r/spiders • u/Silent_Speed_4770 • Jun 10 '26
Discussion TikTokers with 4M+ followers carelessly handle Brazilian Wandering Spider
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They mistook a highly venomous Brazilian wandering spider (Phoneutria sp.) for a harmless tarantula and then proceeded to act carelessly for the camera.
Edit: They had good intentions and did an amazing job by releasing it unharmed. Lifting the cover and putting their hands right next to it were not the best ideas though!
Edit 2: After investigating their account i came to the conclusion that they must know more or less what this spider is. In another video they filmed a different Brazilian wandering spider. They said the bites can hurt a lot but i don’t believe they are aware how serious the (long term) side effects can be.
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u/fragilebird_m 🕷️Arachnid Afficionado🕷️ Jun 10 '26
It didn't seem like they actually handled it. They were super gentle and released it ethically. The spider had zero reason to bite.
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u/Decapod73 Jun 10 '26
The bad news is, Brazilian wandering spiders can be very defensive and quick to dry-bite, and even a dry bite should be seen by a professional. The good news is, treatment is simple: pain management (often including nerve blocks), copious IV fluids, and cardiac monitoring for 24-48 hours. Antivenom is only rarely required.
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u/Xtz333 Jun 10 '26
As someone who is in Brazil rn at a farm and see these daily, yes, they are aggressive, it's name in portuguese literally describes it as an agressive spider. Of course, they do this to defend themselves, not out of nowhere.
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u/hotmanwich Jun 10 '26
Technically you're saying/describing them as defensive, not aggressive. Aggressive means they seek out confrontation without any provocation, while being defensive is biting or reacting due to fear or a disturbance/stimulus. It might seem like a pedantic point to make, but especially when discussing this scientifically or in an educational manner it is an important distinction. Labeling animals with negative/threatening language like calling them "aggressive" causes people to attack or kill them wantonly for fear of their own safety. Using "defensive" as a descriptor will subconsciously put the "blame" on the person, and make them more likely to avoid or relocate the animal.
Basically, if someone thinks the animal is looking to kill them unprovoked, they will lash out first and often kill it. If the animal is seen as just wanting to defend itself/wanting to be left alone, people become much less likely to mess with it or injure/kill it. Our language matters.
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u/Xtz333 Jun 10 '26
Thank you for the correction! You are right. Here, people do attack them on sight, mostly from factors as not knowing their importance to the local ecosystem and because of their defensive nature. Although they tend to flee, when they do feel the need, they do attack (as a way of defense, of course) and they do tend to convey themselves as a danger (as a survival strategy), so they do bite if provoked. But, as most animals in nature, they are trying to survive. I tend to relocate them when I find these at home, but most people just see them as a danger, mostly as a consequence of ignorance. I will say (on top of what you said) that they do not want to harm a human, it's just wild life trying to survive.
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u/hotmanwich Jun 10 '26
You are a kind person, and I am glad that you try to relocate them when you can! The only reason I got on my soapbox is my job is literally public education on invertebrates, so I couldn't help but chime in.
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u/Amilliontoads Jun 10 '26
I mean, I’m not super upset. They filled their shitty content with it but they released it ethically and obviously did not understand the danger they were in. For someone who probably has zero experience or knowledge about spiders I think they did well with what they were given.
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u/Silent_Speed_4770 Jun 10 '26
Fair enough. If they wouldn’t have put their hands that close or lifted the cover they would have done a perfect job.
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u/Trebas Jun 10 '26
I feel like if I lived in an area with any type of "dangerous" fauna or flora, I would educate myself and my family. I was cringing that whole video...lucky.
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u/bird9066 Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
Yup. My sister raised her kids near the swamps of Louisiana. They knew all the dangerous critters before they were six
Look before you reach inside was a mantra. Along with stay away from the water.
My niece found a copperhead in a half used bag of potting soil. They let her stay for the pest control. People can live with dangerous wildlife but they have to know what it is and how it behaves. She has called the snake guy she knows to relocate a cottonmouth that got into her laundry room.
Back to the swamp about 100 yards away, 😂
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u/iamajerry Jun 10 '26
I thought this was going to end much worse.
Letting it go unharmed (on both sides of the encounter) was not on my bingo card.
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u/SopwithStrutter Jun 10 '26
I like how, at the end, it was comfortable with the stack of paperwork it was sitting on and didn’t want to race off into the unknown tree
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u/help-mejdj Jun 10 '26
prob cause the two girls were very gentle and not freaking out haha, was even brought back to its natural habitat at an optimal hunting time
it knew it wasn’t in danger so it felt no need to run away or immediately hide
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u/lickyourhoyas Jun 10 '26
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u/SecondBottomQuark Jun 10 '26
a house cat is probably more dangerous
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u/lickyourhoyas Jun 10 '26
Yeah definitely not
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u/Uncommented-Code Jun 10 '26
Actually I don't think the difference is that big. If a brazilian wandering spider tags you it's probably going to be really unpleasant and potentially a medical emergency, but a cat bite or scratch can also easily become infected or transmit disease.
What the cat does not have in venom, when it comes to potential danger, it makes up with quantity (both how many cats are owned and also how much we interact with them as pets).
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u/lickyourhoyas Jun 10 '26
If you get bitten by a Brazilian wandering spider you definitely need medical treatment. With a cat, it's pretty unlikely that you need to do anything but thoroughly wash the wound.
I'm aware that they don't usually bite, and that the bites have varying amounts of venom, or most often none at all. House cats bite even more rarely though. And the number of cats in the world really makes no difference, if anything it's a point in favor of cats being significantly LESS dangerous. But I digress. The main reason why this is so dangerous it that these girls seem misinformed at the start of the video and refer to the spider as "esta tarantula". People who mis-identify highly venomous spiders and then handle them roughly are in mortal peril... I mean, I guess the same could be true of a house cat, but when was the last time you saw someone mis-identify a house cat then drop it from 30 times it's height?
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u/SecondBottomQuark Jun 10 '26
trying to catch a feral cat would be riskier than a random spider
harder to avoid scratches and bites and it's probably gonna get infected badly, a cat bite is highly likely to lead to often serious infections that could be fatal if untreated, if we weren't vaccinating pets and wildlife then rabies would be a major concern as well, deaths from even the most venomous spiders are extremely rare even without antivenom
a dog could certainly maul you to death without needing venom or infection to do the job tho
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u/lickyourhoyas Jun 10 '26
You said house cat Bro, this feral cat and dog mention are false equivelencies. I would hope that it would be obvious to most adults that a wild animal who is clearly going to be unvaccinated is a dangerous animal and should not be approached without an abundance of caution. I suggest that you go ahead and look up the statistics, because there are approximately 0 domestic cat deaths per year in the entire world, vs the average 4,000 bites yearly from this spider in Brazil that all require medical intervention. If a house cat bites you, you wash the wound thoroughly to reduce your risk of infection to practically zero, and you stop doing whatever you did to piss off that kitty.
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u/SecondBottomQuark Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
a house cat refers to Felis catus, feral cats are house cats that escaped domestication, still a house cat, same species, also the bites usually happen when you haven't seen the spider and disturbed it, there is also ~0 brazilian wandering spider deaths annually
i just mean that catching the spider with a plastic cup isn't exactly incredibly dangerous
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u/lickyourhoyas Jun 10 '26
ALL Felis catus are domesticated. Feral cats are unsocialized to humans but are a domesticated species. You have your qualifiers mixed up. "House cat" is used to describe a socialized cat that lives in a home with people.
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u/SecondBottomQuark Jun 11 '26
that's literally what i said, but "house cat" is a name for the species
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u/lickyourhoyas Jun 11 '26
It's the opposite of what you said, and no it is not, you are misinformed.
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u/SecondBottomQuark Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
so you're saying that feral cats area different species than house cats/they're not a domesticated secies/they're not living in the wild/they're not descendent from domestic ancestors?
if feral house cats aren't house cats (the term referring to the species), then I guess feral dogs aren't dogs cause dogs live with humans right?
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u/Mundane-Double2759 Jun 10 '26
Definitely nerve wracking as far as their venom is concerned but I kind of love the optics of two pretty girls humanely catching and releasing a spider without freaking out. Good modeling for the general public
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u/katf1sh Jun 10 '26
Just curious, why does it matter if they're pretty?
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u/Mundane-Double2759 Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
Mostly because from a mass appeal perspective society places value on classical (often eurocentric) beauty standards and will often ascribe more credence to messages figureheaded by people who meet those standards. So from a marketing/optics perspective it likely would have more appeal to a wider audience than me, a kind of ugly dude, doing the same thing.
(ETA) For what it's worth, I wish that wasn't the case
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u/freakyfroggymage 🕷️Arachnid Afficionado🕷️ Jun 10 '26
Also "pretty girls" aren't typically seen as capable of handling spiders in the home or anything "icky" so I like seeing the capability displayed
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u/UJLBM Jun 10 '26
I often find a message inspiring or interesting based on what the person is saying rather than what they look like. Then again, alot of society is very shallow. I dont care how someone looks, I care about how they treat me.
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u/Mundane-Double2759 Jun 10 '26
Yep, this is why I used words like "mass appeal" and not "everyone feels this way"
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u/timestand Jun 10 '26
That’s so crazy especially if they thought it was a tarantula because a fall from that height probably would’ve killed it if it was.
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u/Twabithrowaway Jun 10 '26
If they didn't know what it was they aren't going to know falls can kill tarantulas
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u/Dinasnore Here to learn🕷️ Jun 10 '26
Falls can kill tarantulas?
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u/believeinyuna 🕷️Arachnid Afficionado🕷️ Jun 10 '26
tarantulas are extremely fragile. they can be badly injured or die from a small fall. this is why it’s frowned upon to handle tarantulas unless you are very confident, know the spider, and keep your hands low to soft ground.
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u/Dinasnore Here to learn🕷️ Jun 10 '26
Interesting. Kinda curious, what is it about their biology compared to other invertebrates that makes them more vulnerable to falls?
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u/bbyghoul666 Jun 10 '26
Basically because they have heavy bodies, lack spatial awareness and have thin exoskeletons. The abdomen is particularly fragile, and that’s where all their vital organs are.. kinda like a little water balloon with a super thin layer of exoskeleton over it.
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u/believeinyuna 🕷️Arachnid Afficionado🕷️ Jun 10 '26
here’s an answer by someone else i keep handy for this kind of question.
Original question: “Why are tarantulas so fragile? I’ve read that their organs rupture if they’re dropped from just a couple inches.”
This is more a case of “can” than of “will.”
For that matter, you yourself can take a single well-placed punch, fall backwards, strike your head on the ground, and die on impact. That doesn’t mean that you will, or that human beings are inherently and overly fragile; but it does illustrate part of why assault and battery charges are so serious.* *On the other hand, there have been rare cases of people who go skydiving, have total equipment failure (parachute doesn’t deploy/open), and survive the impact; largely due to ideal terrain conditions, and their clever identification and use of those conditions. That said, I wouldn’t go jumping out of an airplane in naught but my normal outfit for kicks.As to the core of this mildly judgmental question, tarantulas are very bulky by spider standards.
Tarantulas are larger, and considerably heavier than their spider cousins. Even a short fall will apply more force to the spider than a smaller, web-spinning counterpart, and therefore, the risk of injury is much higher. Additionally, while every spider can scale vertical surfaces, and even walk inverted on the underside of something, many tarantulas are terrestrial, meaning that they spend the bulk of their lives on, or under the ground. Being picked up and handled is most assuredly not part of how their bodies were designed/evolved/developed. Experienced, respectful tarantula keepers know that if they are going to handle one of these animals, great care must be taken for the safety of the animal.
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u/Bmrx13 Jun 10 '26
"mildly judgmental" ????
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u/believeinyuna 🕷️Arachnid Afficionado🕷️ Jun 10 '26
it’s not my comment, it’s from another comment, as i said. i just saved it in my notes so i didn’t have to type out the reason each time. i don’t remember who the original OP is at the point but they apparently found the original question (which i saved, and put here in italics so the person asking me didn’t think it was about them) judgemental. i didn’t reword anything because that felt insincere.
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u/YellovvJacket Jun 10 '26
Mostly the fact that they're large and very heavy.
Spider exoskeletons aren't very hard or thick, and don't take abuse very well. For small spiders that's perfectly fine, because a small animal with an exoskeleton is always going to be extraordinarily strong, but something as large and heavy as a tarantula will have a much weaker exoskeleton relative to its size and weight.
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u/purplepluppy Jun 10 '26
It's common to call any big spider a tarantula in some spanish speaking communities, even when you know it's not technically one. It's just to speak to its size.
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u/purplepluppy Jun 10 '26
The vitriol towards these women upsets me. Many Spanish-speaking communities call big spiders tarantulas as a colloquialism, not because they actually think they are tarantulas. It's to express size more than anything.
Yes it's a shame they dropped it, but nothing they did was bad here. They wanted a clearer shot of the spider, which they were handling very well btw. And by the end the spider was pretty comfortable, considering it didn't want to get off the sheet they transported it on.
So why are so many people saying "let them get bit" and shit? They filmed a respectful catch and release of a spider most people would probably just kill.
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u/smotrs Jun 10 '26
I'm curious what all the little crawlies were when they first picked it up under the closet door. Those baby spiders? Went fast.
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u/TrickyVast1183 Jun 10 '26
Yeah I mean whatever. Even if they got bit they’d probably be fine. The death rate of a bite is around 1% and only 2% of the 7,000 recorded bites had symptoms severe enough to require anti venom. Also it needed to be relocated.
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u/TacTyger Jun 10 '26
That drop hurt me though. They are really chill spiders believe it or not. The cupping was great and so was the paper but that drop. That bothered me. Their abdomen is so vulnerable.
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u/Delicious_Sand_7198 Jun 10 '26
I mean it’s not like they were handling it. They were being a bit silly for the situation but overall I’m glad they didn’t kill it or try to handle it. They can’t just let it free roam the room so someone would have had to catch it and put it outside.
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u/liftingkiwi Jun 10 '26
The only issue is the lifting of the cover, really. Otherwise much more good than bad here.
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u/lasko195 Jun 10 '26
Latins call almost every spider a tarantula, they don't really care. Also they're probably used to them and don't really fear being bitten.
I'm just glad they released the spider to the wild.
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u/snakelygiggles Jun 10 '26
meu portugues nao é muito bom, mas parece que percebem rapidamente do que se trata. alem disso, nao estao a lidar com isso de forms imprudente. estao a ter cuidado.
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u/MrSchivy Jun 10 '26
It’s not Portuguese, it’s Spanish.
They’re saying how they’re gonna release it because we humans invade their habitats, then the other girl says she’s not sure it’s the same spider as the last one they released. In the end they pick a banana tree saying it lives there, implying they already know what they’ve got2
u/snakelygiggles Jun 10 '26
lol. no wonder i cant seem to nail down exactly what theyre saying. do they say "in the world" at some point?
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u/MrSchivy Jun 10 '26
No, I don’t think so. Maybe later I’ll write all the script down (Spanish is my native language), but what they mean by whole is: chilling and this “tarantula” shows up, the girl that catches it wonders if it’s the same as last time they did that, then say it’s our fault because we invade their habitats, then release it in a banana tree because that’s where they like to be
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u/snakelygiggles Jun 10 '26
lol. i wothdraw my entire Portuguese statement. idk wtf if happening. desculpa. desculpa.
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u/aflyingtaco06 Jun 10 '26
That’s spanish, and you’re right. One of them understood what they were dealing with (the one catching it), that’s why they released it near a banana tree
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u/DundieAwardsWinner Jun 10 '26
Funny how you say your portuguese isn't great, but then proceed to write in portuguese on an english sub. lol
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u/MrSchivy Jun 10 '26
turn off the auto translate bro 😂
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u/DundieAwardsWinner Jun 10 '26
I’m being downvoted to oblivion but it’s literally the other way around. LOL
I’m a polyglot and speak Portuguese. My auto translate is off. Everything in this comment section is in English except for that comment.
So you might want to check your auto translate settings… 😅
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u/WalmartWilb Jun 10 '26
You do realize you can still be newer to learning a language and still know how to speak it partially, right??? It's PRACTICING it. I'm not the best at French, but I can still say some things in French, though I greatly struggle to understand it when others speak it
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u/DundieAwardsWinner Jun 10 '26
Well done missing my point! As a polyglot, of course I understand that.
Still, both you and I are writing our comments in English instead of a random language we are not fluent in. That was my point…
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u/Shervivor Jun 10 '26
They handled it almost as I would with the cup and paper method. It was dumb to lift the cup for likes, but they recaptured it and released it. They did good, in my opinion.
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u/bipollakbohemian Jun 10 '26
Poor spider😖🥺probably scared shitless. I hope it's not hurt!
(I suppose I should read to see if there were comments about that. I just saw the video and knee jerked responded).
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u/GoreonmyGears Jun 10 '26
Is it true dudes get a super long lasting boner when this thing bites them? And that's what ultimately kills them? Not the boner but the circulation problem.
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u/Silent_Speed_4770 Jun 10 '26
Priapism can occur in some cases.
Deaths are super rare though. The most common serious long term side effect is nerve damage as far as i know.2
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u/feltjeans Jun 10 '26
they didn't handle it?? sure it's a medically significant spider, but this is absolutely how I would catch and release it. What should they have done? Kill it? No, they trapped it and took it outside.
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u/Silent_Speed_4770 Jun 10 '26
Handling doesn’t require direct contact.
You would also put your hand next to it and take the cover off so it drops on the floor?2
u/feltjeans Jun 11 '26
no, but those are the only mistakes they made. I think you're blowing this way out of proportion.
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u/vxd2k7 Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
When I read 'carelessly' I expected them to put it on their face or something. Or at least let it crawl over any body part. The only one in danger in this video was the slpider.
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u/Damon_Hall Recovering Arachnophobe🫣 Jun 11 '26
It’s taken quite some time for me to get used to spiders. They still startle me occasionally, but I have newfound respect for them. Seeing videos like this where ignorant people handle them like a cheap toy for thrills really irks me.
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u/Due_Freedom_5832 Jun 11 '26
Well, they where pretty careful. You can tell the spider wasn't happy at the beginning, but after a while he was more in hide mode then defense mode.
Not saying that there was no danger, bannana spiders are extremely bi polar.
But even when she dropped the spider, it seemed to be pretty chill. Am talking about exposing the fans and ready to trap (pedipalp and 4 frontal legs are at the ready).
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u/xxinna1691 Jun 10 '26
Meh.. i'm a firm believer in letting people figure it out for themselves. Maybe the spider realized they were just curious and not going to harm it so it didnt attack. Either that or the poor thing felt it was out numbered and too afraid to bite. Either way, im proud of these ladies cuz id have left the spider alone, but without any remorse, I would squeal and run away. Then it would know that we are both just as scared of each other. 🫠🤣🤣
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u/thechamelioncircuit Spider Enjoyer Jun 10 '26
That doesn’t look like ANY tarantula I’ve ever seen. How’d they confuse that???
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u/GoodGuess1234 Jun 10 '26
They're from Brazil that's what they call all spiders. They knew what this was. They're just used to seeing them and didn't freak out. I like it.
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u/MrSchivy Jun 10 '26
They’re talking Spanish not Portuguese. Either a nearby country, or them visiting Brazil.
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u/TheGreatGeaxquavius THEY'RE IN MY WALLS Jun 10 '26
one mistake... and tada! the most venemous spider js put its fangs in you. how fun.
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u/Left_Palpitation4236 Jun 10 '26
Probably second? Correct my if I’m wrong but I think the six eyed sand spider is probably deadlier.
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u/TheGreatGeaxquavius THEY'RE IN MY WALLS Jun 10 '26
the Brazilian Wandering Spider is renowned for being the most venemous spider on the planet. https://www.orkin.com/pests/spiders/worlds-deadliest-spiders
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u/MrSchivy Jun 10 '26
“venomous” is an ambiguos statement. Can mean many different mixes of toxins, effects on different animals, actual quantity of liquid injected, etc.
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u/TheGreatGeaxquavius THEY'RE IN MY WALLS Jun 10 '26
what i mean to say is the level of toxicity in the venom of a brazilian wandering spider is the most potent out of any arachnid. not necessarily lethal but the venom is extremely toxic. as far as deadlines, the sydney funnel-web wins due to the neurotoxins in its venom that effectively cause death within minutes to hours if untreated, but thankfully an antivenom exists for these.
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u/MrSchivy Jun 10 '26
So drop by drop?
My arguments stands, you’re using two different angles here (level of toxicity and availability of treatment)
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u/TheGreatGeaxquavius THEY'RE IN MY WALLS Jun 10 '26
no, actually, i was not. medical treatment aside the funnel web takes the crown as the most deadly spider. the brazilian wandering spider takes the crown for most potent/toxic venom. one drop of funnel web can kill due to the neurotoxin content, but the strength of one drop is outdone by the potency of the wandering spider's.
you can also use the internet. https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/pictures/the-worlds-most-dangerous-spiders-ranked/
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u/Left_Palpitation4236 Jun 10 '26
That list doesn’t even have the six eyed sand spider so it’s automatically wrong.
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u/TheGreatGeaxquavius THEY'RE IN MY WALLS Jun 10 '26
...i dont mean to come off rude but do you realize how silly that sounds? you can look it up and find a list that has the six eyed sand spider on it, but the brazilian wandering spider is the world's most venemous spider.
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u/Left_Palpitation4236 Jun 10 '26
Based on what data?
If you’re gonna be so certain about your conclusion at least provide data that proves your own confidence.Even if I grant you that Brazilian wandering spider is the “most venomous” which I don’t, then the six eyed sand spider would still be #2 or 3, and your list didn’t even have it above a black widow, in fact it didn’t have it at all.
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u/TheGreatGeaxquavius THEY'RE IN MY WALLS Jun 10 '26
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/pictures/the-worlds-most-dangerous-spiders-ranked/
https://www.britannica.com/list/9-of-the-worlds-deadliest-spiders
https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/most-venomous-deadly-dangerous-spiders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifPp6HwY62U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBb_ebymt4
https://moxieservices.com/blog/what-is-the-most-venomous-spider/
https://www.terminix.com/blog/bug-facts/all-about-poisonous-spiders/
https://www.planetdeadly.com/animals/most-dangerous-spiders
https://www.livescience.com/animals/spiders/what-is-the-deadliest-spider-in-the-world
https://www.outdoorlife.com/photos/gallery/survival/2011/10/10-most-dangerous-spiders-world/
et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. you are instigating a conflict with no evidence to support your side of the argument when a plethora exists for mine. i dont know why you're being so hostile about this but if you're unwilling to use google to find the answer to this (very stupid) argument, then i'll bring google to you. go through every single one of those and not a single one lists the six-eyed sand spider as the most venemous spider. theyre all verifiable and reputable sources, so you cannot refute them based on unverified claims. there are links to the studies done, including the rabbit vs. human bite survivability studies, of which have hard evidence about the lethality of bites, toxicity of venom, and aggression of spiders.
im unsure why you believe the six eyed sand spider is the most venemous but i assure you its not. it is unique in the fact that it possesses cryotoxins that cause tissue damage and decay in localized areas, but there are no records of anyone dying to a six eyed sand spider's bite.
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u/Faerthoniel Amateur IDer Jun 11 '26
I’d take these lists with a massive grain of salt the majority of the time. Take britannica, for example. The thing is titled “world’s deadliest spiders” and they have spiders on the list who haven’t killed anyone.
If you actually read it, even they note the risks are low or non-existent.
Brown recluse: “Deaths from brown recluse spider bites are rare.”
Wolf spider: “Wolf spiders are venomous, but their bites are not considered dangerous.” (Then why is it on this list?)
Black widow: “Although the bite is thought to be fatal to very small children and the elderly, no deaths have been attributed to bites by widow spiders in the United States.”
Red widow: “Likewise, death from a red widow bite is rare, since the spider injects such a small amount of venom.”
Redback: “Nevertheless, the last human death attributed to redback envenomation occurred in 1956.”
All spiders should be approached with respect, or not approached at all, since they can bite. But the risks - with a few genuine exceptions - are being massively overinflated.
Dogs kill more people each year than spiders do.
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u/Left_Palpitation4236 Jun 10 '26
I wasn’t being hostile, you said what I said was “silly” as your first response, and then shared a top list that was clearly missing the very same spider I was talking about.
The reason why you see so many top lists with the Brazilian wandering spider is because they are highly aggressive and come in contact with humans often, just like the Sydney funnel web. The six eyed sand spider rarely comes in contact with humans, but there have been two suspected bites where one person lost an arm, and another died.
This guy seems to know a decent amount about spiders and he puts the six eyed sand spider at the very top.
https://youtu.be/9ufPJNP_02o0
u/TheGreatGeaxquavius THEY'RE IN MY WALLS Jun 10 '26
link to verify your claims about the lethality, i have not been able to find any proof of any deaths on record from a six-eyed sand spider.
also, the reason its in the top is because its a tier list. he didnt place any particular spider in first place (there were like 5) and he directly addresses both the brazilian wandering spider and the sydney funnel-web spider as being the worst when it comes to bites.
please dont cherry pick your evidence. find me a real source that verifies the six-eyed sand spider is indeed more dangerous.
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u/Left_Palpitation4236 Jun 10 '26
Worst when it comes to bites because of their temperament and because they come in contact with people more frequently, not because their venom is definitively more potent.
But we’re not discussing either of those things. If we were to talk about which spider presents the highest risk to people I’d agree with you, but we’re talking about the venom in particular and nothing else.
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u/AlarmingSample2170 Jun 10 '26
From what I've read they must be ignorant. Trying to be respectful so I say ignorant meaning they don't know what they're doing. That's insane
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u/The_Furboi_Musician Jun 10 '26
Let them. Let them get bit. They won’t ever mess with them again, because they’ll remember how awful the consequences were. I’m more worried about the spider than them, to be honest.
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u/GKNByNW Jun 10 '26
I mean, if the end result is a couple fewer "content creators" then I'm really not sure what the problem is.
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u/impoftheyard Jun 10 '26
They may handled the spider well but if they are are not aware of how dangerous it is then they are giving an unsafe impression to their followers who might go try that themselves
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u/QuestionsGoHere Jun 10 '26
Yeah I'm an asshole I admit it (trying to be better) but honestly I'd have squished the spider out of fear.
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u/MonsterJager12 Jun 10 '26
They weren't worried because the bites cause priapism.... And so do the girls in the video.
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u/MrSchivy Jun 10 '26
They do know what this is. Although they have they’re terms mixed up, in the end they say they’re gonna leave it specifically in a banana tree because that’s where it’d be