Black Widow, The Best Pet Spider?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ม.ค. 2020
- Black widow spiders are deadly, dark, and make excellent pets? Really? Black widow spiders (Latrodectus spp.) are some of the most recognizable and feared spiders on the planet. They are known not only for their deadly venom, but also for their habit of eating their husbands. But do they deserve this dangerous reputation, and is the black widow spider the best pet spider for you?
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This was my first time viewing a Clint's Reptiles video. I didn't even realize it was over 20 minutes long as I was engaged and intrigued the entire time. Exciting host, gorgeous animal. 6/5, subscribing immediately.
Interestingly enough this was my first video too, I wonder why this one reached out more than the others as all his videos are of equal or greater quality. Even made me want a gecko....heh
Same here!
Corvid Confidential if your honestly committed definitely get one! I have a few of them and they are amazing. If your a first time reptile owner I’d recommend a leopard gecko or one of my favorites a crested gecko. Both super easy to take care of but make sure your committed and understand how to take care of one
HeapOfBones me too
I literally just did the same thing 🤣😂 this dude really knows his facts.
My new pick-up line : Hey babe, just so you know "I am not a fly"
Good to establish that fact right from the beginning.
As long as you're not keeping sperm in your hands to throw at them...
Gotta make sure you're only eaten after mating 🤷♀️
@@ClintsReptiles ive seen brazilian wandering spiders for sale, ive seen brown widows for sale, six eyed sand spiders and even yellow sac spiders for sale. Highly venomous spiders are strangely kinda common
So what you're saying is you plan to date Scarlett Johansson? Dayum son!
Male black widow: *Mates*
1 second later
*Boss music starts playing*
Fire Fighter femboss
New Objective: SURVIVE
Fire Manz ya exactly
“RUN” *BASS DROPS*
Mad respect to the male black widow.
The boss music starts 1 second before mating, for me.
almost every other clint video:
"these need a large enclosure, need fed X times per ___, need this many hides, a hot spot of ___ degrees, __% humidity, and are very hard to find captive bred, and you DEFINITELY need to get a captive bred one, NEVER get a wild-caught one,"
this video:
"get a jar, whatever size you find, a couple twigs. feed em once a week, but if you forget for 2 weeks oh well! keep it wherever you want, on top of your fridge, on your nightstand, they dont mind any temperature! out in the open they dont mind! Availability? Dude they're everywhere man what are you doing? go out in your yard and grab one!"
lol love you Clint.
Yeah a small jar because they aren’t gonna travel, they make a web and stay there for pretty much the rest of their life
Just don't expose them to bright light if you can avoid it at all is really all one needs worry about it seems.
I've captured several Latrodectus hesperus and Steatoda grossa from the wild and have never had a problem. In fact I would recommend getting them from the wild for a better understanding of the creature you plan to put in a jar.
As someone who deals with some pretty bad arachnophobia when I see spiders in real life, these things absolutely terrify me. Learning more about them and hearing that their venom is far less deadly than I thought makes me fear them a lot less
Watch Coyote Peterson get bitten. Definitely disarmed my fears.
I'm more terrified of brown recluse's, since I've been bitten. Where I live, I have both. But I hardly see widows.
I’m glad you fear of them have gone down because these creatures are amazing and beautiful
@@kanefears4245 Brown recluse spiders are not nearly as dangerous as he says. I live, have studied, and have been bitten by brown recluse spiders.
What you need to realize is that the necrosis from a brown recluse spider is random - and by "random" I mean scientists do not officially know what causes it but necrosis only occurs in about 30% of bites, though this can vary. When I wrote a paper on brown recluse spiders at UAB, I found this weird correlation with their diet and the potency of their necrotic venom. To put it simply: the more carrion they consume the more necrotic their bites are (this is correlational, just keep in mind). But what this would seem to imply is that it is a bacterial effect that causes the necrosis, not necessarily an intrinsic part of their venom. In fact, if you apply large amount of alcohol immediately, my experience has been there will be no scarring at all and the bite will heal within a month. If, however, the site starts getting blue or any dark color, you should definitely go to the doctor. Most people who end up with terrible scars get to that point because they don't do anything about the bite - they don't clean it, they don't go to the doctor; they just ignore the thing because Brown Recluse bites don't actually hurt that much and they therefore underestimate the danger. If you immediately take action, however, it shouldn't be a big deal.
I used learning and keeping spiders as pets to work on my archanophobia.
My Florida Brown Widow was my favorite pets, ever.
The story about the black widow wrapping her injured leg up in silk is one of the coolest things I've ever heard
I know, if that happened, and why shouldn't we trust a person like him, then that's another cool thing about spiders, or at least the Black Widow. Spiders, they are our friends, leave them alone and they will eat all the other insects that bug us and give us diseases.
@@dancarter255 Why would you want to prevent clotting?
@@5kr3aminMunk33 He said it wrong lol there has been a few studies that show spider web can actually speed up the healing process of cuts.
@@dancarter255 Blood clotting is a GOOD thing though!
Goth Girlfriend I’ve never been so scared
male spider: finally i've mated
current objective updated *Survive*
Male spider running: Should have bought that dlc
"Boss music starts"
"Wait...... DID I SAVE BEFORE THIS" proceeds to be eaten alive
So basically like human life.
Just like with us humans.
My first experience with a black widow was by accident when one crawled up my hand while cleaning out a shipping container at work. I'm not usually a person that freaks out when a bug crawls on them, but when I looked down and saw that red hourglass against my bare wrist, I froze. I swear we sat there staring at each other for at least 20 minutes while it felt around my wrist with it's pedipalps. Eventually it decided I was boring and walked back down my hand and dropped to the ground.
I've got mad respect for these beasts and am very grateful it decided I wasn't threatening after I disturbed its home.
They are really very gentle creatures. We have so much cultural fear of them but when you get to know them on a personal level, they are more like deer. Extremely cautious, extremely easily spooked, and very very unlikely to engage in any kind of aggression.
@@genegray9895 That's true of MOST animals MOST of the time. Even a large, dangerous predator like a lion doesn't want to pick fights for no reason. If a lion engages something the size of an adult human, it will probably win the fight, but, it won't be so one sided that the risk of injury is zero. They will attack people if they're hungry, or if they're feeling threatened, or if they think you're threatening their young, but in general it's just not worth the risk. Animals don't have doctors and hospitals they can go to if they get injured. Even if they win, they can still take injuries that make it harder for them to hunt or might get infected or something, so they can still lose. It's just not worth the risk for animals to be super aggressive and pick fights for no real reason. For most animals, from spiders to snakes to crocodiles to lions, just give them their space and don't bother them and they won't bother you most of the time.
And they’re so easy to catch. I end up doing that rather than kill them because it doesn’t seem like anywhere close to a fair fight. I don’t like to kill things anyway. I don’t like spiders but bw are really chill @@genegray9895
Jesus, I never thought they could be in shipping containers. Like, god, its so obvious in hindsight! My skins gonna crawl for weeks.
I kept one as a pet for years and she was amazing. Always very chill when it came to cleaning out her web and feeling her. At this very moment I am unware of their expected life span in captivity but she was in an early adult form when she was found and passed just after 4 years.
That thing wouldn't have lasted 2 minutes if I found it!
How often did you feed it?
@@sethwatford4682 I had one for a couple years and I just dropped a cricket in her big pickle jar once a week and put her lid back on. She took care of the rest.
I just saved (I hope) one today. Some guy tried to smash her with a squeegee and drown her with windshield cleaner at a gas station in Richland.
I think I did ok before because she made it two plus years, but I decided to watch this video anyhow to just make sure I'm doing it right.
It's amazing how chicken s--t about spiders. The guy tonight could have just left her alone outdoors. I understand not wanting them loose in your house because you might accidentally step on it and get bit, but outdoors where I found her on a job site, nobody is even allowed to be barefoot. Just leave critters alone, it's not hard.
@@randallsmerna384 when I find one its all a matter of time till I smash it, time depends on how fast I can get a magazine or black flag spray!
They can live up to three years at most.
Something about "I don't like to just kill things, but would rather feed them to my pets" makes you sound like a super villain.
I'm still on the burying beetle ten most wanted list...
@@ClintsReptiles this is exactly why I have 5 pet rats. My ball python stopped eating so we switched to live rat pups. After a few meals he stopped eating for three months and I didn't feel like killing the baby rat for no reason was okay. So we bought a $200 dollar cage, a couple friends and a bunch of toys.
@@ClintsReptiles I live in Maryland and have kept northern black widows. I only collect immature females because there's absolutely no risk of an immature female ever laying eggs. Some female spiders will lay infertile without mating but that is absolutely not gonna happen with latrodectus. I've actually had females live for 2 years because I always record the date I caught them and that's very old for a black widow. I also keep false widows, common house spiders, wolf spiders and jumping spiders and tarantulas. I had a female curlyhair tarantula live to 30 years old. I'm also into herps. I also had a female American toad that I acquired at my 10 birthday party at my grandparents live for 30 years in my care. She lived until after I turned 40 before passing of obvious old age. She was definitely older than the 30 years I had her because she was already really large when I found her under their lawnmower.
Pets need to eat too lol
@@TheRealWitchHazel3 exactly!
Instructions unclear. Told a girl “I am not a fly!” but did not proceed to mating phase.
BUT DID YOU GET EATEN THOUGH?
Jizz on your fist and punch her in the abdomen. that should do the job, don't forget to RUN!!
r0bE0 Of course a panda would be confused about mating 😂
@r0bE0 did she call the police?
@Craiberk touché
The instant he referred to spider cannibalization post cupellation as "stinkin rad" I was in.
Great video! Speaking of bites, I was bitten 2 years ago by a baby diamondback rattlesnake. When I got to the emergency room, they didn't have anti-venom. They called the nearby poison control center, and they didn't have it on hand either - they had to make it. It took 3 hours for them to make it and get it over to me, and even after I received the first couple doses, the snake's venom almost killed me and I had to spend 50 hours in the ICU. So yeah... poisonous bites are no joke!!!
glad ur alive
Of course it should be taken seriously that being said, Black Widows are typically not that bad if you're healthy. Children and elderly are the ones most at risk from it IF it even bites.
how in the world did you get a poisonous bite? Did you bite the rattlesnake’s become glands or something? Don’t you mean venomous?
@@derpychicken2131 Yes, I meant "venomous" haha
Gee I don’t know, what do you think?
Astonishing lack of reading comprehension. Also: “become glands”
For April fools, do a pet rock, but it’s super difficult but you give it a high rating
This is a great video idea!
Dedede The Great they come in so many shapes, sizes and colors! amazing species!
So easy to care for, not the best to walk. Comes in different colours and sizes. Huge googly eyes in some, others are blind. 4.9/5
Handleability- "Are you mad? A single mistake and it will crush your hand" 0/5
Care - " Its impossible to get it to eat. You can shower it with roches and worms but it wont even try to catch one" 0/10
Hardines " You can crack it in half during care if you forget to water it itll dry up and crack too its extreamly demanding" 0/5
Availability "Have you seen a wild pet rock of course not. They are all captive bred by a single company good luck finding one!" 0/5
Overall "I cant belive people think keeping a pet rock is a good idea its such a bother it requires constant attention and if you forget about it for even a moment you can easily lose it" 0/5
This is my first time on this channel, but i'm gonna sub just to see if this comes true. Fingers crossed!
You’re incredible at teacher humour without being patronising. Not only that, but you don’t dumb things down to a childlike state, and still throw some mature jokes in. It’s great.
I’ve always been terrified of these. I’ve been somewhat successful in desensitizing my anxieties about other spiders, and these are maybe a little less scary since I was actually bitten (one climbed up inside the leg of my pants while I was outdoors and decided she did not care for the experience, and funny enough, neither did I) but your story about the one patching up her leg is the kind of thing that helps me see them as creatures just going through life rather than an object of fear. I try to foster a deep respect for life and rejoice in the forms it takes, and these girls are my biggest challenge. Thanks for this really neat, slightly anxiety-producing video!
I find it’s easier to keep them in jars rather than in pant legs ;)
This video convinced me on pet black widows a few months back! Since then I've gotten a little widow named Heather. She's absolutely awesome and is so chill. I've been able to feed her with tweezers and watching her eat and do her other spider things is so so cool. One of the best decisions I've made, so thankful for this video getting me hooked! ❤️
I am the "I saw a spider and I didn't squash it because I thought of you," guy. I love being that guy.
The world needs more of that guy!
I’ve had people tell me they’ve changed their view on rats and tarantulas because of my posts about my pets. It’s a good feeling man!
I am that guy as well, but it’s not quite so great when your best mate is an arachnophobe...
I too am that guy
I generally avoid killing most of them, but my finger was definitely bit by something with fangs. I found only 1 spider in here large enough to do that. Wasn't going to have it fall off the ceiling, land on my face and do to my face what it did to my finger (it's similar to widow neurotoxin, complete with numbness, discoloration, rash, swelling, etc., but a much smaller dose)-- anyway, wasn't about to let it dose me again. So yeah, that one's dead. Otherwise, I don't care. I'm too busy to go around killing harmless spiders, plus they kill destructive pests.
“If you’re [handling venomous animals] for a long long time, eventually there will be an accident.”
Just remember that Steven Irwin died because a Ray got spooked and stung him. The man who dedicated his life to animal conservation and care, who handled the most dangerous things on the planet with the expertise and poise, he died because there was an accident.
If you want to free handle dangerous animals then so be it, but you need to internalize the fact that you are at risk, and you might wind up in the hospital even if you “did everything right”
RIP Steven Irwin :(
Amen to that. I have horses and its not a if you get hurt its a when. I love reptiles but i also dont like hospital stays. I wont handle anything that can kill me like that. I have had a back widow but i neder handled her ONCE in the 3 years she lived
@@InomayWolf he just said he doesn't touch them directly
Yes that is true but crap happens when even owning a venomus animal
There was a guy who owned many venomous spiders and he got bit by one and died. His family found him days later after having to have the police do a welfare check. So it happens. The Dark Den explains the best way to deal with venomous spiders
I must confess, as an entomologist I have free-handled black widows a few times for personal curiosity and educational purposes. But even as I was doing so in the one time others were present, I did tell them never to try it themselves. These are such awesome and chill spiders, who want nothing more from us than to leave them alone. I have two of these beauties as pets, and they are great ambassadors in my quest to educate people (largely to stop people from killing them on sight). I just love watching them, they make great pets!
I feel terrible when I have to remove webs and sometimes yes I do have to kill the spiders. I live in Arizona so they’re everywhere basically and love making homes near my outdoor lights where all the bugs gather. I’m so fascinated by the way they spin their prey and luckily for me it costs nothing to just learn about them :)
I personally disagree with Clint on this. He's not wrong per se, but I think the risks are worth it. Black widow spiders are extraordinarily unlikely to bite and there is so much joy in handling them that I do think the negligible risk is worth it. I'd say the same about swimming with sharks. I am pretty sure even if you handled a black widow every day, owning a dog would be more likely to result in your death.
@@genegray9895 I still wouldn't personally handle them. Less so that they can potentially hurt you, and more so because you can potentially hurt them. They're very small and fragile, and quick moving when they want to be. One wrong move from you, and you can either squish or drop them. Just seems like an unnecessary risk.
@@HaunaMyKiki That's valid, but true for any spider, and I personally think much of the joy of owning a spider is being able to interact with them and form a connection. For me, handling is a big part of that. There is risk, for sure, but to me it's worthwhile.
Is there a way to dissuade them from setting up a home near your house? When I first moved into my house the outside was absolutely covered in black widows, I live in a dense urban neighborhood and I have dogs and kids so I had to kill them. They keep coming back and have to keep killing them. They’re the only spiders I kill, and id rather not kill them, but I can’t really just move them without trapping them in something and then driving 15 minutes somewhere to dump them safely out of a neighborhood. Which isn’t really feasible when I come out in the middle of the night and see multiple of their eyes reflecting light back at me.
How neat! I went to Clint's Reptile Room with my son about a month ago for a neighbor boy's birthday party, and I was able to meet Clint and chat with him for a bit. Now a month later he's showing up in my recommended! Excellent video, love the enthusiasm that Clint has for learning about these awesome critters. If you're ever in Springville, UT make sure to carve out some time to visit Clint's Reptile Room!
"eating your husband isn't uncommon, but it is worth talking about 'cause it's stinkin' rad"
- clint 2020
Hahaha
Clint: own a black widow?
Me: *very no*
Clint: *actually yes*
You comment made me laugh out. 🤣
Nope. Don't get them in this country
Very no is correct😂
I'm here partially for exposure therapy to help with my arachnophobia (mostly here for the amazing facts you have on these animals, since I also tragically love spiders lol) and just wanted to say it's so helpful to see how much love you have for the spiders you've featured on your channel. Thanks for sharing them!
Dude that thing about you seeing a black widow fix her leg is an incredible story and you need to document and publish it asap.
"I don't really want a few hundred black widow babies just emerging in my house. I'm weird like that." I must be weird too then lol
Ah, but there are some spiders whose egg-sacs we keep deliberately! We just move them out of bedrooms when they start there.
Dude, I literally had an egg sack hatch on my ceiling
yeah I'd have to give up on my security deposit, to say the least
I knew a guy that spent some time in jail. He told of the story of a black widow in the vent that he took good care of. Until one day the jailer came in and just squashed the little girl. So Sad.
I'm watching this and my partner just hollered out "Okay, fine! You can have a snake, just no black widow!"
Win!!!
Next, watch a video rating something like a piranha, then she'll let you have the black widow 😉 just crank up the severity of the animal
@@queermilkshake9990 Haha I might have to try that! She's super freaked out by any animal that isn't a cat or dog.
Good for you! Which snake? 😍
My mom’s allergic to anything with fur/hair, so we’re pretty much ‘stuck’ with reptiles, birds, and bugs. (Not that I’m complaining)
@@notmissing-gonefishing50 I'm hoping to get a ball python or a hognose!
Where I live, in New Zealand, the genus of black widow we have is called the katipō. It's the only venomous native spider. They live on Beach dunes, and rarely bite anyone.
And it's something I have to keep reminding my mum of, as she mostly lived in Australia for years before retiring back home. Which I mean, it's fair enough to have healthy mistrust of spiders there. But besides hypothermia, highly changeable weather and getting sick from drinking untreated water from mountain streams. Not a lot is going to kill you in the New Zealand bush.
As someone who collects arachnids black widows will aways be one of my favorite spiders, they're so gorgeous
The one I had was the deepest, purest black I’ve ever seen on an animal. She was gorgeous!
"Hey I have a black-widow in a jar. I thought you'd want it"
"You want to be that guy."
I died.
All I can say is _wow._ How smart does a spider have to be to realize "hey, silk will help stabilize my leg so I can still use it!" That's some incredible intelligence.
Jumping Spiders are quite smart so it wouldn't surprise me a Black Widow would be as well.
Almost Every animal is smart if you think about it,but humanity in general can outsmart almost every animal if we have the knowledge,that is why alot of people say that animals are dumb becase they never seen how a animal reacted in nature
that's true but it may likely be a learned survival instinct more so than a logical thought process
long term evolved habit I guess, maybe not necessarily intelligence? Like dogs licking their wounds (although not sure that is as effective - edit: NVM google says that it is.)
Sometimes what we see as intelligence is more like programming via evolution. Insects can do things that humans think is based on mental intelligence and problem solving, but really it isn't. Still cool.
I'm a new subscriber! I'm also one who previously would describe myself as anti- spider. However, after watching this video and one on jumping spiders, they're growing on me. I saved a jumping spider last week from being stepped on and he's living in my garage somewhere for the winter.
Clint, your sense of humor and ways of phrasing things are super interesting and I'm excited to binge watch your channel. I probably won't have a black widow as a pet but it's made me realize they probably won't be coming after me. Although once one ran out of my water turnoff valve box , after my push mower and is no longer with us. May God rest her soul. :/
Your story of the Black Widow mending her leg (which was extremly fascinating!) reminds me of an observation I make on a pretty regular basis about the garden spiders (Araneus ssp) at my window. I have what I call acolony residing at my window for at least ten years. One female seems to stay behind every year or two to reproduce. And over the summer I see all these spiderlings crawling out and spinning their first nets. And the very first net is almost always only four, maybe five strings loosley attached to the frame. They get better over the following three-ish weeks, before taking of in the late summer to find their own nests. They normally never come into the room, not even before a thunderstorm, like the Tegenaria ssp. that live in my flower beds. But one day I found one (just one) of the spiderlings at my bookshelf. It was a curious little thing, almost tame, came up to me and let me carry it. But every time I sat it back out at the outer window sill, it came back in within a matter of minutes. It lived behind my bookshelf for a year, given it was pretty small I think it was a guy and when I finally lost sight of him he might have gone out to mate. But this was a really interestng occurance, as Aranea are normally not drawn to cave-like structures and especially not behaving somewhat interested at humans like jumping spiders would do. I'm really curious how his spiderlings behaved ...
**I h* a* d my own native plant nursery with water valve boxes in the ground with a 6" round access cap. So one day I notice a female black widow had taken up residence in the zone 2 valve box. She had attached part of her web to the valve handle. I gently broke that web point and she climbed into the corner. The next day, the same thing. The following day she had adjusted her web so it was no longer attached to the handle...nice. I would wait 20 seconds or so after removing the cover and then turn the valve. After a while, I would simply knock on the cover like it was her front door, and she would move out of the way lickety-split. In the end, it got to be that wherever she was...she would just stay still...knowing I would not harm her. Even when she had eggs... the same thing. We got to know each other. My wife and I took a trip to Europe, and had my Mom stay over and care for our pets. As I needed her to turn the water on while I was away, I showed her the routine. She was very scared of spiders, but after watching our little interaction, decided she could do it. When we got back, my Mom was beaming with satisfaction. She got along fine with (Betsy) and overcame her fear of spiders at the same time. She lived the rest of her life with a newfound respect for spiders (and herself). Mom was a real trooper in that regard. Great video!!
EDIT: I just spent this spring/summer feeding a paper wasp nest honey by hand (finger), and it was a grand time. I watched this nest start up for the last few years under my doorstop. Each year it failed. I started to realize those big nests are an amazing achievement...the odds are stiff. So, this spring...like clockwork... a wasp began a nest next to the failed nests left behind from previous seasons. This time I decided to give this little guy an edge. It took a bit of doing and nerve on both of our parts...but we both got used to my finger being the feeding station. Of course, this only works with wasps that eat honey...not all do. But in no time there was an egg...then two...then many. As they hatched, each have their duties and methodology. I learned quite a bit just by being there once or twice a day to feed them. Usually only one would fly down...or crawl down the door and wait for me to pick it up. Then the wasp would gorge itself on the honey...could literally see it grow fatter. The feeding could take as long as 5 minutes! It would even take on the hue of the honey as the sun shined down. Then it would fly back to the nest...sometimes needed my help...lol. It was quite comical at times as the ones on the nest...just a foot away would eagerly look on. The last one hatched was fed first, and all took some. The rest was mixed into the nest chambers. Some of the wasps were bolder than the rest...and would be the first ones to flag me down as I passed by...as birds do.
But be prepared to lose them. You get to see on a daily basis how rough it is for them. One day your favorite wasp goes out...and never comes back...gone...just like that.
There was also not a single incident of aggression from any of them towards me, my wife, our dogs (who took some sniffs)...we all became part of their landscape.
There is a rhythm to it all...and bridges can be built...if only temporarily. It's a win win for all involved.
A very nice and interesting story. Thanks for sharing! One of the things I have found delightful about these You Tube videos is that people often share their personal experiences which often make the comment section more interesting than the video itself. This reminds me of those little blurbs at the end of stories and articles in _Readers Digest_ . Those were the first things I would want to read when I got the book.
I was afraid of spiders until I worked at a pet store, and got a tarantula to walk on my hand. So neat! She cured my fear of spiders.
We call any spider in our house Mr./Mrs. Speiderman.
Great story, thanks for sharing!
That kind of awareness in a spider would be astounding to see. I can't wait until we have even better technology, more knowledge and can more accurately test the intelligence of other animals. That's such a neat story... The part about your mom overcoming her fear was great. I think with more of these kinds of stories and educational videos and maybe some interaction with them, we can definitely show more of the world's population that the nature of these spiders and creatures with a bad rap are really just doing the best they can to protect themselves and live & aren't out to get us.. well, mostly lol. Some animals are just aggressive af haha. Cheers
Ngl, hearing how a Black Widow is capable of knowing how to bandage itself is so dang cool. I never ever knew that about a Black Widow.
Of course you hadn't he stated himself that he hasn't got around to writing it up, it is clearly a new (to him at the time) discovery.
@@harrier331 What do you mean "Of course I haven't? I just think it's cool that Black Widows will use their web to patch their injuries because I never knew anything about that.
@@TheGravityShifter I mean, of course you haven't heard of it, it's not known by anyone but the people who watched this video.
@@TheGravityShifter Because it is possible that no one has ever reported on it happening before, so there would be no way anyone could have known, unless you observed it with your own two eyes like Clint. I don't know if it's true that no one has reported it, but it's possible. (I did try Googling it, but I found a lot of results on how to care for wounds from spider bites instead of how spiders care for their own wounds.)
@@ILuvAyeAye Well for me, it's simply because I never done the research, so I was ignorant of a Spider's intelligence.
This guy is so passionate about what he does earned my sub
Wow! What a story!! I already love these spiders, in Australia as you would know, we have redbacks. I can't believe you observed one creating a cast on her bitten leg. What an intelligent spider. I am truly amazed. Thankyou for sharing your story.
Imagine being able to describe "accidentally ended up with several hundred black widow eggs" as something that's happened to you a few times in your life.
Had an uncle that had that happen once. He had to stop keeping them because there were small children in the house lol.
Happened to me. That's how I found out they can stay inseminated for a long time and sorta decide when to make an egg sac
I would weaponize them
I just bought one a couple days ago. I put her in a big clean jar with a bunch of sticks. It took about two days for her to make a web, but she’s starting to move around now!
"And you're careful when you put the lid back in the jar."
This is much easier with a spider this size. Giant House Spiders (which honestly shouldn't be in a jar, they should be roaming free in your house, eating your bugs, but my family usually says catch and banish or kill) have a leg span about the same as a mason jar which means if they want to they can make it very tough not to clip a leg.
"He will become the victim of his former lover... and that's special."
"I found a black widow and I figured you would want it"
Me, miles away, in no danger, perfectly safe: *_InCohEreNT ScREeCHinG_*
Imma gonna stay over here.....thanks very much.
We have raised them in our home (though I didn't realize that's what we were doing until my partner told me to avoid the desk so we don't disturb the hundreds of babies). Like you I don't recommend this, but our own experience has been pretty positive owing to the fact that they remain behind glass the whole time, and we get to see all of their behaviors. We have always acquired the adults as rescues which were in danger of being killed by homeowners who don't know enough to simply leave them alone and enjoy them for their beauty.
You seem like a very genuine guy. The energy you give off made me enjoy learning something new!
Some male spiders have figured out the game and go a’courting with a “nuptial gift,” like a juicy worm, to offer the female to eat instead of themselves.
or they just wrap a twig in a bunch of silk XD
So basically, worms make the best wingmen?
@@rex90pawprint here the cake please dont cursify me
I love watching natural selection at work, don't you?
Wonder if it'll catch on in the arachnid dating scene.
@Honudes Gai For the brazilian wolf-spider it's even the males culling the older females and mating with virgins in their own burrows for a better fertility rate and renewal of genepool. They have a reversed mating process compared to most spiders: in this instance, it's the males emmiting pheromones to attract the females that are ready to mate and waiting for them to come. Quite an oddity. Spiders have a lot of varying ways to reproduce. There's even sometimes species where the male kills an entire eggsack (that came from the female and another male) to make her available again for himself. And another species (the brazilian redback? Not sure if that's the correct one, but I think it is, read it somewhere some time ago) where a particular gene gave a push in the wrong direction for evolution, since the females eat the males to the point of near-extinction (they have the reflex to eat anything on sight, because eating = big = more eggs, but males before mating are included in the "anything that moves, so...). There's an incredible amount of variety in the ways arachnids approach natural selection and reproduction.
Good advice for handling venomous animals:
"Don't - is this really how you wanna find out you have an allergy to their venom?"
Very difficult to have an allergy to something you’ve never been exposed to.
@@sandrastreifel6452 Is it? Are people who are allergic to bee stings commonly stung prior to developing an allergy? Do people develop nut allergies after already consuming nuts for a considerable portion of their life? Genuinely asking, because I've actually never heard of this
@@Amartin-mu6oj Yes, it’s very rare to have an allergy unless your immune system has become sensitive from a previous exposure, or having been exposed to something with very similar antigens. This is the classical mechanism of allergic (hypersensitivity) reaction, but there are exceptions.
@@sandrastreifel6452 thats the dumbest thing I've ever heard I've never had a walnut last week and I was still up in that emergency room
@@prixe12 Tree nut allergies are very common.
There are also Brown Widows which are more common. Spiders generally are not aggressive and run away from you. I used to work under houses and brown and black widows everywhere, they would run up their webs into the floor joists when I had to swipe their webs to work. One house had hundreds, never got bit. Very awesome spiders
When I worked in a grocery store, we had a black widow hiding inside a bundle of grapes. I was SHOCKED how easy it was to get them scooped up and back into the wild. everybody was freaking out, I had a manager watching me, and yet nothing risky happened. easily one of my favorite spiders.
"A great white shark would get a zero". That was gold.
wouldnt all fish be a zero out of ten
Zachary Portnoy nope lol, I’ve had some pet fish that liked getting pet
@@Carriesue1982 it's a good way to damage their slime coat though, I'd still put it at a 0
I was about to go to sleep, but I think staying up to watch this is the superior option
That's the spirit!
Same, I'm Ryan too btw so I feel connected with you
Yeah... where I am now. Goodbye successful work day tomorrow. Hello fear of everything black and spidery.
Watching this has helped me with my specific fear of Black Widows (I love other spiders). I grew up in Arizona, and they were everywhere. This was the 70s/80s (I’m 53), so the danger-lore on them was through-the-roof.
Thanks for a great video.
I was bitten by a black widow when I was 15 and working at a boy scout camp. IT SUCKED!!! I felt like death for a full day, but then I was OK again. I also found a brown recluse right next to my bed in that cabin, and I was careful to always check my bed carefully before getting in it. That black widow bite was not something I wanted to repeat!
*Video pops up on my recommendations*
"This dude is nuts"
*Finishes Video*
"You know I do have a couple extra jars lying around....."
I had a pet black widow wild cought and it was very tame and also a female it was huge
came her expecting a short little review instead got a few minute portion about spider sex, subbed
Not the weirdest boner
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Hahahah you have no idea how validated I felt when you were demonstrating using your black widow container as a fly swatter! I'm currently using a 50mL conical as a moth catcher with a little baby mouse spider residing in there. I felt so understood with being that person taking in random critter pets lmaoo
I kept a Black Widow as a pet at boarding school (high school)
It was a fabulous pet. Easy peasy care and feeding.
I used to have a black window as a pet. After several months and a few male widow intrusions into our house it was decided to let her go since we had 2 small children in the home and even the male bite can be quite severe for kids. We later got a pink toed tarantula instead and she was just as great a pet.
Wait so, the female actually attracted the male spiders? I mean it makes sense, but you'd think that being a in a cage or terrarium would make it very hard for anything else to really know it's there. Since I imagine that it'd be some kind of phermone that would attract the male, and the enclosure would prevent that from spreading anywhere else and attracting other spiders.
@@AevilbeastNever underestimate the male need to breed lol
When i was a youngster i had a pet black widow live over 2 years almost 3 if i remember right but i did reports on her in school and she was one of the most memorable pets i ever had
Nice!
@@ClintsReptilesBlack Widows can live about 3 years in captivity.
You speak about these precious creatures with great love! Thanks a lot!
I breed Black Widows and they are amazing. I handle them often and have never been bitten. They are also really smart. They can lay eggs months and months after mating waiting until they feel safe enough to made the egg sack.
I imagine clint tapping on his wife and just saying "i am not a fly"😂😂
Riley Kouf 😂 I know I’m a female but I might actually do that to my bf 😂😂
This really changes my perspective on these spiders!
Oh, that makes me very happy indeed :)
Same here, but I still don't like them (or any other spider for that matter) and they still give me the creeps.
Just rescued a black widow and I built a small encosure until I find a place to release her, she's a beautiful adult and immediatly tought about checking how often they feed with you, love to see a fellow Biologist doing these videos
Black Widows are awesome! I keep a huge selection of arachnids & try to respect the many that I encounter in my job. I am so comfortable with spiders, I've "pinch-grabbed" black widows who would rather play dead than try biting me (I did have some rubber-coated gloves on when I'd do this, btw). These magnificent arachnids are definitely wonderful pets & so amazing to get to know better. Very worth it. All the species of Latrodectus are great.
At first I thought "who would want to have a black widow as a pet". After watching I am now thinking about it! Thanks Clint!
Black widow male: “knock knock I’m not a fly”
Black widow female: “I know, but I’ll eat you anyway, cus I’m hot and hungry.
PS: Love your animalistic nerdiness.
Best video ever. beautifully delivered. Informative, articulate and entertaining.
I tortured myself watching this but came away with a little more sympathy and respect for the Black Widow. I loved that after being injured, she went off and bandaged herself up!
Clint is like the Bond villain in the fly world. Rather than just quickly swatting them they must fight for their lives until they are killed by a terrifying spider!😂
Welcome to my web, Mr. Bond. Now that your death is basically a certainty, I thought I'd fill you in on the details of my evil plans...
Just wait until he's able to afford his very own Piranha pond...
All he needs are sharks with frickin’ lasers.
@@ClintsReptiles what wicked webs you weave.
I was cleaning the garage in sandals and one walked across my foot. That was when I remembered I should wear closed shoes when cleaning the garage. I won't forget again.
I used to play with Black Widows when I was a kid. There was a lava rock in my grandma's years and I'd lift it up to look at the family that was under it. I watched the mother Widow create egg sacs and I'd pick them up by their middle parts and I could see the spinnerettes with silk coming out. I held them close enough that I could see the mouthparts separately from the fangs. Then I'd put them down and they'd scurry away back under the rock. It was fascinating. I wouldn't do it again, but I was never bitten and they were never really aggressive towards me. I don't regret it at all. Black widows are really beautiful spiders.
Loved this video brother, when I was much younger I used to keep spiders as pets. I always found the difference in web density, texture, and strengths to be wildly fascinating. Funny enough my favorite pet was a black widow, she lived for just over two years, and was easily the most passive spider I'd ever kept
She grew very accustomed to her new habitat, and purposely stayed low from the lid of the enclosure (I always assumed she knew I'd have to open it, or maybe that she knew I was feeding her) and she never tried to escape or pull any crazy stunts.
It was quite fun to watch her build her webs, wrap up her lunches, and just generally existing like she wasn't captive at all.
10/10 best pet for arachnid lovers
Had one of these as a pet, it was saved from a Costco cellphone kiosk in 2013. Lasted about a year and a half before it passed away. She had a 29-gallon aquarium to live in so she had lots of room to do her thing. After feeding she almost looked brown from being so full, was awesome to see. Had nothing like a normal spider web, was all over the place with its webbing for travel and interconnected lines to feel vibrations. Was an amazing hunter, fast, so fast. Truly was an awesome pet to have, would have another any day.
Cool fact: Black Widows silk was used for crosshairs in the 2 world wars.
That and in surveying equipment. Still does, as I understand it.
Your fact is an untrue myth
I feed these spiders that I found while stationed over at AUTEC. due to a allergy I have I never tried catching one as a pet though. My brother had a massive one in his firepit this past summer her abdomen was going on almost dime size. Defiantly fast too you blinked, and that spider was gone hiding under the metal siding of the pit.
Wow! They are so cool! The story about the female who wrapped her own arm...mind boggling! I am truly in awe!
Umm, can I ask to those asking Clint to not post anymore arachnid videos to please not...just don’t watch them! It’s okay, you don’t need to enjoy all of the animals but a lot of people really do and want to know more!
I’m not going to be keeping a Black Widow as a pet but there might be those out there that would love to but would like to know more. The way Clint presents these videos is unique and provides a concise but well rounded view into these species we don’t hear about all too often!
If you read this Clint...thank you, as all of your videos are, this was mega rad!
Well said! I love arachnid videos. They really are such amazing creatures. 💕
Clint please post more arachnid videos!
yes! he mentioned other inverts too and i would love to see that :D
👏 👏 👏
I also like the spider videos!
Something you didn't mention about black widows that impacts handling them is, that they don't always hit you with a dose of venom. Many times bites from black widows are "dry bites", basically warnings telling you to back off. Ofcorse it's still a big risk, I personally wouldn't bank on a dry bite. But it's not as dangerous as most people to free handle them, just don't annoy or threaten them.
love your channel. So genuinely in love with critters, we can all see your passion!
"Sperm are cheap."
You're telling me, brother.
I waste mine all the time
"i got a black widow in a jar i assumed you'd want it."
I had 3 black widows as pets. I had one her name was Phoenix. She was about the size of a nickel. She laid several eggs sacks. She only bred once the whole time I had her. Never kept egg sacks but Phoenix lived for 3 years almost 4. They can live up to 5 years.
What did you do with the sacs
@@selfless-esteem well I would take them outside and toss them in the woods. Not something I wanted to hatch in my home lol
Clint is the exact person I would expect to have this channel and I am here for it. Been binging every episode
“A lot of people get bitten when they’re going to the bathroom”
Me watching this on the toilet
Funny story about a spider and a toilet
While on holiday my friend got bit on the testicles by a spider while on the toilet
He was never the same after that
Lol
😂😂😂
@@mkgaming5823 idk that id ever be the same if it happened to me
Hearing about that black widow casting up her leg with silk is incredible! Clint pls write that down, we need this on record because that is genuinely so interesting.
Loved the way you explained it! I actually understand and learned something in an entertaining way! Thanks for that.
Awesome video with some of the best information I have ever heard. Just wanted to say thanks
"You know what? Let's keep her. I always wanted a pet THAT COULD KILL ME!!"
I recommend a dog!
@@ClintsReptiles Yeah, like a rot or pit. They are just as, if not more dangerous. Course, they're not poisonous, unless some retard scientist or government agency has decided to play god like some horrible B-rate movie. :D
@@mnementh2000 they're only aggressive because of owners. Pitbulls used to be nanny dogs taking care of children. I've got a 14 year old pitty thats going blind that loves my 6 year old sister. I hope you get rid of that hate and prejudice in your heart and re-educate yourself
@@guitubagrips9719 I can agree 10000% with this. I had a rottie/pit mix who was the sweetest dog ever. Ironically named Killer. He was used as a bait pup, so not the prettiest but a very sweet boy. 💞
Guituba Grips the nanny dog thing is actually a myth
One of the ways I knew my husband was the one lol.. he’d catch spiders in the house and release them instead of killing them and he’s not even a reptile person. ❤️
didn't know spiders were reptiles loll
Jordan O'Connor they arent, they are arachnids
It depends but that’s the goal if something challenges me I’ll fight back however
I do the same thing...my wife thinks it’s weird but she’s use to it now.
love the knowledge and the energy. subscribed.
ty from a long time Living Science Teacher, Love your professionalism and info
You definitely need to write up that report on the black widow dressing its leg with silk.
As an Australian I appreciate your correct pronunciation of the word danger.
Your demeanor is so addictive! I love you videos so much
I had a black widow who lived under my fridge at my ranch in AZ. She was cool. Would come out every now and again. She never bothered me and I never bothered her. She was very beautiful and chill.
I'm afraid of spiders but DANG IT I'M GONNA WATCH THIS BECAUSE CLINT IS STINKIN RAD
You make me happy. Thank you :)
@@ClintsReptiles YOU make ME happy! :P But seriously, this video IS helping my fears a bit! A big part of my fear was just not understanding them. When you told the story about the black widow wrapping her leg like a cast, it made something click for me and I realized "It's an intelligent animal." I still wouldn't choose to have an arachnid for a pet, but I watched this and have only cringed a little bit 😂 Thank you for your videos and efforts in educating people on misunderstood critters!
@@ClintsReptiles Sorry, not as far along as being able to watch...but I did listen to the whole thing!
This might sound crazy, but try holding a tarantula. It cured my arachnophobia! The other method that helped was to talk to the spiders I came across as if they were puppies.
In September I held a white knee tarantula and now I want to own a few spider species when I am in my own house 😊
I had a pet black widow once back when I was still in my high school years, and I named her Wicked Wanda, and she was a very interesting pet, however, we ended up going on vacation for a couple weeks, and I dropped a couple crickets in her enclosure and when we got back, she had had babies, which were crawling out through the airholes and were escaping into my room! Our basement was then infested with black widows, hehehe!!!
You never got bit
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@@jonathancbell4898 usually a spider isn't going to bite you unless it's pressed against your skin by your blanket or clothes or maybe if they've gotten into a glove or something. You could possibly agitate a spider enough to get you but they're more likely to try to bail. That being said I've been bitten by a black widow that got in one of my boots and I got sick for about 2 weeks but I was fine. It was kind of like having Mono which I've also had, and it wasn't pleasant, but I think the mono was actually worse than the spider bite.
did you guys burn the house, at least?
@@nemdenemam9753 I think they left out the part where they had to have the house sprayed. As chill as spiders can be you just can't have an infestation like that. They will get in your clothes, shoes ect... It would be extremely ignorant otherwise.
I'd love to see you do a video on Parasteatoda tepidariorum, the common house spider. I've always found them to be like cool little mottled widows and are safer to handle!
Clint: "If what you want is a spider-"
Most of Clint's fanbase: "Nope!"
1:18 “ I am not a fly.....” I didn’t know male black widows had British accents!
Never seen this guys channel before but I was super surprised. I was engaged the entire video and was impressed at how well he explained things. You just gained a new fan, Clint! :)
That makes me so happy to hear! I'm so glad you found us.
@@ClintsReptiles I'm loving it too! I know you do herps, but have you ever considered having pet leeches? I've had three cool leeches in an aquarium since late March and I'm enjoying their behavior very much! Three different species, only one of which eats mammal blood. Another was found on a turtle and would obviously prefer that; and the third won't eat any blood offered and instead goes for midge larvae and other little worm-types in the substrate.
The bloopers at the end were amazing XD thank you for this awesome info. I use to keep huntsman spiders as a kid.
The spider wrapping her leg is a first for me, how smart and cool is that! Thanks for the great video. We learn more about wonderful nature every day 🙂