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Red Back Spider

"Using close-up footage, Sir David Attenborough explores the world of the red back spider." From BBC show Life in the Undergrowth.

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tufts : LVL 30: VP 3.9: said:

tufts

51 votes NegativePositive

76 days 14 hours ago...

I wish Attenborough was my Grandad.

TumbleCow : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

TumbleCow

53 votes NegativePositive

76 days 11 hours ago...

Thank god im 6ft and not 1" or else id be screwed by all these fucking insects, and there tricks.

e_saa : LVL 28: VP 3.7: said:

e_saa

38 votes NegativePositive

76 days 9 hours ago...

Truely amazing. From now on, they should just play the BBC science programs in Biology classes; it seems I learn more in 2 minutes watching those than in a year of highschool biology class.

Cadmius : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

Cadmius

31 votes NegativePositive

76 days 8 hours ago...

That second spider is the most bad ass spider in existence.

SOLSTAR : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

SOLSTAR

20 votes NegativePositive

76 days 8 hours ago...

Wow... spiders sure are fascinating. I mean, here`s an organism with one innate tool - their silk. And yet each species shows incredible functionality and so many different methods for using that tool, blows my mind.

DoctorRandomercam : LVL 41: VP 4.9: said:

DoctorRandomercam

31 votes NegativePositive

76 days 6 hours ago...

The Bolas Spider is a badass but the Redback is fucking God. Look at it, sat nonchalantly above its death maze going "Hello ant... I want to play a game."

scavenger : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

scavenger

Hidden (Show Comment) -29 votes

76 days 2 hours ago...

I like the show and all but when is this guy going to die,he`s like 100.

moss197 : LVL 20: VP 2.9: said:

moss197

20 votes NegativePositive

76 days 2 hours ago...

Fuck these things, I live in Australia and I can tell you that they suck ass. I think everyone that I know, knows at least one person who has been bitten by a redback before.

Gimli000 : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

Gimli000

23 votes NegativePositive

76 days 1 hour ago...

Contrary to popular belief, there are no poisonous snakes in Australia... all the spiders have eaten them!

The.Kid.Crochet : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

The.Kid.Crochet

10 votes NegativePositive

76 days 1 hour ago...

These BBC videos need to be about 3 hours longer, I get really into the video and then its over lol.

shumbum : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

shumbum

16 votes NegativePositive

76 days 1 hour ago...

lol @ the spider`s sling-shot sounds.

amnesiac : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

amnesiac

5 votes NegativePositive

76 days 1 hour ago...

The bolas spider is like the next step is spider evolution! Like the apes in "2001: Space Odyssey" using bones as weapons.

So cool.

Bishop_Vick : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

Bishop_Vick

9 votes NegativePositive

76 days ago...

anyone else a bit freaked out by the close up of that spiders arse at 4:10.. *shivers...

Cahu : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

Cahu

8 votes NegativePositive

76 days ago...

Everytime I watch a video like this one I get the urge to check under the desk, just in case...

northern_tide : LVL 29: VP 3.8: said:

northern_tide

-7 votes NegativePositive

75 days 23 hours ago...

Has the BBC ever done a show on Uranus?

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