER SO TINY

THAT EIGHT OF THEM COULD FIT ON YOUR THUMBNAIL!

THE PEACOCK SPIDER IS A TYPE OF JUMPING SPIDER...

WITH A TWIST.

THESE BACHELORS ARE ON THE HUNT FOR FEMALES.

AND THEIR SEARCH TAKES THEM INTO ENEMY TERRITORY.

THERE’S ONLY ONE FEMALE HERE...

SO ONCE THEY’VE SIZED EACH OTHER UP,

IT’S TIME TO FIGHT!

♪

ONCE THE COMPETITION’S BEEN SCARED OFF...

THE HARD WORK BEGINS.

♪

APPROACHING A SINGLE LADY IS A RISKY BUSINESS.

SHE’LL ATTACK IF SHE’S NOT IN THE MOOD.

SO THE MALE PEACOCK SPIDER

HAS HAD TO TAKE HIS COURTSHIP EFFORTS UP A NOTCH.

LIGHTS...CAMERA...ACTION.

♪

ELECTRIC COLORS MESMERIZE THE FEMALE.

THIS IS THE SPIDER WORLD’S VERY OWN BIRD OF PARADISE!

♪

THE DANCE SEEMS TO HAVE WORKED.

WHEN IT COMES TO PEACOCK SPIDER ROMANCE,

IT’S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT SIZE.

IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THE BEST DANCE MOVES!

WE’VE SEEN THE CREEPY CRAWLERS, THE DEADLY ASSASSINS,

AND THE EXPERT HUNTERS,

BUT ONE SPIDER RULES THEM ALL.

IT’S THE BIGGEST SPIDER ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET.

[GROWL]

IT’S THE MIGHTY GOLIATH BIRD-EATING TARANTULA!

[SQUEAK]

IN THE DAMP AMAZON RAINFOREST

LIVES A SPIDER SO BIG IT’LL COVER YOUR DINNER PLATE.

ITS BODY IS COVERED IN HAIR,

AND ITS FANGS ARE LONGER THAN A LION’S CLAW.

THIS BEHEMOTH IS THE SUBJECT OF MYTH AND LEGEND...

WITH ONLY A FEW HAVING EVER BEEN SEEN IN THE WILD.

THE GOLIATH BIRD-EATING TARANTULA

IS A FEARED SPIDER FOR GOOD REASON.

IT HAS A LEG SPAN OF 11 INCHES AND WEIGHS OVER 6 OUNCES.

IT’S SO BIG IT FEASTS ON MICE AND EVEN BIRDS.

IT’S AN AMBUSH HUNTER SO IT LAYS LOW IN DARK CORNERS.

BUT OUT IN THE JUNGLE, EVEN THIS GIANT HAS ENEMIES.

[SQUEAKING]

THE GOLIATH ISN’T GOING TO TAKE ITS CHANCES WITH THIS RODENT.

AND ITS BEST FORM OF DEFENSE IS ATTACK.

WHEN PROVOKED, THE GOLIATH BRUSHES HIS ABDOMEN,

RELEASING THOUSANDS OF HAIR-LIKE BRISTLES INTO THE AIR.

THOUSANDS OF MINI HARPOONS

FLY THROUGH THE AIR TOWARDS THE ATTACKER.

EACH MENACING BRISTLE IS SHARPLY POINTED,

WITH HOOKED BARBS ON ONE END.

THE HARPOONS HOOK INTO THE PREDATOR’S FLESH,

CAUSING SEVERE PAIN AND ITCHING.

WITH THE THREAT WARNED OFF, IT’S BACK TO HUNTING.

RETRACTABLE CLAWS HELP THE GOLIATH CLIMB UP ANY SURFACE.

[BIRDS CALLING]

WHEN THE DAY DRAWS TO AN END, THE JUNGLE COMES ALIVE...

[BIRD CHIRPING]

[CROAK]

AND ALMOST EVERYTHING IS ON THE GOLIATH’S MENU.

♪

ITS EYES ARE SMALL

AND ILL-EQUIPPED FOR NIGHTTIME HUNTING,

SO IT RELIES ON ITS MOST FINE-TUNED SENSE:

TOUCH.

THOUSANDS OF HAIRS ALONG ITS BODY

ALLOW IT TO DETECT PREY BY FEELING FOR VIBRATIONS.

JUST AHEAD IS A GECKO.

THE REPTILE SEEMS UNAWARE

THAT IT’S JUST INCHES AWAY FROM THE WORLD’S BIGGEST SPIDER.

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[SQUEAKING]

AS THE GOLIATH’S ENORMOUS FANGS SINK INTO THE GECKO,

PARALYZING VENOM IS INJECTED INTO ITS BLOODSTREAM.

VERY QUICKLY THE GECKO’S ORGANS SHUT DOWN,

AND THE VENOM’S ENZYMES START DIGESTING IT

FROM THE INSIDE OUT.

IT’S A GRUESOME WAY TO DIE.

BUT THEN AGAIN, THE MOST FEARSOME SPIDER IN THE WORLD

WOULDN’T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY.

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OUR FAMILY OF EIGHT-LEGGED FREAKS

HAS MANY WEIRD AND WONDERFUL ADAPTATIONS,

FROM ARROW SHOOTING AND WALKING ON WATER

TO DISCO DANCING AND SLINGING WEBS,

FROM THE ALIENS AND JUMPERS

TO THE CARTWHEELERS AND HUNTERS.

BEWARE!

THIS MOTLEY CREW OF CRITTERS ALWAYS HAS AN EYE ON YOU.

THEY’RE NATURE’S REAL-LIFE FREAK SHOW!

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♪ SPIDERS! ♪