Esmerelda fly capture - Spiders in Space - STS-134

Esmerelda, a "spidernaut" aboard the International Space Station, consumes fruit flies she has captured in her web. Try to count how many flies she catches and wraps. Watch closely; even in microgravity she strikes quickly!

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[Turk3YbAstEr]

i'd like to see a spider that doesn't use a web catch prey in microgravity, something like a wolf spider or jumping spider.

[RasAhmose]

lol! it's like She got her grub and then did a "happy dance" "woohoo, i got grubb, i got grubb!"

[rumvodkaf1]

Fuck that spider shit, bring some monkeys and camels up there and have them fight each other.

[dabbs mcdabbs]

What a pile of piss wasted project.... you needed to use a spider that dosnt rely on a web.

[Chris Gould]

that spider has been places!

[Joey Ak]

There is an egyptian guy who won the youtube contest, his experiment was sending a jumping spider to space :)

[Ni Andrei]

since he moves using his web, the lack of gravity shouldn't hinder his movement too much, right?

[stefanhasausername]

6,666th viewer! D:

[Nufuhsus]

That web looks funky...must be a result of the lack of gravity??

[STARZFAN31]

A jumping spider would be interesting. He jumps and just keeps on floating.. lol. That would soooo confuse the spider. Lol.

[GSxxxRGirl]

Wolf spiders are pretty scary and big! There was one in my grandpa's house once, and it was the size of a golf ball. I find house spiders to be alot more freightening then tarantulas. I'll actually hold those! I love this experiment, really interesting![[=