Let's all remember that the information provided on this documentary was from 1998, so the information may be a bit off from today. Names, statistics, behavior etc are all subject to change, so the information is as well.
Thank you for this!I bought my very first pet tarantula (one of the pinktoes featured in this documentary) and I have to say, I wasnt a big spider person before, but I have immense respect and admiration for these creatures now after observing her. I grew curious about her counterparts in the world though so that's when I went looking and found this documentary. Awesome creatures we so easily dismiss or take for granted.
my pleasure!… i’m glad you’re enjoying these beautiful creatures and this documentary… it’s all about awareness and knowing the facts on these venomous invertebrates.
If u look closely at the painting of the t eating the bird, the t actually has pink toes, so what the painter saw in Suriname was actually a pink toe, not a Goliath. And thank you for posting this, this documentary was one of my favorite things to watch as a kid.
Having a pink toe as a pet I recognized that right away, everything about it matches a pink toes even the size and from what I know of them in the wild they can do eat small birds. Irony is that pink toes are one of the most docile and nicest species of tarantulas.
Daya Autum I'm getting into the hobby of keeping ts and as of now I have a 3 inch Theraphosa stirmi and a 4 inch Brachypelma hamorii and I'm kind of embarrassed to say I don't have a pink toe. 😩
Those are very nice terrestrial breeds to have and the burgundy can grow freaking huge and be quite the show stopper and the Hamorii is also quite gentle. Avicularia Avicularia or common pink toes are pretty common, and cheap. They along with the Chiliian Rosea are the two most common sold in pet stored displacing the Brachypelma Smithi. There are two major issues with the Pink Toes I will let you in on, one is the ventilation + humidity requirements and a tall narrow enclosure instead of a wide and low one due to it being aboreal. The other one is that it takes time and patience when handling them. They won't bite, but they will run and jump. The mistake most people make with them is they scare the bejeezus out them, that and you need to kind of let them do their thing and not coral them too much or they will feel bullied. It's kind of like befriending a really shy and skittish cat. The advantage is that being aboreal they don't go splat so easily and once they get to know you are the most gentle things imaginable.
Daya Autum Yea I also heard that they can spray their poop at you if they feel threatened. But from what I hear avicularia avicularia and avicularia metallica would make a great first arboreal t :)
Yes the dreaded poop cannon XD. I only saw it in action once, and let me tell you they are spot on for accuracy and it's not a spray but a fine stream that can go 3 feet or more in a most impressive display. If treated well you shouldn't have it shoot at you, mine hit a loud beetle that had come into the room while my T was out. I still do not know how it managed to detect the beetle with such accuracy or if it was pure luck as they can not see well and are deaf, I can only tell you that despite all that they seem to be quite the sharp shooters with their poop. Avicularia Metalica I have heard are also nice, but not all T's in the pink toe family are so beware. Avicularia Avicularia are the nicest of the bunch from what I have read and mine is easy to deal with, just be very gentle and not too pushy. Mine gets a bit irritated (watch the abdomen for this species, that's the earliest sign) when you go hand over hand and wants to be able to go where it may, so safety permitting, give it what freedom of choice as to where it can go as you can, and provided it isn't terrified it shouldn't freak out or jump much. Or at least that has been my experience with mine.
A Tarantula bite is no worse for you than a bee sting? Yeah mate. You telling me that it can kill a fully grown Elephant but it's not dangerous to humans? In what universe?
45:1: A Brachypelma Emilia female in all her splendor... But there are even prettier ones, like the Cryocosmus species from South America. Thet glow in wonderful striped patterns..
The venom from some new worlds may be equivalent to a bee sting but that's definitely not true of all. The venom from old world is much worse. If you got bit by something like a poecilotheria metallica you could still be getting pain etc weeks and sometimes even months later
I have seen the spider which they said to have found recently in Argentina here in Brazil, in the moutain forest near Diamantina. Also, as they said, there are many yet to be found. I have found one whose color I have not yet detected. It was orange in some parts. Thank you.
I have two tarantulas Mitzy and Bitzy Mitzy is a Brachypelma Boehmei (Mexican fire leg) Bitzy is an Acanthoscurria Geniculata (Giant Brazilian white knee) I am not totally wierd, I also have my baby , a jack Russel Terrier named Jake! :)
here us a list of common layman terms for different varieties of arthropods that i made for no reason. butterfly beetle ladybug lobster firefly centipede aphid millipede wasp bee ant fly mosquito hornet sawfly spider crab tarantula scorpion tick cockroach shrimp mite mantis termite dragonfly silverfish earwig flea louse moth caddisfly lacewing grasshopper cricket krill barnacle caterpillar silkworm crayfish dobsonfly locust damselfly weta antlion scorpionfly camel spider crane fly vinagaroon whip spider horseshoe crab sea spider I dare you to do one for chordates.
10:18 I disagree. try an OBT(Orange Baboon Tarantula) bite or a Peocilotheria, or arboreal "oramental" bite. They will give you pain 100x worse than any bee sting -- you will wish that you were stung by 10 bees instead lol.
Well yes... according to scientific classification, you could say, tarantulas belong to the Theraphosidae family of spiders... and they are arachnids, because they do belong in the class of Arachnida. So whichever way you look at it, you are correct! ‹(·¿·)›
this is what a doc should be, no over dramatisation or hollywoody effects
Ni dinosaur sound effects
Magnificent camera work. Excellent narration. One of the best documentaries.
Wow
Yup! ...AWESOME FOOTAGES! ...in fact now I want to RIP MY EYES OUT! ...
Let's all remember that the information provided on this documentary was from 1998, so the information may be a bit off from today. Names, statistics, behavior etc are all subject to change, so the information is as well.
Thank you for this!I bought my very first pet tarantula (one of the pinktoes featured in this documentary) and I have to say, I wasnt a big spider person before, but I have immense respect and admiration for these creatures now after observing her. I grew curious about her counterparts in the world though so that's when I went looking and found this documentary. Awesome creatures we so easily dismiss or take for granted.
my pleasure!… i’m glad you’re enjoying these beautiful creatures and this documentary… it’s all about awareness and knowing the facts on these venomous invertebrates.
This was one of my favorite documentaries when I was a kid. Many thanks for posting this video. Added to my favorites
you’re welcome! ‹(·¿·)›
Panek911
MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
My favorite discovery channel documentary since I was a little lad! This is a fantastic video, mate! Thanks for uploading it!
This made me love this animals even more. The first blue tarantula I saw, and the colorful variations had me in aw all the way.
this documentary was amazing, thanks for putting it up on youtube for people to see.
you’re welcome!… hoping for an updated documentary soon on our amazing tees!
Absolutely awesome documentary. Loved it 😁
4:53 "and the Brazilian Pink, has great looking legs." LMAO
Antoine Dodson's Bandana i guess the narrator has some weird fetishes
Fascinating creatures. Absolutely gorgeous colors.
Natures Own… simply beautiful!!
One of the better pieces of video I've seen, thanks for sharing!
glad you enjoyed the video! ‹(·¿·)›
tarantulas r cleaner than some ppl i know!
41:33: Poor Auratum dad... That was not nice, miss Auratum!! But she clearly points out: "No means no." ;-D
28:54 this text from knife party tarantula music
+Sorata Kanda Centipede* But yeah, I was really surprised when I heard that line haha
AAA THANK YOU
If u look closely at the painting of the t eating the bird, the t actually has pink toes, so what the painter saw in Suriname was actually a pink toe, not a Goliath. And thank you for posting this, this documentary was one of my favorite things to watch as a kid.
Having a pink toe as a pet I recognized that right away, everything about it matches a pink toes even the size and from what I know of them in the wild they can do eat small birds. Irony is that pink toes are one of the most docile and nicest species of tarantulas.
Daya Autum I'm getting into the hobby of keeping ts and as of now I have a 3 inch Theraphosa stirmi and a 4 inch Brachypelma hamorii and I'm kind of embarrassed to say I don't have a pink toe. 😩
Those are very nice terrestrial breeds to have and the burgundy can grow freaking huge and be quite the show stopper and the Hamorii is also quite gentle.
Avicularia Avicularia or common pink toes are pretty common, and cheap. They along with the Chiliian Rosea are the two most common sold in pet stored displacing the Brachypelma Smithi. There are two major issues with the Pink Toes I will let you in on, one is the ventilation + humidity requirements and a tall narrow enclosure instead of a wide and low one due to it being aboreal. The other one is that it takes time and patience when handling them. They won't bite, but they will run and jump. The mistake most people make with them is they scare the bejeezus out them, that and you need to kind of let them do their thing and not coral them too much or they will feel bullied. It's kind of like befriending a really shy and skittish cat.
The advantage is that being aboreal they don't go splat so easily and once they get to know you are the most gentle things imaginable.
Daya Autum Yea I also heard that they can spray their poop at you if they feel threatened. But from what I hear avicularia avicularia and avicularia metallica would make a great first arboreal t :)
Yes the dreaded poop cannon XD. I only saw it in action once, and let me tell you they are spot on for accuracy and it's not a spray but a fine stream that can go 3 feet or more in a most impressive display. If treated well you shouldn't have it shoot at you, mine hit a loud beetle that had come into the room while my T was out. I still do not know how it managed to detect the beetle with such accuracy or if it was pure luck as they can not see well and are deaf, I can only tell you that despite all that they seem to be quite the sharp shooters with their poop.
Avicularia Metalica I have heard are also nice, but not all T's in the pink toe family are so beware. Avicularia Avicularia are the nicest of the bunch from what I have read and mine is easy to deal with, just be very gentle and not too pushy. Mine gets a bit irritated (watch the abdomen for this species, that's the earliest sign) when you go hand over hand and wants to be able to go where it may, so safety permitting, give it what freedom of choice as to where it can go as you can, and provided it isn't terrified it shouldn't freak out or jump much. Or at least that has been my experience with mine.
Took me 30 years u til I started watching tarantula videos on Instagram, now these are some of my favourite animals ever.
This documentary is my childhood
The brazilian wandering spider is a spider that I would never want to bitten by.
Oh shut up
Thank you for the interview.
Perfect documentary. Thanks for the upload
"The mating process can last a few seconds or several minutes."
So just like with humans.
2 minutes to 2 hours right?
Thanks so much for this documentary :)
you’re welcome! ‹(·¿·)›
It's great to watch this again after more than ten years.
No Old Worlds :( Wanted to see some Pokies too. Excellent Doc though, got it right!!!
finally a movie with great footage of some great iridopelma's and all kinds of pink toes....
Best T documentary I've ever seen.
Knife Party - Centipede :D
They are absolutely gorgeous
One of the better documentaries on this species of arachnids.
thanks!
Omg jumping spider head tilt :3 so cute
Shut up
Very good enlitening and factual video refreshing for u Tube thank you
Wow can't believe it took down a snake! My Honduran won't even attempt a slightly chubby roach. 😑 36:00 onwards the best thriller i'v seen in ages 😦
First time subscriber 😊
great footage and highly educational, although most if not all the names of the tarantulas featured have been skewed lol
This documentaries, perfect
this is honestly the best tarantuls documentary i know.
very cool! I love spiders!
this guy's commentary reminds me of the same guy talking in the song Knife party made called Centipede.
I believe it is.
+TarantulaColin 100% is lol
Trawled the comments just to find this...
THIS IS A EXCELLENT DOCUMENTARY ABOUT SPIDER..👍
Even the deadly Fer-de lance stands no chance...
Y am i watching this at 3 in the night i have a very important exam tomorrow 😅
The red-knee tarantula there--said almost every dude ever almost all the time... Hahaha
Excellent documentary and narration.
lovely video
AMAZING DOCUMENTARY with truly AWESOME footages!......BIG THANKS FOR UPLOADING...;)
my pleasure!
Fascinating yes, though I get the heebie-jeebies rather quickly.
Good job..very educational documentary
Discovery Channel, at the time of production in 1998, did do a good job… thanks!
Great video
I have the Honduran curly hair brilliant pet arachnid never kicked hair or shown a threat posture
And this is why I check my bananas before buying... o.o
fine tarantula video....
" ...this Centipede is a predator." **beat drops**
A Tarantula bite is no worse for you than a bee sting?
Yeah mate. You telling me that it can kill a fully grown Elephant but it's not dangerous to humans?
In what universe?
A King Cobra's bite can kill an adult elephant
In this universe no one has ever died their venom is not strong enough to kill you
The film camera:…. I’ve seen things man… 🤣
A spider taking down a snake?
*raywilliamjohnson screaming JESUS MAN*
Spider at 45:11 Is the Aphonopelma Bicoloratum , I have one of my own , very gentle specie !
Kikllers34 where did you get it? They're one of the rarest of the genus
Ben Moak in a local shop here In Canada :)
I am a HUGE fan of tarantulas and golden orb weaver spiders
And also daddy longleg spiders
45:1: A Brachypelma Emilia female in all her splendor... But there are even prettier ones, like the Cryocosmus species from South America. Thet glow in wonderful striped patterns..
+Ujuani68 That is NOT a B. emilia Mate!! It´s an A. bicoloratum. Gorgeous as well indeed.
Could have fooled me, as it resembles a Brachypelma smithi.
The venom from some new worlds may be equivalent to a bee sting but that's definitely not true of all. The venom from old world is much worse. If you got bit by something like a poecilotheria metallica you could still be getting pain etc weeks and sometimes even months later
Back when discovery channel was the OG
Very interesting Movie i like Spiders :-)
I have seen the spider which they said to have found recently in Argentina here in Brazil, in the moutain forest near Diamantina.
Also, as they said, there are many yet to be found. I have found one whose color I have not yet detected. It was orange in some parts.
Thank you.
I was wondering if you would like to watch a youtuber he likes to take care of lots of tarantulas and also feed them
I knew the part with the centipede sounded familiar. What a trip lol
Deym awesme
30:16 Knife Party - Centipende (intro voice)
I've always like tarantulas.......and I still have no idea why!
So cool
I know!… amazing critters!
great episode
I haven't killed a spider since I was a kid. Even though I'm terrified of them. I was itching the entire time watching this.
I have two tarantulas Mitzy and Bitzy
Mitzy is a Brachypelma Boehmei (Mexican fire leg)
Bitzy is an Acanthoscurria Geniculata (Giant Brazilian white knee)
I am not totally wierd, I also have my baby , a jack Russel Terrier named Jake! :)
Gill Oselton Yorkshire!!!!!!!!
...that centipede may even BE A "NIMBLE-NAVIGATOR", but SURE AS HELL gives you the chills!...
2serveand2protect I hate centipedes more than I hate spiders and I really really really really hate spiders 😳😱😩
@@LuisaD93 Why????
@@CoreyMillionaire2029 Are you SERIOUSLY asking him "WHY" does he hate centipedes?? :D :D XD ...TAKE A WILD GUESS! :D
yahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i loved it =)
I feel sorry for the snakes.
im surprised that there weren't any scorpion vs tarantula fights in this doc. good doc though
May the best man win.
here us a list of common layman terms for different varieties of arthropods that i made for no reason.
butterfly
beetle
ladybug
lobster
firefly
centipede
aphid
millipede
wasp
bee
ant
fly
mosquito
hornet
sawfly
spider
crab
tarantula
scorpion
tick
cockroach
shrimp
mite
mantis
termite
dragonfly
silverfish
earwig
flea
louse
moth
caddisfly
lacewing
grasshopper
cricket
krill
barnacle
caterpillar
silkworm
crayfish
dobsonfly
locust
damselfly
weta
antlion
scorpionfly
camel spider
crane fly
vinagaroon
whip spider
horseshoe crab
sea spider
I dare you to do one for chordates.
Highly recommend this if you've not seen it, even if you're well versed in information on Arachnids...
none of the centipedes could be a match aganst a jumping spider
This documentary was my childhood:3
BTW, 12:01 Has it been confirmed yet what species of spider is this? I never knew…
Quick, the humans!
16:40 right in the middle might be some fairies.. Haha.
Watching this documentary so when I play Animal Crossing I understand the enemy.
is the spider named milo?
10:18 I disagree. try an OBT(Orange Baboon Tarantula) bite or a Peocilotheria, or arboreal "oramental" bite. They will give you pain 100x worse than any bee sting -- you will wish that you were stung by 10 bees instead lol.
You been bit by both these particular spiders?
I’ve heard that about OBTs as well…maybe if Old World spiders were in this doc, he would have mentioned it
The chicken is insaner than the tarantula
spiders are incredible and most arent dangerous they're very misunderstood like sharks
I want pet tarantula
gaarde peffer i have one that i bought from a friend for $25 US here in the philippines its amazing i just feed them some cockroach
Same here. Will get one soon. As for u, GO FOR IT!
28:50 knife party-centipede
Big teeth lol there fangs mate.other then that it's a good documentary ty
So can tarantulas be classified as spiders, or simply arachnids
Well yes... according to scientific classification, you could say, tarantulas belong to the Theraphosidae family of spiders... and they are arachnids, because they do belong in the class of Arachnida. So whichever way you look at it, you are correct! ‹(·¿·)›
tarantula fang
thanks for the response, I prefer to call them arachnids, in my opinion they are not spiders at all.
19:18:How do they avoid getting water into their book-lungs??
they lift their abdomen up in the air and push their heads of into the water
Most if not all spiders are water phobic. It's actually impossible for water to ever touch their body including their book lungs.
Giant Tropical Centipede Share There Territories With Tarantulas
Tarantulas are big types of spiders
5:11 This one?
the sun tiger is so cute
omg the guy that got bit by that spider actualy died??
His name is ec
Xotics lair
Let’s get a tarantula drunk.
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