'Tarantula hawk' wasp and paralyzed spider (unabridged version)

[moggyEm]

fascinating stuff!

[beastinmark]

Dude awesome  vid...loved it

[tbdonnelly67]

@PlanetOfTheAtheist Just like in the Alien movies. They based the creature on the ichneumonid wasps, similar to these. interesting!

[Jallenbah]

You wouldn't catch me that close to one of those!

[idontcare80]

I think my GF thinks I'm crazy because I do this kind of thing in our backyard. I just can't help it, we have pretty cool little creatures back there: Solifugae, velvet ants (wasps), lizards, all sorts of spiders, the occasional centipede, etc. Just tonight there were a bunch of bats flying around! It's awesome! The other day, my GF, my son and I all went hiking around in the mesa and saw a few millipedes and a giant tarantula hawk. I just can't help but get excited.

[dylanlawless1]

Tf00t,

Niko Tinbergen "Curious Naturalist"

you'd like that book

[Frosttty]

How many of these burrows do you think you stepped on when following this wasp?

[threewing]

Angry Wasp: maybe you should change the prefix before 'f00t'! It took me an eternity to retrace my route because of your warmblooded primate stench!

(btw, have you ever noticed that -like electrons- insects too start dicking around when they're being observed..? Almost as if they know :O )

[MrShannonite]

Let me get this straight, Thunderfoot is walking about barefoot in an area where painful wasps prance along the ground? It's madness I tell you.

[Arikiel]

So if the wasp didn't come back would the spider recover?

[sotijas]

you are walking around barefoot? lol

[TheyCallMeGawd]

@sotijas No he's walking around thunderf.....

[ijmbvck]

loved the video, think i find this more interesting than your chemical reaction videos.

[braeduin]

I'm disappointed that you didn't do a David Attenborough impression.

[lostismyconstent]

This is fascinating!

(and quite terrifying in HD)

[AngilasGuy]

A grown man chasing down an insect for over 10 minutes.

Science really does let you keep your childhood fascination with everything your entire life.

[Spathiphyllum]

that was an epic journey (from the wasp's perspective)

[AntiProtonBoy]

The digging was cute.

[tyrongkojy]

SPIDER! WASP! KILL THEM BOTH! KILL THEM WITH FIRE!

[Creatorofsplab]

And five minutes later the place was set ablaze by a mysterious petrol fire.

[Intervene]

Wow nice!!

[sonicase]

i wonder if you ran that backwards it would look like he's carrying the spider while walking forwards

[PaganGlade]

The strength of that thing in relation to it's size :O The tenacity of some of the insect family never ceases to amaze me, just phenomenal. Thank you for sharing this ~PG~

[SnowWalkerPrime]

I see Sasquatch tracks! We have found out who Bigfoot was. It's THUNDERF00T! :0 Love your science channel TF.

[bamboo4tameshigiri]

I've seen the full size version in real life in Tx. That can't be a real tarantula hawk, just a close relative. The ones I've seen were nearly the size of humming birds.

[TheRenekruse]

Awesome video :)

[icyclough]

You have massive big toes XD

[FamilyGuyRS]

And at the end, out of nowhere - mountain lion jumps out and eats the tarantula hawk.

[sotijas]

@FamilyGuyRS and then thunderfoot jumps out and eats the mountain lion

[Wrath0fKhan]

Holy drama!