These spiders are legends, keep one of these around and no other bugs will hang around. They’ll usually just find a spot to chill during the day and they’ll hunt at night while you’re sleeping peacefully.
My friend Andrew who lived in Sydney, Australia had a huntsman spider pet who lived in his apartment peacefully for many, many years. The spider was about 3 inches across. We stayed at Andrew's place when visiting and often ran across the spider crawling around on top of window moulding, on the curtains, or even under the toilet seat. It was a perfect tenant and never caused a moment's problem. It completely kept to itself and never bothered anyone.
That is really cool, and I’m a person who never kills spiders when I see them in my home. That being said, I don’t know if I could put up with one that big just chilling. Especially knowing he could be under my toilet seat lol. Aussies are a different kind of human.
I have a pet huntsman that roams my house, it eats all the roaches and other spiders, best to have one huntsman than 100 roaches EDIT: Still have the huntsman and She’s a big girl, Dinner plate width, lives in the garage and I pay her rent
@@JoseP34 What's so scary about spiders? Besides them having 2 more legs than insects they aren't that opposing. If I had a spider in my room that just hangs out on it's web and nothing else, he/she ain't never gonna bite me in bed. At least don't be scared of Jumping Spiders cause those guys and gals are just so adorable and don't even bite.
Im australian but have an american accent even though noone in my family is american. The most put of aus my fam gets is my german grandfather who passed when I was 7-8.
Unironically, this was a pretty good reaction video. You're not pointing out what you see, you're not exaggerating or being loud, and you even took the time to teach about them whenever you got the opportunity. I clicked off of this video with something to take away from this. I like it
Calling them fast is a little of understatement. The typical cockroach can achieve max speed from the first step it has taken of its run. That speed in human size will be comparable of 360 km/h. And yet the huntsman spider beats them in their own game. Imagine that with us. As you are moving at speed that will put almost any other animal to shame, this bus sized monstrosity jumps out if nowhere and murders you before you can react.
We have huge huntsman here in Florida too.I lost count of how many times I picked something up not realizing a huntsman was hiding in it and having the spider jump out like a jack in a box scaring the hell out of me.
@@MarquishaFreeman6043 the guys saying that people crash their cars in the process of freaking out, which does happen. Ofc that's on person not the spider tho
As an arachnophobe (as in heart palpitations, nausea, and other really serious stuff beyond girly shrieking) I seriously questioned our decision to move to Aus when we came across the first huntsman in our house. Amazingly they helped me in an almost therapeutic way. Between them keeping the house insect-free and the cats patrolling in case they spider wants to eat me at night, we've arrived at a detente. I can admire them from a distance without fainting or throwing up - they're actually quite pretty. I draw the line when they rear up on their backlegs, front legs in threat position and start moving towards me. That's when I call in the nuclear air strikes. Only way to be sure.
You are not an arachnophobe, judging from that comment... I would never even go to Australia on vacation, or for ANY reason, really. Because, you know, "spoidahs".
Agree whole heartly ...What a exellent presenter .she a scientist I think but can't remember in what field she's in .And let me say she quite Dishey aswell ❤️
@@MatthieuAmherst YES! Having humor in this video can really help someone to overcome at least a little bit of fear. I would have loved it if a teacher showed this video in my science class!
Can I just say, as someone afraid of spiders, Ann made this video really calming to watch and made huntmans seem less scary while I listened to her. Don't get me wrong, I'm still going to freak out if I see one in my house and probably burn my entire house down, but for a split second I'd at least feel a tad calm about the situation because of her.
The thing about cats is that they can distinguish movement that's 8 times faster than what we can distinguish. They can distinguish the individual wing flaps of a housefly. We needed a high speed camera to figure out how bumblebees fly; cats always knew. They have reflexes to match this, and can respond in real time to a viper strike. The result is total arrogance, even when facing small, lightening fast, venomous creatures. This is also why cats usually don't pay attention to TV. To them, anything with less than 100 fps is a slide show, and anything with less than 150 fps is low quality animation. Dogs need fewer fps, though still more than us. Dogs are mainly prevented from enjoying TV by having bad color vision. Cats have better color vision than dogs, though not as good as us. Pardon the rambling.
I have so severe arachnophobia I wake up in the middle of the night hallucinating they're in my room. I don't think they're going to hurt me, I'm just so scared they'll touch me. And the way they move is so scary.
I want to like spiders, I really do. I understand, especially with huntsman spiders, that they have benefits and mean no harm. But I just can't get over how they look - all those legs and the way they crawl! 😱😱😱
Listen to what she said in the video. Logically they’re way smaller than you even the big ones. They don’t want any problems with you which is why they usually run when you bother them. If they ever come in contact with you it’s usually by accident. You’re not their prey they don’t want to bite you and if you get bitten it’s because they were scared and were trying to protect themselves. Humans have a natural fear of them which is why you have to override that fear instead of give into it as the woman in the video said. I learned this when I was younger and it has help led me immensely. Remember they don’t have a concept of what we call our house and our space they go where they will find food and shelter which usually also happens to be our homes but they’re damn good at pest control. I have one in the corner of my room just chilling in a web...it’s not disturbing me and I won’t disturb it. Harmony is possible.
@@a.florschutzcamplin9011 They need all those eyes to get an idea of what's going on around them and what's threatening them. Same goes for the legs: they need all those legs (and their silk glands) for their special 'niche' existence that depends on making and manipulating silk.
Well, now I know why there are dozens of cockroach corpses and 2 alive huntsmans in our summer house when I visit it after a long time. Thanks, Huntsman pretty cool I guess. Awesome guide and the lady is so cute btw.
In 1983 I got bitten by one in a school in Sydney. I picked it up and only got a headache. One other day in the early 90's I found a hollow log with over a hundred inside it, many different sizes. Because they are so good at climbing I found them hard to keep as pets.
That was hysterical, I am laughing so much, that is so funny. Burn the house down! I hate them and I get neighbours in to remove them while I wait outside. I feel ashamed afterwards, but not enough to not get the neighbours involved.
Clearly you know nothing about camel spiders, they live in Iraq and terrorise the Soilders. They are nearly as big as huntsman spiders, but their main goal is to inject you with their numbing poison and eat the flesh from your lips as you lay numb. Oh and they can run faster than humans and they scream a loud screech as they run. Basically, they're the worst ever thing to exist on earth.
Oh trust me, i had one in my apartment one time and i ssw it out of the corner of my eye walking on the kitchen floor. That spider was so big that i could see the space bewteen its body and the floor easily from far away. Luckily i kill that thing before it turned on the jets lol. Scariest thing i have had in my apartment, i didn't even know it was a camel spider at the time.
When you land in Australia as a tourist you are given three things upon arrival, a guide on drop bears , a flamethrower and a noose. Use them in whichever order you see fit.
"She asked me to kill the spider, Instead, I get the most peaceful weapons I can find. I take a cup and a napkin, I catch the spider, put it outside and allow it to walk away. If I am ever caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, just being alive and not bothering anyone I hope I am greeted with the same kind of mercy. -rudyfancisco (Quotes 'nd Notes) "
I got one today and the mf managed to get out of the tank while I was feeding it, they are fast as hell. Now that he’s back in the tank he’s not as scary
Haha in high school, I was putting my School shirt on getting ready, felt something move and then a sharp pinch on abdomen... So I smacked the area... Shuffled my shirt and then out fell one of these mahfukas... Hated spiders ever since...
The only thing scary about them is that they're fast. That's why spiders like tarantulas don't really creep me out nearly as much because they generally are slow moving with the exception of bolting after their prey or to go hide. Huntsman spiders are either at a 0 or a 100. There really isn't an in-between with those buggars lol
My wife is a Kiwi. When she came to Australia, she got bitten by a huntsman spider. We were moving furniture. I suspect it fell to the floor and she stood on it. Total accident. I had never known anyone to get bitten by one. She was in considerable pain. She started to panic asking if she was going to die. Meanwhile, I'm calmly googling it because i didn't know. lol No, they are not deadly although the Bird Spider (A huntsman) in Qld has killed the odd person over the centuries. Her foot swelled up for several days, quite significantly, like a bad bee sting. I love this story.
That was a bit strong, I from Australia and huntsman bites aren't too bad, I slept through the bites a few times, but it's probably coz its in our blood to be OK with the bites
my 5 year old nephew was so scared of spiders (admittedly we live in the uk so they arent big, BIG or dangerous) so one day when we saw the common giant house spider walking on a wall, he ran like he always does and i showed him that sometimes they are just looking for water and so i got a tea spoon of water and a toothpick and dipped the toothpick in the water and let it run down the wall just infront of the spider.. the spider laid closer to the wall and it was clear the water was being sucked up, we called it steve. now everytime we see a steve or other spiders he wasnts to gently and carefully rehydrate them. this would be a different story if he was allergic or we lived somewhere where there is venomous spiders
The best method for huntsman removal is a feather duster, because the spiders love to drop and they do so into the midst of the feathers if you push the duster up to them. Then you can take the spider outside with the duster and give the duster a good shake. The spider generally drops out unharmed buy possibly tickled. My idea.
The other day in my science class we were searching for bugs in the school garden I flicked this piece of bark of a tree the piece of bark landed on a girl in my classes head and their were 3 huntsmans that got caught in her hair
I had a work vehicle that at one time was the home of a man that lived in it in the coastal bush area. I always had a lot of brown spiders in the cab and throughout the bodywork. One day I noticed some legs poking out from under the sun visor and slowly pulling it down I found a juvenile huntsman. I figured it would do pretty well feeding on the brownies so I let it stay. It took up residence in the heater/demister vents and would get mega pissed off when you turned the fan on. Usually I was the only person in the ute so all was good. One evening my wife asked me to drop her off at her Mums as her car was still there so yeah no problem. I had just reversed out onto the road and just moving forward when my wife reaches over and hits the fan switch - before I could even utter any warning - yep my Huntsy mate spat straight out of the air vent and lobbed square in the middle of my wife's chest - the spider was now a couple of seasons old and about the size of my wife's hand - so it landed with a thud. In a ballet type move my wife opened the door and jumped screaming (she's originally from London UK - so she's excused) to the roadway. The spider - triumphant made it's way back under the dash and stayed another year. My wife refused to get back in the car - I had to go get her car and pick her up in it . Also I never had any problem with pesky brown or black bush spiders once the Huntsman moved in. Live and let live.
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Greetings from the USA! I've got a couple gaming buddies in Australia, and one time, the subject of huntsman spiders came up, and one of my friends said there was one on his wall right then. Australia is beautiful, but I would not want to live there with the kind of spiders you all have.
thank you for your wonderful way of explaining and telling us all of this information. not to sound creepy, but your adorableness makes me want to binge all of these videos now!
YES!!! You need a container you can see through. So get the right container and a flat piece of card to slide under. My OH just puts them on his hand and carries them outside. I get the vase or glass method. PLEASE DO NOT KILL THEM. They're important in the environment.
I have a serious fear of spiders but I love learning about them and this biologist is really soothing to listen to. Her mannerisms, tone of voice, and accent, of course, are lovely.
I love them, they get to stay and they get names. If they start to hang around where you don't want them, it's not that hard to redirect them and they love a good feed of the bugs I DON'T like.
Large spiders are not allowed inside our house. Snakes are fine. Fox snakes are visiting us during summer, they have placed behind the fridge. They usually spend a month or 2 there and leave. They don't bother us, the cats are finding them interesting, but no special reaction. No point of taking the snake out, he was alone, thrown him out of the back door, he got back with his whole family. :-P
I saw one take on my cat. She came inside and it was on her tail (i reckon she’d had a go and abandoned mission half way through). She tried to take it on again inside the kitchen and it literally reared up on its back legs and was sparring. She ran off quickly after a couple of tries as it was clearly winning
I live in Florida, and we have those, too. A lot of people here call them wood spiders because they only show up in houses near a lot of trees. I was just surprised by one the other day which brought me here. This was the second time. The first time, I murdered it with wasp spray after failing to smash it with a stick. This time, I caught it in a clear, plastic container which I set outside with the lid off. Considering my recent cockroach problem, I think I’d like to keep him around even though they are technically invasive here.
I have “selective arachnophobia” - I’ve held tarantulas and am fine with them. But British house spiders and those Australian Huntsmen scare the living shit out of me. I don’t understand it. There was a spider in my room one night. It wasn’t even that big, but much larger than I’m comfortable with. So I got drunk and tackled it with a glass and a piece of paper.
That's the kind of reaction I have when trying to catch a roach. If it jumps at me, I recoil! I usually do catch 'em, cause I know which way they'll jump. I throw 'em outside 'cause I don't like squishing anything. I have to clean it up! Plus outside are my friends the lizards, who love to catch roaches mid-run. One actually caught one right after I threw it outside. The lizard stopped with the roach sticking out of his mouth, looked at me, nodded, then ran of into his burrow.
About eight years ago I had big plans to move to Australia, but this right here and the abundance of many others like it have stopped me from dreaming of moving to Australia.
@6:28 “she’s got the right reaction. Do not panic, do not drive over the road.” Me: Jumps out of moving car and let’s it fly off cliff with spider in it!
This is awesome. I'm terrified of spiders, but I live in New England US, so I don't have many huge spiders. I've managed to train myself not to freak out most of the time. I would pass out if one of these guys jumped at me. Love little jumping spiders. Baby steps.
We have a hunting spider (Palystes superciliosus) in South Africa that looks similar to your huntsman and may, indeed be related to it. They are big: a leg span of about 100 mm (4 inches) and as formidable as they look, they are quite easy-going. One climbed onto my open shoe a few weeks ago and was pointed out to me by a friend. I suspect that he expected to me to panic, but appeared quite shocked when I removed my shoe and carried the spider to the safety of a nearby tree, as we were standing in the road. I have taught my wife that spiders are not at all dangerous, by working in connection boxes - both electrical and water - with black widows right there, in the boxes. She is now also not afraid of spiders, snakes of even the most venomous kinds, including the black mamba or anything else she encounters in her garden. A little learning, far from being a dangerous thing, as Alexander Pope claimed, goes a long way, I have found.
I met some huntsman spiders in Fiji. They were great roommates. Even made sure I folded my bedsheet every single morning after the one time I pulled the bedsheet back to find the Big One. Couple days later, I met the Bigger One. We got along fine. They’re too fast to fight, and polite as heck.
Just found one on the outside of my front door. I’m living in Japan and they are really common in the area I’m in. Thanks for this video! It really helped me better understanding these amazing spiders.
I love the way you narrated this and I want to see and hold one Huntsman Spider bare hands before I die. I'll scream but I can't die without doing it at least once.
The intro to this video made me put my Qantas ticket in the trash. Maybe I'll just go to the mall. What I love about this video is as a non-Australian, I just assumed all Australians were born with some innate indifference to giant spiders. Like "oh well, it's a giant spider." But these folks are just as freaked out as I would be.
when a huntsman is seen in my room I leave it's their room now.
Darrianne Field if that spider is every in my room I’m mother to another state😭😂
I wonder if this lady has her own channel
New room mate
It's their house man I would leave the city
If you have enough rooms go for it. I take my nailgun.
If an Australian basically nopes at something, that's a pretty good indication to start running away.
You know an animal is dangerous when the Australian friend of the group doesn’t want to get near it
My report on huntsman spider will end with "Sources: Australia said nope so it's a nope"
Mauricio Reyes Muñoz basically
Huntsman spiders are great.
They kill and eat bad spiders and insects. They can't kill you and mostly they just chill out on the wall.
@@drbosommd shut up
*its a SPOIDAH*
ʏσsнıʑαωα нısαkı oi bruv
Wazzup mate!
😂😂😂😂
yeah nah, fockin oath mate!
*FOCKING SPYDER*
These spiders are legends, keep one of these around and no other bugs will hang around. They’ll usually just find a spot to chill during the day and they’ll hunt at night while you’re sleeping peacefully.
Yea... untill they decide to betray you and hunt you at night.
Yessir💯
Or until they decide to crawl into your mouth while your sleeping
@@stleo6069 and sleep on the face
That would not comfort me.
My friend Andrew who lived in Sydney, Australia had a huntsman spider pet who lived in his apartment peacefully for many, many years. The spider was about 3 inches across. We stayed at Andrew's place when visiting and often ran across the spider crawling around on top of window moulding, on the curtains, or even under the toilet seat. It was a perfect tenant and never caused a moment's problem. It completely kept to itself and never bothered anyone.
That is really cool, and I’m a person who never kills spiders when I see them in my home. That being said, I don’t know if I could put up with one that big just chilling. Especially knowing he could be under my toilet seat lol. Aussies are a different kind of human.
The best way to deal with a huntsy is to pretend it has the voice of Sean Connery and is just inspecting the room. It has helped me immensely
I always thought the best way was to avoid Australia. I'm pretty sure that's the main reason why I have a relaxed relationship with the huntsman...
😂 underappreciated comment 👏👏
Made my day lol!!
Rest in peace, Sean Connery
@@FarbrorMarcus He will live on in my spider imagination ;)
I absolutely adore spiders from a million miles away.
TheWheelofLife100 lol
Same ❤️
I would never ever agree with u
Same 💚
Same :)
I have a pet huntsman that roams my house, it eats all the roaches and other spiders, best to have one huntsman than 100 roaches
EDIT: Still have the huntsman and She’s a big girl, Dinner plate width, lives in the garage and I pay her rent
No i prefer having raid on my entire house than having a spider
Danley Nuks HUNTSMEN ARE COOL SPIDERS, THEY WILL CATCH AND KILL ,MOST ANYTHING!!!
Are you being serious?
@@JoseP34 What's so scary about spiders? Besides them having 2 more legs than insects they aren't that opposing. If I had a spider in my room that just hangs out on it's web and nothing else, he/she ain't never gonna bite me in bed. At least don't be scared of Jumping Spiders cause those guys and gals are just so adorable and don't even bite.
@@loveunderlaw *most anything* even hOoMAn
4:40 is the best oversimplification of spider mating I have ever heard in my life and I'm glad I got to hear it in Australian. Spidah.
Im australian but have an american accent even though noone in my family is american. The most put of aus my fam gets is my german grandfather who passed when I was 7-8.
jokes aside, thats interesting
Unironically, this was a pretty good reaction video. You're not pointing out what you see, you're not exaggerating or being loud, and you even took the time to teach about them whenever you got the opportunity. I clicked off of this video with something to take away from this. I like it
Its more like education video
"Huntsmen can JUMP and they can move with CONSIDERABLE SPEED"
Aryt, I'm movin' to Mars then
Ahahahaha😂😂🕷️
Calling them fast is a little of understatement.
The typical cockroach can achieve max speed from the first step it has taken of its run.
That speed in human size will be comparable of 360 km/h.
And yet the huntsman spider beats them in their own game.
Imagine that with us.
As you are moving at speed that will put almost any other animal to shame, this bus sized monstrosity jumps out if nowhere and murders you before you can react.
40 times their body length in a second? that's a big NOPE from me
At least they can’t swim
@@James-2248 for now
We had a huntsman spider in our classroom for a few days. It was just sitting on the wall. You could imagine how everyone's concentration levels were.
As a teacher myself, believe me I very much can.
Concentrating...on the wall😱
I'm from London, all we focus on in class is who is carrying the biggest knife that day.
It's better to have this problem than a massive spider to me.
@@kygodragon4782 Id rather have a big but harmless spidwr next to me than some crazy idiot with a knife
@@szellemikutmergezes9810 You're an idiot if you don't have a knife in my neck of the woods. No knife = The easiest target. Dead by lunch time.
Please don't hate huntsman spiders.
We're not always deadly
Yeah just get out of my room first, please.....
Its time to throw you out into the Canadian winter you hellspawn
Hi Mr. Spider!!
okay but if your crawling on me then don’t be surprised when you get shot
There's a thing called personal space
We have huge huntsman here in Florida too.I lost count of how many times I picked something up not realizing a huntsman was hiding in it and having the spider jump out like a jack in a box scaring the hell out of me.
It seems like Florida has a little bit of everything I would be scared to go outside lol
These spiders are very deadly, they kill by spider fright in cars, driver loses control the rest is history
No they’re not
@@MarquishaFreeman6043 the guys saying that people crash their cars in the process of freaking out, which does happen. Ofc that's on person not the spider tho
@@MarquishaFreeman6043 Can you take five seconds to actually put your brain to use and read.
As an arachnophobe (as in heart palpitations, nausea, and other really serious stuff beyond girly shrieking) I seriously questioned our decision to move to Aus when we came across the first huntsman in our house. Amazingly they helped me in an almost therapeutic way. Between them keeping the house insect-free and the cats patrolling in case they spider wants to eat me at night, we've arrived at a detente. I can admire them from a distance without fainting or throwing up - they're actually quite pretty. I draw the line when they rear up on their backlegs, front legs in threat position and start moving towards me. That's when I call in the nuclear air strikes. Only way to be sure.
Michael Hoffmann That’s a fantastic response 😂
doesnt sound like an arachnophobe . I would move away, it's his house now.
Who Dat Ninja exactly, i would rather burn the house down than have one in there
You are not an arachnophobe, judging from that comment... I would never even go to Australia on vacation, or for ANY reason, really. Because, you know, "spoidahs".
They come at night, mostly.
Love the host, she combines reaction with education seamlessly!
Agree whole heartly ...What a exellent presenter .she a scientist I think but can't remember in what field she's in .And let me say she quite Dishey aswell ❤️
Me as a science teacher: "I wonder if this would be a good video to show my students?"
4:48: "Nevermind."
Sounds like an interesting method of reproduction haha
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@@MatthieuAmherst YES! Having humor in this video can really help someone to overcome at least a little bit of fear. I would have loved it if a teacher showed this video in my science class!
Science goes to biology in a split second. 😅
I'm absolutely terrified of spiders and had hunstman spiders appear in my room multiple times. This video surprisingly helps. Thanks :)
Can I just say, as someone afraid of spiders, Ann made this video really calming to watch and made huntmans seem less scary while I listened to her. Don't get me wrong, I'm still going to freak out if I see one in my house and probably burn my entire house down, but for a split second I'd at least feel a tad calm about the situation because of her.
6:45
Human reaction from 10 feet of distance: EEEAAAAHHH!!!
Cat's reaction right in his face: "Look at it plop"
imagine the balls on that cat
The thing about cats is that they can distinguish movement that's 8 times faster than what we can distinguish. They can distinguish the individual wing flaps of a housefly. We needed a high speed camera to figure out how bumblebees fly; cats always knew. They have reflexes to match this, and can respond in real time to a viper strike. The result is total arrogance, even when facing small, lightening fast, venomous creatures.
This is also why cats usually don't pay attention to TV. To them, anything with less than 100 fps is a slide show, and anything with less than 150 fps is low quality animation. Dogs need fewer fps, though still more than us. Dogs are mainly prevented from enjoying TV by having bad color vision. Cats have better color vision than dogs, though not as good as us. Pardon the rambling.
Erik Jarandson okay so basically cats are the flash, got it
@@erikjarandson5458 Sounds like cats have another perception of time.
@@erikjarandson5458 I have a cat that likes to watch TV tho! It's the funniest thing to watch! 😅
"When the Daddy spider, loves the Mommy spider" 🤣
"jerks off into his hand and puts it inside her" sorry WHAT, these spiders into some kinky stuff
At least we know how spiders mate
@@chrissocareless3199 Gonna give their technique a try when she's in a bad mood - who knows, maybe they're onto something.
@@Xaito Female eats there partners after mating which could mean r.i.p male spider.Sometime the males do escspae
Did the daddy spider buy the mommy spider dinner 🥘 and cocktails 🍹 first? Just curious 🤨
Love this girl. she's so expressive.
Is she the lost sister of the Green brothers? Huge Hank Green vibes
You would like her weekly radio show called Off Track on ABC RN. She is a good communicator, and never takes herself too seriously.
Did you just assume gender? Grow up, it's 2021.
@ KygoDragon4 😐
I have so severe arachnophobia I wake up in the middle of the night hallucinating they're in my room. I don't think they're going to hurt me, I'm just so scared they'll touch me. And the way they move is so scary.
I hope, thar you had help for this. I too, was massively scared of spiders, but decided to NOT let that rule my life!
I live on a farm, so we have a lot of land with a lot of huntsman spiders, and they are all called Gary, they keep the flies under control
Haha ours are all called Larry 😆
I want to like spiders, I really do. I understand, especially with huntsman spiders, that they have benefits and mean no harm. But I just can't get over how they look - all those legs and the way they crawl! 😱😱😱
Listen to what she said in the video. Logically they’re way smaller than you even the big ones. They don’t want any problems with you which is why they usually run when you bother them. If they ever come in contact with you it’s usually by accident. You’re not their prey they don’t want to bite you and if you get bitten it’s because they were scared and were trying to protect themselves. Humans have a natural fear of them which is why you have to override that fear instead of give into it as the woman in the video said. I learned this when I was younger and it has help led me immensely. Remember they don’t have a concept of what we call our house and our space they go where they will find food and shelter which usually also happens to be our homes but they’re damn good at pest control. I have one in the corner of my room just chilling in a web...it’s not disturbing me and I won’t disturb it. Harmony is possible.
And their Hair...all over. Oh, and don't forget their many eyes...
@@a.florschutzcamplin9011 They need all those eyes to get an idea of what's going on around them and what's threatening them. Same goes for the legs: they need all those legs (and their silk glands) for their special 'niche' existence that depends on making and manipulating silk.
Me too, just awful, I can't look at them.
@@4topz laughs and screams in Black Window Spiders and a few others that will bite you cuz why not
Yeah sorry I can’t be friends with a spider, it will never happen. I just can’t fathom the fact they’re creepy looking things.
They were born that way, unfortunately.
They're fast...and furious
You what comes to mind? Imagine accidentally stepping on the spider. You're totally going to regret your decision lol.
@@digitoxsynth1905 stepping on Lego is more worse than spider
You know a specie that's creepy too? It's called human. It kills and smashes other species just because it doesn't like how they look. Creepy, huh?
Well, now I know why there are dozens of cockroach corpses and 2 alive huntsmans in our summer house when I visit it after a long time. Thanks, Huntsman pretty cool I guess.
Awesome guide and the lady is so cute btw.
In 1983 I got bitten by one in a school in Sydney. I picked it up and only got a headache. One other day in the early 90's I found a hollow log with over a hundred inside it, many different sizes. Because they are so good at climbing I found them hard to keep as pets.
The description of spider mating was top-notch.
If I ever see a huntsman spider in my room I would burn my whole house down and move to the other side of the world
What if the other side of the world is australia?
When one cornered me in the bathroom one night, I wanted to do just that.
Leave those spiders alone.
That was hysterical, I am laughing so much, that is so funny. Burn the house down! I hate them and I get neighbours in to remove them while I wait outside. I feel ashamed afterwards, but not enough to not get the neighbours involved.
@@Unknown-fk8wu This is where they live, as a migrant I have never got used to them, nor want to.
"And you often notice them immediately before you go to bed"
So you're basically saying this thing could end up face-hugging you in your sleep.
I've heard that they usually avoid contact with you
@@LightCrib2 Nah, they're just waiting for an opportune moment.
definitely not, any ware near you'r mouth is the last place it would want to be.
on you're forehead however....well that's a different story......
Clearly you know nothing about camel spiders, they live in Iraq and terrorise the Soilders.
They are nearly as big as huntsman spiders, but their main goal is to inject you with their numbing poison and eat the flesh from your lips as you lay numb.
Oh and they can run faster than humans and they scream a loud screech as they run.
Basically, they're the worst ever thing to exist on earth.
Oh trust me, i had one in my apartment one time and i ssw it out of the corner of my eye walking on the kitchen floor. That spider was so big that i could see the space bewteen its body and the floor easily from far away. Luckily i kill that thing before it turned on the jets lol. Scariest thing i have had in my apartment, i didn't even know it was a camel spider at the time.
"When daddy spider loves a mommy spider"
Me: I dont like where this is going.
What a lovely host! Pleasure hearing her speak and her expressions are so down to earth, which is admirable
🤣 I'm in my mid 30s and the description of mommy and daddy spider cracked me up lmao I love this lol
When you land in Australia as a tourist you are given three things upon arrival, a guide on drop bears , a flamethrower and a noose. Use them in whichever order you see fit.
"She asked me to kill the spider,
Instead, I get the most
peaceful weapons I can find.
I take a cup and a napkin,
I catch the spider, put it outside
and allow it to walk away.
If I am ever caught in the wrong place
at the wrong time, just being alive
and not bothering anyone
I hope I am greeted
with the same kind
of mercy.
-rudyfancisco
(Quotes 'nd Notes) "
I take spiders outside too.
Kill it with fire or bullets
Bye bye house.
I try my best to put the small ones outside, but if they are giant or like half the size of my hand... yep I’m runnin
@@Aurochhunter MORON...
"Huntsman spiders make Aussies scream"
*me when i find a huntsman* alright mate you are my new pet now
Pet!? I would date them
@Screw youtube bro, I'm a spider myself, they are HOT
I want a pet huntsman so bad
Same mate,
They are the cutest things ever!
I got one today and the mf managed to get out of the tank while I was feeding it, they are fast as hell. Now that he’s back in the tank he’s not as scary
Australian: *I fear no animal, but that thing*
**sees Huntsman in the corner**
**moves to New Zealand**
Best host I've ever seen. Truly awesome to watch !!
Huntsman spider: * is in my room *
Me: “I was just leaving.”
Some spiders you squish, some spiders you shoot
FairyWaves SOME YOU MAKE PETS...
You know large rocc
and some spiders ...you burn the house down...
Aaron Jaggan ONLY IF YOU'RE A WIMP .& MORON...
And some spiders you catch so a few million baby spiders don’t scatter the moment you crush them.
Haha in high school, I was putting my School shirt on getting ready, felt something move and then a sharp pinch on abdomen... So I smacked the area... Shuffled my shirt and then out fell one of these mahfukas... Hated spiders ever since...
Well i dont blame you. That spider was the one who bothered you.
This is why I always check my shirts before putting them on aaa
That’s why you nuke Australia
Don't forget to check yur shoes!!
Kendall Anderson I would literally yeet myself out of that shirt ☠️😷🔥
Thanks so much for this video. I feel so much more confident with Huntsman spiders now. Education is empowering.
LOL your description of the mating process was hilarious!
She’s a really good Host....FABULOUS
The only thing scary about them is that they're fast. That's why spiders like tarantulas don't really creep me out nearly as much because they generally are slow moving with the exception of bolting after their prey or to go hide. Huntsman spiders are either at a 0 or a 100. There really isn't an in-between with those buggars lol
My wife is a Kiwi. When she came to Australia, she got bitten by a huntsman spider. We were moving furniture. I suspect it fell to the floor and she stood on it. Total accident.
I had never known anyone to get bitten by one. She was in considerable pain.
She started to panic asking if she was going to die. Meanwhile, I'm calmly googling it because i didn't know. lol
No, they are not deadly although the Bird Spider (A huntsman) in Qld has killed the odd person over the centuries.
Her foot swelled up for several days, quite significantly, like a bad bee sting.
I love this story.
That was a bit strong, I from Australia and huntsman bites aren't too bad, I slept through the bites a few times, but it's probably coz its in our blood to be OK with the bites
Your wife.. Is a Kiwi?
Your wife is a fruit or a bird?
my 5 year old nephew was so scared of spiders (admittedly we live in the uk so they arent big, BIG or dangerous) so one day when we saw the common giant house spider walking on a wall, he ran like he always does and i showed him that sometimes they are just looking for water and so i got a tea spoon of water and a toothpick and dipped the toothpick in the water and let it run down the wall just infront of the spider.. the spider laid closer to the wall and it was clear the water was being sucked up, we called it steve. now everytime we see a steve or other spiders he wasnts to gently and carefully rehydrate them. this would be a different story if he was allergic or we lived somewhere where there is venomous spiders
That's the attitude!
Be KIND to he animals, don't smash them.😊❤
"I hope the spider is alright" is not a sentence i can get behind.
The best method for huntsman removal is a feather duster, because the spiders love to drop and they do so into the midst of the feathers if you push the duster up to them. Then you can take the spider outside with the duster and give the duster a good shake. The spider generally drops out unharmed buy possibly tickled. My idea.
0:21 me IRL after thinking I'm all gangsta
The other day in my science class we were searching for bugs in the school garden I flicked this piece of bark of a tree the piece of bark landed on a girl in my classes head and their were 3 huntsmans that got caught in her hair
3? What part of Australia are you located in
Annie Reyes I thought it was crazy to Mid East Coast nsw
Totally happened....
@@anniereyes4527 some sort of place that barely has spiders, I'm in Australia btw
The cute spider acts are making me think more of loving these creatures 😍
I myself wonder, if the Aborigines have myth or stories about huntsmans...😊 I'd LOVE to hear those.
I had a work vehicle that at one time was the home of a man that lived in it in the coastal bush area. I always had a lot of brown spiders in the cab and throughout the bodywork. One day I noticed some legs poking out from under the sun visor and slowly pulling it down I found a juvenile huntsman. I figured it would do pretty well feeding on the brownies so I let it stay. It took up residence in the heater/demister vents and would get mega pissed off when you turned the fan on. Usually I was the only person in the ute so all was good.
One evening my wife asked me to drop her off at her Mums as her car was still there so yeah no problem. I had just reversed out onto the road and just moving forward when my wife reaches over and hits the fan switch - before I could even utter any warning - yep my Huntsy mate spat straight out of the air vent and lobbed square in the middle of my wife's chest - the spider was now a couple of seasons old and about the size of my wife's hand - so it landed with a thud. In a ballet type move my wife opened the door and jumped screaming (she's originally from London UK - so she's excused) to the roadway.
The spider - triumphant made it's way back under the dash and stayed another year. My wife refused to get back in the car - I had to go get her car and pick her up in it
. Also I never had any problem with pesky brown or black bush spiders once the Huntsman moved in. Live and let live.
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Thanks Ann!
You’ve got a really funny way of narrating these vids! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🤙🏼
Greetings from the USA! I've got a couple gaming buddies in Australia, and one time, the subject of huntsman spiders came up, and one of my friends said there was one on his wall right then. Australia is beautiful, but I would not want to live there with the kind of spiders you all have.
This is outstanding!
thank you for your wonderful way of explaining and telling us all of this information.
not to sound creepy, but your adorableness makes me want to binge all of these videos now!
YES!!! You need a container you can see through. So get the right container and a flat piece of card to slide under. My OH just puts them on his hand and carries them outside. I get the vase or glass method. PLEASE DO NOT KILL THEM. They're important in the environment.
If I saw that I would run for my life and my house would be the spider's house.
Ann - you are so enjoyable to watch. Thank you! 💜
I have a serious fear of spiders but I love learning about them and this biologist is really soothing to listen to. Her mannerisms, tone of voice, and accent, of course, are lovely.
I love them, they get to stay and they get names. If they start to hang around where you don't want them, it's not that hard to redirect them and they love a good feed of the bugs I DON'T like.
Australia be like 🏃♂️🕷
Australia be like the most Awesome place ever 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Ann's reactions are the cutest! She brings life to the videos
@ 4:45 is basically the line that makes this entire video worth a watch. Trust me😂😂😂
Large spiders are not allowed inside our house. Snakes are fine. Fox snakes are visiting us during summer, they have placed behind the fridge. They usually spend a month or 2 there and leave. They don't bother us, the cats are finding them interesting, but no special reaction. No point of taking the snake out, he was alone, thrown him out of the back door, he got back with his whole family. :-P
6:54-7:15 *The most Gentleman thing* Everyone should listen this
Thanks for the excellent information about the huntsman spider. You are an awesome nature presenter.
I love these videos!! 😃 You're really awesome, teaching people to just chill and think logically. And spideys are really cool 😎
I can listen to her all day.. her voice is so soothing. I try to tell ppl all the time that huntsman aren't aggressive unless they really have to be
Dr Ann has the best character! I'd love to find a mate like her one day
She so calm and collective, almost makes me feel as if a little bite from a huntsman spider wouldn’t be so bad.
If you've put your hand into a prickle weed on a lawn, that's how it feels. That's what I felt, then nothing else, a bee sting is worse.
Wonderful video! Thank you for the information and it was truly a pleasure to watch you speak with so much love for life and nature.
I saw one take on my cat. She came inside and it was on her tail (i reckon she’d had a go and abandoned mission half way through). She tried to take it on again inside the kitchen and it literally reared up on its back legs and was sparring. She ran off quickly after a couple of tries as it was clearly winning
That's kinda funny, I for sure thought the cat would win
This chick is so funny!! Love seeing her reactions while watching the spider clips😂
I love how passionate and informed she is about huntsman spiders
I live in Florida, and we have those, too. A lot of people here call them wood spiders because they only show up in houses near a lot of trees. I was just surprised by one the other day which brought me here. This was the second time. The first time, I murdered it with wasp spray after failing to smash it with a stick. This time, I caught it in a clear, plastic container which I set outside with the lid off. Considering my recent cockroach problem, I think I’d like to keep him around even though they are technically invasive here.
I used to live in Florida and I hated those Flying Cockroaches Palmetto bugs
I have “selective arachnophobia” - I’ve held tarantulas and am fine with them. But British house spiders and those Australian Huntsmen scare the living shit out of me. I don’t understand it.
There was a spider in my room one night. It wasn’t even that big, but much larger than I’m comfortable with. So I got drunk and tackled it with a glass and a piece of paper.
I'm so paranoid now, I'm looking around everywhere!
That's the kind of reaction I have when trying to catch a roach. If it jumps at me, I recoil! I usually do catch 'em, cause I know which way they'll jump. I throw 'em outside 'cause I don't like squishing anything. I have to clean it up! Plus outside are my friends the lizards, who love to catch roaches mid-run. One actually caught one right after I threw it outside. The lizard stopped with the roach sticking out of his mouth, looked at me, nodded, then ran of into his burrow.
The speed at which these things jump, would make my heart jump out of my chest with equal speed.
"Is it deadly?"
Mate I literally got scared by a fly flying to my face
Nope. They hunt other spiders, ones that are etc...
They're just much bigger than spiders would kill you... 🤔😉😏
Cat's will eat them like crunchy cat food... Be absolutely fine... Rather this spider than Redbacks or cockroaches, etc...
3:43 what kind of reaction was that? 😂😂😂😂
Wtf indeed. 😂
A giant huntsman would probably be the second coolest pet ever. Behind a Reticulated Python. :)
The Eastern Kingsnake is very underrated. It’s said to pack the most punch per body weight of any snake in the world.
Reticulated pythons CAN actually end up killing you. A huntsman can't.
About eight years ago I had big plans to move to Australia, but this right here and the abundance of many others like it have stopped me from dreaming of moving to Australia.
I love this woman's energy!!!!
@6:28 “she’s got the right reaction. Do not panic, do not drive over the road.”
Me: Jumps out of moving car and let’s it fly off cliff with spider in it!
Its not an uncommon cause of car accidents. They like to sit behind the sun visor, and when you open it: an instant alarmed spider in your lap.
@@si_vis_amari_ama Nooo... now i'm scared lol
This is awesome. I'm terrified of spiders, but I live in New England US, so I don't have many huge spiders. I've managed to train myself not to freak out most of the time. I would pass out if one of these guys jumped at me. Love little jumping spiders. Baby steps.
We have a hunting spider (Palystes superciliosus) in South Africa that looks similar to your huntsman and may, indeed be related to it. They are big: a leg span of about 100 mm (4 inches) and as formidable as they look, they are quite easy-going. One climbed onto my open shoe a few weeks ago and was pointed out to me by a friend. I suspect that he expected to me to panic, but appeared quite shocked when I removed my shoe and carried the spider to the safety of a nearby tree, as we were standing in the road. I have taught my wife that spiders are not at all dangerous, by working in connection boxes - both electrical and water - with black widows right there, in the boxes. She is now also not afraid of spiders, snakes of even the most venomous kinds, including the black mamba or anything else she encounters in her garden. A little learning, far from being a dangerous thing, as Alexander Pope claimed, goes a long way, I have found.
Black mambas are just 😱
Me:" All aboard the Nope-train to Get-the-hell-outta-here County!"😂
I met some huntsman spiders in Fiji. They were great roommates. Even made sure I folded my bedsheet every single morning after the one time I pulled the bedsheet back to find the Big One.
Couple days later, I met the Bigger One.
We got along fine. They’re too fast to fight, and polite as heck.
I love how the Huntsman keeps finding its way back to that woman's car lol
Just found one on the outside of my front door. I’m living in Japan and they are really common in the area I’m in. Thanks for this video! It really helped me better understanding these amazing spiders.
How can Australian people can living with so many spiders? I can't stay in Australia if the spider habitat is everywhere. So terrifying. 😂
i always welcome spiders... i say: come and eat my flies and mosquitos!
I love the way you narrated this and I want to see and hold one Huntsman Spider bare hands before I die.
I'll scream but I can't die without doing it at least once.
The intro to this video made me put my Qantas ticket in the trash. Maybe I'll just go to the mall. What I love about this video is as a non-Australian, I just assumed all Australians were born with some innate indifference to giant spiders. Like "oh well, it's a giant spider." But these folks are just as freaked out as I would be.
Gives Snow White and The Huntsman a whole new meaning!😂🎉
As a person that keeps spiders, yes huntsman spiders are scary
My butt literally clenched when she talked about how they *ahem* reproduce 😭
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I just saved a little huntsman spider becuase it was stuck in a sink lol...
How small? 1 meter small or a kilometer small? Honestly how small was it
Oh my god I love this person haha. I’m from Brisbane with horrible arachnophobia and she’s making wonderful light of the situation
I love spiders so much, they know I love them so huntsman are way more calm with me and like me more then others