Tree Frog Spider Hunting (Cupiennius salei)

[BigPapaPump9]

man thoise things are quick

[j0nthinnnnnnnnnn]

The freakiest part of the video was the sound it makes when it pounces on the grasshopper. Made my hair stand right up straight. Erector pili!

[STFUbelgium]

Hey, me again. Is this species more venomous then the super venomous brazilian wandering spider?

[DJAlMighty247]

@STFUbelgium Noup, this spider is harmless and there fore a good choice.

[STFUbelgium]

@DJAlMighty247

Nice! I think im going to get one from shaben spinnen

[MangoBastard]

you really should 've done the attack in slow mo. it was still cool tho

[GassyBastard]

Why do you keep a ferocious spider?

[DJAlMighty247]

@GassyBastard I think that all spiders are ferocious when they hunt and attack. Most of the time they are calm, even the poisonous wandering spider; Phoneutria.

[vaatithewindmage]

That jump was nearly as quick as one frame.

[dirkofyork]

i had my volume up loud and damn that freaked me out-lol

[brucinda01]

Yikes!!! I detest spiders!!! But i love tarantulas and have one at home.

[Fenhawk11]

@brucinda01 lol, isnt that kind of contradicting yourself because tarantulas are primitive spiders?

[brucinda01]

@Fenhawk11 Yeah, i think you're right, but i just find the smaller ones ans skinnier ones really creepy, but the big furry ones are slower and kinda cute. :)

[Fenhawk11]

@brucinda01 hehe yeah, they can be creepy!

[MegaLongshaft]

I used to have a female Cupiennius salei and I have to say that these are one of the most entertaining and beautiful spiders that you can get, even though I am more of a Tarantula guy. Very cool species!

[cowsarntgreeen]

if that is really a brazillian wandering spider, then it is the most dangerous spider to humans, and is even worse for men because it's venom has a chemical in it that will give a man a dreadfully painfull hard-on. It can destroy a man's sex drive too.

[Glitch102]

@cowsarntgreeen

Cupiennius salei, this species, is the harmless wandering spider. The Phoneutria Keyserlingi is the one you need to be worried about :)

[MatlockJack]

@Glitch102

The venom is harmless by comparison, yes; the bite is potentially painful plus the spider's reflexes (as exemplified in the piece of film above) are sharp as your neighbourhood scalpel. So if the fangs find your fingers...

If one of these things bit me, I'd still want a doctor (or a practice nurse) to check/cleanse the wound. That's just prudence deployed against the parlour game of possibility, particularly as this spider envenomates against relative intensity of it's victims.

[Glitch102]

@MatlockJack

Yup, I agree, but at least you know you aren't going to die within the hour, its funny that you should mention fangs and fingers, my orange baboon tarantula sprinted out from its burrow under a log a few hours ago and tried to bite my hand, if I didnt pull it back in time, that woulda been extremely painful!

[seanimous]

I would be all kinds of not sleeping at that house. That's amazingly terrifying.

[Trahira517]

Christ almight that's like my worst nightmare...

Are the Phos that fast? I don't remember hearing anything about this species...no idea on the toxicity but I'd imagine it's fairly nasty. Very nice though, just stay careful lol.

[CheeseGeneration]

I just blinked with my eyes and I missed it! That was a very fast attack indeed.

[catblanket14uk]

when i've been drinking copious amounts of bastard-strength vodka, i sometimes like to let my brazilian wanderer run about all over me.

[Albolabris187]

thats no salei!!!

it is Cupiennius getazi

[DJAlMighty247]

It is C. salei but it's a male. That's why the colour is light brown and without deasent stripes.

[keeyk118b]

@DJAlMighty247 do you keep jumping spiders ?

[DJAlMighty247]

@keeyk118b Yes, Phidippus and Hyllus, but at the moment they are way too small for a video. Maybe later...

[keeyk118b]

@DJAlMighty247 if you ever travel to singapore, go to sungei buloh wetland reserve. there are hyllus diadri . be discreet you are not supposed to catch anything .

[Locke217]

Awesomely shot, you can only see the spider's legs until it attacks.

[Senbonzakura1000]

Cool I have a fully grown up female Phoneutria nigriventer. She's as fast as this Cupiennus but I think it's even bigger than Cupiennus... Anyway great vid dude nice spider!

[dagwort]

Cupiennius is a sub-family under the family Ctenidae, the wandering spiders of South America. Members of the sub-family Phoneutria may be the most deadly spiders on Earth and are very aggressive (they can actually attack people). Don't know how poisonous the Cupiennius are.