What an amazingly beautiful spider. She didn't seem very aggressive either. A friend of mine had one and she were on her hind legs and hissed if you as much as approached her enclosure. I had a huge amount of respect/fear of her.
yep, have had 2 uninvited guests in my bathroom over the past 2 weeks, yesterday's hissed at me on its hind legs just as you described...unfortunately up to today, I wasnt armed with enough information on the fact that baboon spiders are not too harmful and hesitant to attack, which resulted in my killing them
As creepy as they are I have to say this spider filled me with awe. Impressive and majestic creature. Great video. Excellent photography and I even enjoyed the music. Well done!
I appreciate how gentle the humans are in all the videos. I marvel at how non defensive an almost blind creature is when roused from its hole, seems to be a patient spider.
3:19 Notice the dark patch underneath that layer of substrate down the hole is moist. It must be a cooler environment down there than the surface temps. Am guessing the temps down there should be around the 70°F or 21.111°C at least.
Thanks for that epic video, Guy! One of my favourites as well. She was beautiful, and it was nice she was tolerant enough to allow you to hold her. It is amazing how well she blended in with her habitat!
If someone was shining a huge flashlight into my house, like one of those anti-aircraft searchlights (which is what must look like to the spider), I would not come out either.
Pretty sure their eyesight isn’t anywhere near as good as ours, in fact I’ve read that most tarantulas are nearly blind and depend way more on their sense of touch.
@@stephenbrand5661 that is true. Though they still react to light. I think if you had shades and a blurry mirror, then shine a flashlight through it, that is how they feel.
what an incredibly magnificent being. i watch in awe every time i see a video of these absolutely stunning creatures. i wish i could see one in person.
Amazing video, very enjoyable, and some gorgeous muticus. A keen keeper can always learn a lot how one can improve a tarantula's environment in an enclosure based on your videos. Thank you for the dedication and the hard work, you are all awesome at Bugsnstuff!!
What an incredible spider. I have owned one of these magnificent spiders but I have not seen one excavated from it’s burrow! She looked very healthy and well behaved! Wonderful video gentlemen thanks so much for sharing!
8:48 I kept on reviewing the soil texture so I can house two of my well priced juvenile queens in em. Probably order myself a bunch of southern red clay from eBay here in the USA, and mix em up with other organic amendments such as natural topsoil with no fertilizers or pesticides. I use to work with red clay soil before back in the Philippines as a teenager, digging through our backyard creating our very own vegetable garden for my family to enjoy. I think I will add more sand and organic top soil for a better texture, because red clay at its purest form isn't really nutrient rich in it by itself for plats to grow. I will probably wet the red clay first in its liquid form, then add more red sand and topsoil so I can acquire the right texture 🤔 Both of my queens are already housed inside their very own deep burrowing container with just top soil. I will probably dig them both out and house em in a temporary enclosure once I have my red clay mix all ready for them to dig. I got some brain storming going on Lol!
Great Stuff!!! You are very skilled and every video is a Present for those who love spiders. Amazing spider this one! Very interesting to find where they live in wild nature. Just a question: how they survive in their burrows underground during rain season?
Tarantulas can survive submerged under water for a considerable time if required. Their hairs trap a layer of oxygen around them so they can still breathe until the water subsides.
@@bugsnstuff Given the king baboon spider's aggressive demeanor and deadly venom, what wild predators ARE able to attack it besides hawk wasps? They'll eat birds, reptiles, small mammals and frogs. THEY do the eating here so what animals WOULD they fear?
If I was in a dark hole and some human was shining a bright ass flashlight in my eyes I would not come out of the hole either, LOL, I'm just playing around, I loved the spider, so beautiful, They treat all animals like they should be treated {with respect and care} that makes the video even more worth watching!!!!
Great idea Marty, put your hands right in the burrow.I'm sure the bite won't hurt for more than a few seconds. Never mind tickling,what if she senses the dirt at the entrance being moved...you ready for an attack by a king baboon?
Nice vid! God I’d love to go abroad and observe tarantulas in the wild, have had a collection for almost 8 years now, to see them in the wild would be quite something! One thing I might suggest in terms of getting glamour shots, to briefly stop them from running back into their respective retreat/burrow, you could block the entrance with a moveable object like a flat piece of bark for example, to keep it out in the open so you can move it afterwards and allow the spider to return home. Good technique I learned about from Steve Backshall.
They just love dwelling beneath those acacias. Love this vid. Post one that contains a Hysterocrates hercules. Now that I would love to see! H. hercules is the biggest tarantula in Africa. Allegedly the second biggest tarantula in the world.
That spider has the manliest moustache I've ever seen! Doesn't even matter if it's male or female, y'all know its women out here with some thick staches!
My family is currently living in southern Kenya, near the border to Tanzania. We saw one last night and I did what most Americans would do. I saw it....... and screamed, and ran for my life. 😆
dude you should have just come to my bathroom here in nairobi. i kid you not i was washing my face in the morning at the sink basin and what do i see 6 inches from my face right beside the faucet? a freaking huge baboon tarantula. now i dont mind spiders but the chill that ran down my spine isnt to be forgotten soon. i dont know if it was the climate or something (it was chilly) but in the course of 1 month i saw 3more in the house (1 in my sisters shoe!!)
*@**13:28**..... The guy said..... "She is the KING BABOON" spider... wait...im confused... just like the female King Cobra in India, they often addressed as "Female KING Cobra"....im sooooooo confused...*
Wish one day I do the same like you doing exploring and finding for new specie Specially in tarantula world one of my favorite hope you guys good luck for your every new adventure
Wouldn't it be less time consuming to just take a shovel and dig the spider out, instead of trying to lure it out with a piece of grass or wait till it comes out naturally?
Another amazing video. My favorite tarantula. I finally added a 3 inch female to my 150+ invert collection. Keep up the great work and once again thanks for doing what you do.
The eyes are in a small cluster at the front of the carapace just above the chelicerae (fangs). You are right, their sense of touch and vibration is very good. Their setae (hairs) are highly sensitive to airborne vibration so you could say their entire body is like one giant ear.
How can he know what species of spider it is simply by looking at the hole in the ground? Are there no other spiders in Tanzania which live in burrows?
Find that a slightly chewed end of a long grass stalk works better than a stick to coax them out... maybe it's the saliva? but anyway, seems to work better than sticks
These videos are so great! I am working on getting over my fear of spiders, and with Tarantulas being so interesting I been watching many videos about them lately The videos of them in their natural inviorments are truly intriguing! The T's show intelligence and personality even more so than captive bred ones imo :) thank you for these extraordinary videos and helping people like myself gain more insight!
Also, the way they interact with the stick is very cute and funny looking to me haha, gave me a giggle every time, clever little guys too how they wouldn't fully come out :)
I can't believe you actually held her without bring bitten. You could hear her stridgulating under the music in a couple areas of the footage. I know she wasn't happy.
Why the hell would any one dislike this video!!! Great work fellas please keep up the incredible work you do, the info you guys accrue is absolutley invaluable !! So thank you
@bugsnstuff - I've read that tarantulas have poor eyesight, can only see patches of light and darkness - so how this king baboon can maneuver through sticks and branches so effortlessly while roaming on the ground? I noticed it knew exactly how high to raise each leg to maneuver through without even touching them. Just curious to learn more about what they are capable of seeing and how they perceive us and their surroundings. Thanks!
Trichobothria setae or "hairs" are present in arachnids, used in the detection of airborne vibrations, currents and electrical charge often labelled as 'hearing hairs' allow the spider to sense its environment without the need of good eyesight.
One of the few African ts and old world ts in general that doesn't web much around their burrow, i know there are others that also don't web much like H. Gigas but still it's what makes them stamd out to me not to mention their size, they almost resemble T. Blondi and T. Stirmi is sizr and colour and they were once recognised as the largest in the world until the birdeaters of South America were discovered
So I barely know anything about tarantulas are the first two appendages considered arms or something? Because it looked like it had 10 legs including the first two
Spider: “guys the craziest thing happened, I was abducted, photographed by giants and they measured me, held me and put me back in my house after. “
What an amazingly beautiful spider. She didn't seem very aggressive either. A friend of mine had one and she were on her hind legs and hissed if you as much as approached her enclosure. I had a huge amount of respect/fear of her.
yep, have had 2 uninvited guests in my bathroom over the past 2 weeks, yesterday's hissed at me on its hind legs just as you described...unfortunately up to today, I wasnt armed with enough information on the fact that baboon spiders are not too harmful and hesitant to attack, which resulted in my killing them
This is so cool! These spiders are amazing and beautiful. The photography and videography was amazing too.
That T is so relaxed, my Muticus is very defensive... impossible to Handle 🤣
I have one and its really calm, dream t to handle🤗
@Callan Nova are u serious... Why u telling me this
As creepy as they are I have to say this spider filled me with awe. Impressive and majestic creature. Great video. Excellent photography and I even enjoyed the music. Well done!
So this spider was woken up to have a modeling shoot and then returned to her home.. she’s going to be a diva now
I appreciate how gentle the humans are in all the videos. I marvel at how non defensive an almost blind creature is when roused from its hole, seems to be a patient spider.
in captivity they are not very chill, at least most of the time
It always amazes me how spiders can dig that much and that deep underground and they are always so preened and smart looking!
That music killed me
Edit: I just like to point out its been a whole year since this video came out and my comment got a heart. RESPECT
RESPECT
Those spiders sure do know how to dig don't they... But anyways love the vid and I am loving Africa a long with it's diversity of animals
Gosh, this was wonderful. Especial the close-up filming of it walking. Fabulous.
Yes it was
3:19 Notice the dark patch underneath that layer of substrate down the hole is moist. It must be a cooler environment down there than the surface temps. Am guessing the temps down there should be around the 70°F or 21.111°C at least.
Thanks for that epic video, Guy! One of my favourites as well. She was beautiful, and it was nice she was tolerant enough to allow you to hold her. It is amazing how well she blended in with her habitat!
If someone was shining a huge flashlight into my house, like one of those anti-aircraft searchlights (which is what must look like to the spider), I would not come out either.
And they destroyed ALL of its webbing... They could at least offer it a cricket, it they're gonna be bothering it.
Pretty sure their eyesight isn’t anywhere near as good as ours, in fact I’ve read that most tarantulas are nearly blind and depend way more on their sense of touch.
@@stephenbrand5661 that is true. Though they still react to light. I think if you had shades and a blurry mirror, then shine a flashlight through it, that is how they feel.
what an incredibly magnificent being. i watch in awe every time i see a video of these absolutely stunning creatures. i wish i could see one in person.
Amazing video, very enjoyable, and some gorgeous muticus. A keen keeper can always learn a lot how one can improve a tarantula's environment in an enclosure based on your videos. Thank you for the dedication and the hard work, you are all awesome at Bugsnstuff!!
Tonight on Spider News Network: Burrow invasions up by 300% this week in the entire region
What an incredible spider. I have owned one of these magnificent spiders but I have not seen one excavated from it’s burrow! She looked very healthy and well behaved! Wonderful video gentlemen thanks so much for sharing!
Good job boys.honestly loved the way you guys handled it.
Oh my I'm happy to find this channel!
Love these vids of these magnificent creatures in their natural habitat
What a find in the end that was a perfect specimen truly a stunning species
When I was a kid, I used to use beeswax in a line to get some tarantulas, it's like fishing. Very easy and with 95% success rate.
Added a king 🤴 to my collection due to this video
That 3rd one gave us a great show.
Beautiful looking thing.
And Tanzania 🇹🇿 what a place man.. Giraffes crossing the road like its the Norm haha
This was the coolest video ever and I watch a lot of tarantula videos. Absolutely stunning, so grateful for this channel and what you do!
Thanks for the kind comments!
This is such a great channel,so interesting.
I always look forward to a new upload.
Took me a good while to find a channel that pursued an old world in its natural habitat. Excellent stuff, I'm well sated.
8:48 I kept on reviewing the soil texture so I can house two of my well priced juvenile queens in em. Probably order myself a bunch of southern red clay from eBay here in the USA, and mix em up with other organic amendments such as natural topsoil with no fertilizers or pesticides. I use to work with red clay soil before back in the Philippines as a teenager, digging through our backyard creating our very own vegetable garden for my family to enjoy. I think I will add more sand and organic top soil for a better texture, because red clay at its purest form isn't really nutrient rich in it by itself for plats to grow. I will probably wet the red clay first in its liquid form, then add more red sand and topsoil so I can acquire the right texture 🤔 Both of my queens are already housed inside their very own deep burrowing container with just top soil. I will probably dig them both out and house em in a temporary enclosure once I have my red clay mix all ready for them to dig. I got some brain storming going on Lol!
Great Stuff!!! You are very skilled and every video is a Present for those who love spiders. Amazing spider this one! Very interesting to find where they live in wild nature. Just a question: how they survive in their burrows underground during rain season?
Tarantulas can survive submerged under water for a considerable time if required. Their hairs trap a layer of oxygen around them so they can still breathe until the water subsides.
@@bugsnstuff Given the king baboon spider's aggressive demeanor and deadly venom, what wild predators ARE able to attack it besides hawk wasps? They'll eat birds, reptiles, small mammals and frogs. THEY do the eating here so what animals WOULD they fear?
What a well-behaved little lady. Fascinating video, I don't know how you guys don't have more subscribers.
I was lucky to have this kind of spectacular species of tarantula...
If I was in a dark hole and some human was shining a bright ass flashlight in my eyes I would not come out of the hole either, LOL, I'm just playing around, I loved the spider, so beautiful, They treat all animals like they should be treated {with respect and care} that makes the video even more worth watching!!!!
What a beauty!! Well done enticing her out of her burrow!
The one that you extracted really was an 8-legged puppy.
Thank you so much for these videos. This one is going to spur on a terrarium refit as mine doesn't seem super happy, and I think I see why now :-)
Great idea Marty, put your hands right in the burrow.I'm sure the bite won't hurt for more than a few seconds. Never mind tickling,what if she senses the dirt at the entrance being moved...you ready for an attack by a king baboon?
I fortunate enough to own a Pelinobius muticus female myself. Stunning tarantulas. How could anyone not love those massive back legs.
Iv seen a lot of dogs before but that's the strangest so far
Yeah, I was just looking at those big strong back legs myself.
How many times he goes out weekly?
What temp and substrate do you use?
@@bencehorvath6094 mid 70's and I use moss pest.
This movie was a great inspiration. I know it's located in northern Tanzania. What is the exact name of the area? thanks
Damn! Looking at the tarantulas at their habitat its amizing keep it up guys
miss Africa soooo much need to go back some day
Nice vid!
God I’d love to go abroad and observe tarantulas in the wild, have had a collection for almost 8 years now, to see them in the wild would be quite something!
One thing I might suggest in terms of getting glamour shots, to briefly stop them from running back into their respective retreat/burrow, you could block the entrance with a moveable object like a flat piece of bark for example, to keep it out in the open so you can move it afterwards and allow the spider to return home.
Good technique I learned about from Steve Backshall.
Great video you guys are doing great work thank you
Thanks for the kind comments!
Beautiful spider! Beautiful colors!!
They just love dwelling beneath those acacias. Love this vid. Post one that contains a Hysterocrates hercules. Now that I would love to see! H. hercules is the biggest tarantula in Africa. Allegedly the second biggest tarantula in the world.
That spider has the manliest moustache I've ever seen! Doesn't even matter if it's male or female, y'all know its women out here with some thick staches!
I will have to look this species up to learn more now, thank you for this video.
2:20 Giraffe: Yo Guys Look White People!!. Other Giraffes: NO WAY 👀😮👀👀😮
This T came free as a sling in one of my orders and is seriously my favorite personality wise so far I’m praying for a female but they take so long
Listen to the great music/drumming.
So calm ... she didn’t want to leave y’all at the end hehe
Definitely the King in my tarantula collection! I give her much respect.
I can't believe the bit where the spider takes down a gazelle 10:43.
owwww good you brought the carpenters with you.. are you with pete nelson from treehouse masters.. can you make a treehouse for the spider baboon😃😃😃😃
Lol i love watching treehouse master.
My family is currently living in southern Kenya, near the border to Tanzania. We saw one last night and I did what most Americans would do. I saw it....... and screamed, and ran for my life. 😆
dude you should have just come to my bathroom here in nairobi. i kid you not i was washing my face in the morning at the sink basin and what do i see 6 inches from my face right beside the faucet? a freaking huge baboon tarantula. now i dont mind spiders but the chill that ran down my spine isnt to be forgotten soon. i dont know if it was the climate or something (it was chilly) but in the course of 1 month i saw 3more in the house (1 in my sisters shoe!!)
still lucky coz you're not in latin america for you might be dead by now bitten by a brazillian wandering spider
Toro Loco are you from Nairobi?
BURN DOWN THA HOUSE......and MOVE!!!! (to Finland, or whatever)
@@HBC423 yes. im kenyan
U are so lucky,
Beautiful specimen
I think that tarantula wanted you to keep her she wasn't very reluctant to go back to her home 😂
Fantastic video i own one of these beautiful sp and she is my favorite too i dont think i would handle her tho lol keep up the great videos 👌🏻
*@**13:28**..... The guy said..... "She is the KING BABOON" spider... wait...im confused... just like the female King Cobra in India, they often addressed as "Female KING Cobra"....im sooooooo confused...*
She's sitting quiet, no need to raise up, she knows who she is.
Gonna need a bigger tub! Three years in and 4 inches. Think have got myself a girl! Great vid.
Wish one day I do the same like you doing exploring and finding for new specie
Specially in tarantula world one of my favorite hope you guys good luck for your every new adventure
Seeing leg 4 and 8 makes me wonder, are they related to Hysterocrates sp?
great video! Keep em' coming!
Wouldn't it be less time consuming to just take a shovel and dig the spider out, instead of trying to lure it out with a piece of grass or wait till it comes out naturally?
King Spiders Are Insane
Have a juvenile myself. Hopefully it's a female it's more orange colour I think the males are a brown colour. Am I right.
IME they are both the same colour throughout their growth.
This is the way I was able to lure out a very large desert tarantula in the southwest us
So beautiful! ❤️
Ang ganda#*$@!$#*
Another amazing video. My favorite tarantula. I finally added a 3 inch female to my 150+ invert collection. Keep up the great work and once again thanks for doing what you do.
I saw these borrows near Serengetti on our stop over at Lake Victoria, there were loads!
This African background music is dope
Woww amazing 😍😍
Well done guys, excellent video too!
How are you not running and screaming?! My heart rate jumps when the legs come out and involuntarily form fists and it only on a screen!
U guys are awesome 😎 keep it up love the vids
More vids. Please so much help for my enclosure of my KBT 😊 thanks
My first time seeing this large spider
How does the spider see. Where are its eyes located. Im sure they feel vibrations as well yes? Do they hear sounds like we do?
cliff cheung - the Wahlberg Spider is well known for being able to sense many vibrations, however it enjoys good ones the most.
The eyes are in a small cluster at the front of the carapace just above the chelicerae (fangs). You are right, their sense of touch and vibration is very good. Their setae (hairs) are highly sensitive to airborne vibration so you could say their entire body is like one giant ear.
How can he know what species of spider it is simply by looking at the hole in the ground? Are there no other spiders in Tanzania which live in burrows?
Find that a slightly chewed end of a long grass stalk works better than a stick to coax them out... maybe it's the saliva? but anyway, seems to work better than sticks
Thanks for the educational video greetings from southern Ontario Canada I know tarantulas aren't common here unless they are part of a collection
I love your respect in handling.
What do they do during flash floods?
Their burrows are constructed in such a way that they drain very quickly.
You’re an absolute nutter for handling that 😵😵😵 great video!
That babboon is BOSS Used to do one of local night clubs Head doorman😁🍀🇮🇪
These videos are so great! I am working on getting over my fear of spiders, and with Tarantulas being so interesting I been watching many videos about them lately
The videos of them in their natural inviorments are truly intriguing! The T's show intelligence and personality even more so than captive bred ones imo :) thank you for these extraordinary videos and helping people like myself gain more insight!
Also, the way they interact with the stick is very cute and funny looking to me haha, gave me a giggle every time, clever little guys too how they wouldn't fully come out :)
Those old world tarantulas are terrifying..but beautiful though.
I want you guys to form a expedition to find the J’ba Fofi.
I can't believe you actually held her without bring bitten. You could hear her stridgulating under the music in a couple areas of the footage. I know she wasn't happy.
Why the hell would any one dislike this video!!! Great work fellas please keep up the incredible work you do, the info you guys accrue is absolutley invaluable !! So thank you
@bugsnstuff - I've read that tarantulas have poor eyesight, can only see patches of light and darkness - so how this king baboon can maneuver through sticks and branches so effortlessly while roaming on the ground? I noticed it knew exactly how high to raise each leg to maneuver through without even touching them. Just curious to learn more about what they are capable of seeing and how they perceive us and their surroundings. Thanks!
Trichobothria setae or "hairs" are present in arachnids, used in the detection of airborne vibrations, currents and electrical charge often labelled as 'hearing hairs' allow the spider to sense its environment without the need of good eyesight.
@@bugsnstuff Thank you, that's fascinating!
My most 3rd favorite spider❤️
One of the few African ts and old world ts in general that doesn't web much around their burrow, i know there are others that also don't web much like H. Gigas but still it's what makes them stamd out to me not to mention their size, they almost resemble T. Blondi and T. Stirmi is sizr and colour and they were once recognised as the largest in the world until the birdeaters of South America were discovered
I wish i have that kind of tarantula someday
Interesting, never saw this breed of dog before.
Skip to 10:08 for spooder
Ty. This video is painful to watch.
9:48 is a better point to start from
So I barely know anything about tarantulas are the first two appendages considered arms or something? Because it looked like it had 10 legs including the first two
The front leg like appendages are known as palps.
Love to go travel and see them neutral habitat