Green lynx spider would be cool as I said in my other comment, but for some other suggestions… a huntsman (probably the pantropical huntsmen out in Florida), and a fishing spider would both be really cool :)
Same here. Spiders can make me freak out and jump even when lying down! 😂 However the jumping spiders I don't mind living with due to their being so tiny. They seem cute and curious. My daughter experienced 1 wanting to battle with her marking its territory in our home. We were anxious that it not be eaten by other spiders.
These guys are special for sure. First time I saw a jumping spider was on the bathroom windowsill when I was a kid. I leaned down to look at it and it stared right back, then cocked its head like a puppy. Never had a spider react like that.
I befriended a small jumping spider that lived on my window sill. I moved my desk over in front of the window and began to feed it small insects. It's been my friend for almost 9 months now. It greets me when I walk in the room now. I know it's just anticipating a treat but it's still kinda nice when noone else likes me.
@@kelcritcarroll The little jumping spider still lives on my desk by the window. I noticed really big wolf spiders on my deck. I understand if they aren't too bitey you can hold some of them. I would love to be greeted by a gang of wolf spiders on the deck when I come home. I think I'll buy a bag of crickets just for them.
I've had a jumping spider named Drizzt while I was living in Indiana. She lived rent free and had free reign of the place. She was a great listener and was fascinated with my garage.
I'm not one to kill spiders in my home. I typically catch them and release them back outside. But, a jumping spider, has permission to live in ny home, rent free. These guys are simply adorable and interesting creatures. Edit: my last place of residence, we had a humping spider that lived there and my daughter and I named it Lucus. Yes, just like the animated spider.
no actually. once i learned to love them, i became less afraid of spiders in general. there was a baby jumping spider in my room years ago and i can’t believe i was so freaked out about it before
WOW 😲, a humping spider!!! Now what does a humping spider do? No wonder humping spiders like to live in your home, it can hump all day long, leaving a mess around your home rent free😂
It's so cool how they chill out so quickly! Even though it wanted to try to leave right away, it calmed down and seemed to feel really comfortable with you.
Jumping spiders are the exception to the rule of arachnophobia for me. They just don’t trigger it at all for whatever reason. They are adorable and amazing.
Jumping spiders have so much personality, the people in my family always think I'm crazy when I pick one up to play with it, but they don't understand. I'll get them to understand eventually.
That's what sets them apart from most arthropods as a pet honestly. Arthropods just tend to stick around in one spot, meanwhile jumpers and wolf spiders actively walk around even during broad daylight. I'm a firm believer in insect and animal intelligence and I think jumping spiders specifically walk around sometimes just to have fun. Can't be all instinctual.
Another banger Spencer!!! I’m so glad you’re making this a series… there are so many beautiful and adorable little spiders out there to acquaint yourself with!! I absolutely love watching jumping spiders, they’re so inquisitive and curious and just plain adorable!! Seeing a regal jumper out in the wild would be a dream for me!! And as a suggestion for the next making friends with spiders videos, what about a green lynx spider? They’re gorgeous, docile, recognizable, and pretty common!! Keep up the great work man
@@MyWildBackyard what about the twin flagged jumping spider? They seem to be especially skittish compared to other species I find, definitely would be a challenge.
I love the way you analyze, befriend, and care for these little creatures!!!! It has taught me to have more compassion for them no matter how scary they look, especially knowing that they have the same feelings as people do!!! Thank you for all these beautiful educational videos to teach humanity to co exist with them with a new perspective!!!!
Always glad to share! What I love so much about a lot of you guys is how you keep an open mind when I'm showcasing some of these creepy or weird critters, it never fails to impress. Thank you for being awesome!
I brought one inside for the winter because weve had very odd weather in the northwest this winter. She was really skinny/slim and could tell she hadnt eaten for awhile, so I made a good living habitat for her and drop flies and other bugs in there so that she can still hunt for her food and such. Theyre amazing creatures 😊and have such personalities!
My Pap recently found a Jumping Spider in our bathroom and he immediately told me because I Love Spiders so he helped me catch the Jumping Spider and then me and my Dad got the Jumping Spider rehoused I'm so glad my Pap found the Jumping Spider I Love Spiders I have a lot of Spiders and my Dad helps me take care of them
I own several jumping spiders myself. I just love their curious little faces. I also own several other Inverts and including praying mantis. I just laugh when they don't expect a female to love them, but ah well. I just find animals amazing.
I have two as pets and they are just so cute and curious spiders. They don't want to hurt you. They just want to be sure they are safe and then they will just chill. They are the reason I started to get spiders and tarantulas as pets.
Don't you wish that jumping spiders were big enough to put them on a leash and take them around for walks? Well, on second thought, that might be a little scary.
Soooo CUTE!!!! … I love jumping spiders!! I find them on me every now & again when I hangout in the backyard. Or one looking at me. Then we chill & then it jumps away & my day is filled with happiness! … my roommate used to not like any spiders. But he likes jumpers! Because one day the biggest chonk was on my pants & I carefully showed him the cuteness & said “look at that moosestach & those big eyes!” Then he smiled & said “omg, it’s so cute!!”
Crossover episode! 🥳 Great stuff, Spencer and Jack! I loved seeing more footage of adorable jumping spiders, not to mention the wonderful advocacy. 😊 Wasn't sure if this was the case, but it seemed like the second spider had something going with her left pedipalp. She had a tendency to let it drop lower than the other one, which is something I haven't really seen in other jumpers. Maybe just a funny posture? 🤔
We share a love for these adorable little fuzzballs - but if you wanna showcase an intelligent arachnid, do a video on Black Emperor Scorpions. I've had a few, and watching them calculate hunting and trapping their prey is amazing. Plus, they glow, as I'm sure you know, in blacklight. Spend an hour or so watching one that's used to humans, and you'll see what I mean. Mine used to sit on my shoulder for hours while I played Unreal Tournament :)
Interesting! It’ll be a few years before I can get to where they range in the wild, but I had no idea they were intelligent! I’m gonna read up on them more now
@@MyWildBackyardTheir natural habitat is a bit off the beaten path, true... my experience with them wasn't necessarily in the wild - I had three, and two of them mated, so I had a LOT of babies (which I sold the survivors) but I'm sure they're even more adept in their own environment. It'd definitely be a great episode, considering the plethora of other wildlife you'd find in the West Africa region. ;)
@@master0fpuppets oh for sure! So much stuff over there. So many places like that I want to explore, trick is getting good contacts in the field and a budget to get out there! Not to worry, I’ll be figuring that out in the next couple years for sure. I’ll be sure to do more research on other scorpions too to see if I can surprise you with some more local species as well!
@@MyWildBackyard The Giant Hairy in Arizona is pretty awesome ;) I think their sting is relatively weak as well. My choice of Emperor was because their sting is minimal, compared to most others. It's a shame this wasn't 20+ years ago when my uncle was alive and still had his shipping company with an office in Africa. I'll get in touch with my cousin and see if we've still got any contacts out there, and let you know. I'd be honored to help in any way, your channel and your videos are great - and we need to get people back to nature!
Neat video Spencer, those were some huge jumpers and it's so cool that you got them to chill out after they realized you weren't about to snack on them!
i have a pet regal named Shelob that watches youtube videos with me. I don't know if she actually understands what she's looking at when staring at the monitor from the middle of my desk, but she's always riveted when i play certain channels lol
I’ve never been afraid of little critters… honey bees, stink bugs, ants, snakes, worms, but my number one favorite lil guys are the jumpers. They look inquisitively at the world around them, they think, they plot, they plan and execute plans to catch and capture their prey. I actually had one on my bed last night and I told him: listen bud, your absolutely adorable, but you can’t sleep here
that is too freaking precious!!! I always wanted one and have a curly hair but my husband has a fear of spiders. It took about 4 months to talk him into angel and if i asked for another i know the answer would be no lol love your vids they are awesome and teach others that our world has some beautiful hidden jems for sure!!!
Jumping spiders are pretty much the only spiders I like to have on my hands, here in Paraguay we have so many different tiny ones, black, grey, brown and so on! Adore those little babies❤
Ever since I saw ur channel , jumping spiders (and wolf spiders) have always been one of my fav animals :3 I find them really interesting and very cute ofc I’m glad ur continuing making vids abt jumping spiders
Abhhhhh my favorite!!!! I can’t tell u how much I adore jumpers!! I’ve had the pleasure of keeping a few different types of them , P Otiosus, audax, but the regals are my favorite!! I had some gorgeous bright orange females !! Idc what anyone says , they each have different personalities lol 😂… I did however find most did not care for arm hair although it’s comical watching them try n navigate it !! Please !!! Please more jumping spider vids !!! There’s so many different beautiful jumpers out there to meet!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️
I once saw three jumping spiders work together to take down a grasshopper that none of them alone could have handled. Cooperative hunting shows some impressive levels of intelligence. They may be on the precipice of transcending the invertebrate tier of intelligence, and be moving up to the next level, if they haven't already.
I believe you, I've seen some impressive intelligence from these guys. Did you know that when they're babies the stronger ones help the weaker hunters by sharing their food with them, and this is actually a fact.
I think one of the most important things to convince humans of is that a creature is aware of them as another creature. Cuteness helps us calm down, but there's a lot to be said for the way our brains are wired for transpositional thinking and empathy, both as social animals and as hunters and foragers.
Jumping spiders are awesome, I used to have one that would come up on my table in my back yard, I decided to feed it a fly that had been bugging me, he/she happily jumped on the fly and took off, the next day, I see the same spider crawling across the table, it came and waited so I got up got a fly and fed it again. For two weeks this went on, and the more days passed the more it would stay and eat rather than run off, after the fourth week, I didn’t see it anymore and assumed it had passed or moved on… but the intelligence that tiny little spider showed was pretty amazing and what brought me to this video
I recently moved to Montana from Wisconsin where I was used to making friends with orbweavers, and I have to say the Bold Jumpers out here are pretty marvelous.
Spiders are taking the same path that the wolves did. They’re getting cuter and more friendly. Soon will have domesticated spiders playing fetch, emotional support spiders, POLICE SPIDER🫣 Officer: “STOP OR ILL RELEASE THE TARANTULA!” Criminals: “I’ll just put the cuffs on and hop in the back sir”
I tried to pick up a decent sized spider once. It curled its legs inward into a ball shape as a defense mechanism. It almost makes me cry to think how demonized these critters have become by people. They’re just silly lil’ guys.
At my work station, had a hold jumping spider use it as a hunting ground for a few weeks. He just chilled, explored and would interact with me pretty easily
My jumpers--- if I wiggle two finger pointing up (peace sign style) they investigate me. Two fingers down-- they run away. Problem with them is making them go away after you make friends with them.
Love these guys so much! Thanks for the awesome content! People: "Ah! It's a spider!" Jumping spider: "Ah! It's human skin! Ew! Must jump!" People: "Aw, well this one isn't too scary." Jumping spider: "Okay, this hooman seems alright. When's lunch?"
I used to kill spiders in my house but now I just remove to spooky ones, but I have NEVER killed a Jumping spider and never remove them. It cracks me up if I'm in bed reading and look over to see one one the wall watching me.
I love making friends with every jumping spider I'm so lucky to meet! I wonder sometimes if being in urban wildlife in Pennsylvania if they are a bit on the domestic side, but either way they are playful and amd smart, so awesome!!! They are like tiny, intelligent eitgh legged puppies who can play webby-jump games! 💜🙃🕷️🕸️🎉
I love those guys. Got a jumping spider (I think) girl living on my balcony, she sometimes gets into my apartment and wanders around looking for prey. I took her on my hand couple of times, she seemed to like it. They are interestingly freaky little creatures. 🕷🕷🕷
Okay jumping spiders (specifically) can have immunity from the bottom of my shoe, as do ladybugs, butterflies, and even crickets. My only concern is I don't know if I would know that it's a jumping spider before I kill it! Any other kind is history!
If you wanna cure someone's arachnophobia, start with introducing them to these lil guys. They're spiders, but for some reason they're just cute, they don't seem to have any ickyness that spiders do, I think mainly it's because of their shorter legs, more centred body, general roundedness and those googly eyes. And their size really gives them more of a personality, like you see them as another animal, and not just as some sort of bug, so to speak... These ones especially have that "looking around" behaviour, they seem inquisitive, which again gives more of a personality, a sort of consciousness that we can relate and connect.
You're "nuts!" Maybe spiders that can't see very well, need glasses. Maybe if regular spiders had itsy bitsy Pogo sticks they could learn to become jumping spiders. Cute? I'm not seeing it.
I just saved a jumping spider out of my kitchen sink with a credit card. I dropped him in a house plant on the island, and he has now made it his fortress.
I just got to meet an adorable little jumping spider while kayaking in Alabama. It was so cute and watching it look around and process that I wasn't going to hurt it was really cool. It fell into my kayak while floating down the river, so I hung out with it for a while and then found it a leaf to live on. They are so cute!!!
Try offering a live house fly or other small insect between your fingers to a jumping spider you might find. I had one recognize the meal, jump ONTO my hand, snatch the fly, and jump away to enjoy. 1st attempt, really cool 😎
I have jumpin' spiders in my apartment, I love them so much, I have shooed them away from my keyboard a couple times and only in those few interactions they have started to jump up on my sound bar to avoid my keyboard. I think they're adorable and they keep all the pesky fruit flies that occasionally come into my apartment due to my plants to a minimum. I only shoo them away from my keyboard because I'd feel awful if a little guy went under the keys which are quite spacious due to it bein' mechanical n' gettin' hurt as a result, so I'm very happy they learned to keep away from it.
The first jumper was a he, not a she. You can tell because of the color of his fangs. The ones with green iridescent ones are male. Great video, though. I'm always trying to convince people that jumpers are just tiny, eight legged cats with their curiosity. I found baby jumpers on my bed one morning two summers ago, one actually played with me like a kitten would. I moved my finger forward and it back off just a little, but when I moved my finger in the opposite direction it followed, coming towards me. It was super cute. Jumpers are the best! ❤️
Jumping spiders aren’t as scary to me, they move like animals, with purpose, you can see where they’re wanting to go, and they move with purpose, not irrationally
What should we make friends with next?
A scorpion ❤
Anapistula ataecina, good luck
Green lynx spider would be cool as I said in my other comment, but for some other suggestions… a huntsman (probably the pantropical huntsmen out in Florida), and a fishing spider would both be really cool :)
@@S1lesius oh geez no kidding. One day lol
@@angela_tarantulasI literally just made a comment for Black Emperors! GMTA ;)
i'll fully admit to being an arachnophobe but even I think Jumping Spiders are just adorable little friends.
Agree me to
Lol
Same here. Spiders can make me freak out and jump even when lying down! 😂 However the jumping spiders I don't mind living with due to their being so tiny. They seem cute and curious. My daughter experienced 1 wanting to battle with her marking its territory in our home. We were anxious that it not be eaten by other spiders.
Yep
Same my arachnophobia is pretty bad but this little guy is a cutie!
i've never met a single person afraid of jumping spiders. they're like the seals and dogs, but of the forest. too cute to resist
i have! i was one of them until i realized they’re adorable
"knock knock" Sup it's Australia....
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Oh shit 😮
Oh shit 😮
Jumping spiders are amazing! I‘ve got 4 jumpers and they’re so smart and interact lovely with me.
Love them to death. Awesome spiders!
These guys are special for sure. First time I saw a jumping spider was on the bathroom windowsill when I was a kid. I leaned down to look at it and it stared right back, then cocked its head like a puppy. Never had a spider react like that.
Yes! Spider puppies!
I befriended a small jumping spider that lived on my window sill. I moved my desk over in front of the window and began to feed it small insects. It's been my friend for almost 9 months now. It greets me when I walk in the room now. I know it's just anticipating a treat but it's still kinda nice when noone else likes me.
🥹I LIKE YOU…..
@@kelcritcarroll The little jumping spider still lives on my desk by the window. I noticed really big wolf spiders on my deck. I understand if they aren't too bitey you can hold some of them. I would love to be greeted by a gang of wolf spiders on the deck when I come home. I think I'll buy a bag of crickets just for them.
For some reasons I hate spiders. But not the jumping ones. They have a goofy/friendly vibe that I cant explain.
They’re like cartoon characters or something!
large eyes super fuzzy what's too hate
You should watch his video on wolf spiders too- you might make another friend. Wolf spiders carry all their little babies around on their butt!
I've had a jumping spider named Drizzt while I was living in Indiana. She lived rent free and had free reign of the place. She was a great listener and was fascinated with my garage.
Drizzt!!! Excellent name!!
Jumping spiders pay rent in the form of eating flies and other annoying bugs. They’re great roommates haha
I'm not one to kill spiders in my home. I typically catch them and release them back outside. But, a jumping spider, has permission to live in ny home, rent free. These guys are simply adorable and interesting creatures.
Edit: my last place of residence, we had a humping spider that lived there and my daughter and I named it Lucus. Yes, just like the animated spider.
You misspelled jumping btw lol
@@stancexpunks lmao yes, yes I did. Even after editing the comment once already.
I think I'm just going to leave it.
A humping spider. 😂👏
no actually. once i learned to love them, i became less afraid of spiders in general. there was a baby jumping spider in my room years ago and i can’t believe i was so freaked out about it before
WOW 😲, a humping spider!!! Now what does a humping spider do? No wonder humping spiders like to live in your home, it can hump all day long, leaving a mess around your home rent free😂
It's so cool how they chill out so quickly! Even though it wanted to try to leave right away, it calmed down and seemed to feel really comfortable with you.
She's not "chunky".
She's just robust.
I like how she looked up at you.
😂
Her jumping on the camera at the end was so adorable TT another amazing video as always
It reminded me of how a cat jumps.
Jumping spiders are the exception to the rule of arachnophobia for me. They just don’t trigger it at all for whatever reason. They are adorable and amazing.
Jumping spiders have so much personality, the people in my family always think I'm crazy when I pick one up to play with it, but they don't understand. I'll get them to understand eventually.
I am actually thinking about getting one my family thinks they are creepy but i think jumping spiders are so cute
i used to hate them and think they were scary. that was bc i was ignorant ☝️i love them now and find them adorable. id let them chill in my house ngl
We have so tiny in UK but still cute and do all stuff 😆
I have a little jumper sitting next to me as i watch this. The way they bend to look up at you is just adorable 😆
Awwwww
Jumping spiders are so much fun to watch
They really are. So interactive!
That's what sets them apart from most arthropods as a pet honestly. Arthropods just tend to stick around in one spot, meanwhile jumpers and wolf spiders actively walk around even during broad daylight. I'm a firm believer in insect and animal intelligence and I think jumping spiders specifically walk around sometimes just to have fun. Can't be all instinctual.
I absolutely love Jumping Spiders. They're so adorable. I don't know how anyone can find them scary.
Another banger Spencer!!! I’m so glad you’re making this a series… there are so many beautiful and adorable little spiders out there to acquaint yourself with!! I absolutely love watching jumping spiders, they’re so inquisitive and curious and just plain adorable!! Seeing a regal jumper out in the wild would be a dream for me!! And as a suggestion for the next making friends with spiders videos, what about a green lynx spider? They’re gorgeous, docile, recognizable, and pretty common!! Keep up the great work man
Oooh a lynx would be a great idea! If not as a making friends video, definitely loads of ways to explore their biology. I’ll keep that in mind!
@@MyWildBackyard what about the twin flagged jumping spider? They seem to be especially skittish compared to other species I find, definitely would be a challenge.
I love the way you analyze, befriend, and care for these little creatures!!!! It has taught me to have more compassion for them no matter how scary they look, especially knowing that they have the same feelings as people do!!! Thank you for all these beautiful educational videos to teach humanity to co exist with them with a new perspective!!!!
Always glad to share! What I love so much about a lot of you guys is how you keep an open mind when I'm showcasing some of these creepy or weird critters, it never fails to impress. Thank you for being awesome!
YES ANOTHER JUMPER VID. This new series feels like the spiritual sequel to curing arachnophobia and I’m here for it.
I think it’s going to be! Late replies this week cause I am GRINDING rn on these next two videos- but let’s just say you will enjoy the results
I brought one inside for the winter because weve had very odd weather in the northwest this winter. She was really skinny/slim and could tell she hadnt eaten for awhile, so I made a good living habitat for her and drop flies and other bugs in there so that she can still hunt for her food and such. Theyre amazing creatures 😊and have such personalities!
How you find flys in the winter time?
Great vid as always Spencer! The jumping spiders are adorable!
Hands down some of my favorites!
WOW! That guy you were collaborating with is SO HANDSOME! Haha great video bro! 😎
Lmao.
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My Pap recently found a Jumping Spider in our bathroom and he immediately told me because I Love Spiders so he helped me catch the Jumping Spider and then me and my Dad got the Jumping Spider rehoused I'm so glad my Pap found the Jumping Spider I Love Spiders I have a lot of Spiders and my Dad helps me take care of them
So adorable! I love these jumping spider videos. They’re truly fascinating creatures with behavior that is so different from most invertebrates.
7:26 _boing!_
😂 my favorite shot of the whole video tbh
I own several jumping spiders myself. I just love their curious little faces. I also own several other Inverts and including praying mantis. I just laugh when they don't expect a female to love them, but ah well. I just find animals amazing.
I have two as pets and they are just so cute and curious spiders. They don't want to hurt you. They just want to be sure they are safe and then they will just chill. They are the reason I started to get spiders and tarantulas as pets.
Honestly a really amazing idea for a series. And something that could easily be extended to a whole array of other animals too.
Giant centipedes next?
Don't you wish that jumping spiders were big enough to put them on a leash and take them around for walks?
Well, on second thought, that might be a little scary.
You should read the book “Children of Time”, it… sorta explores that concept actually
@@MyWildBackyard hmmm, I'll look for it the next time I'm at the library.
I love finding these little guys ! I’ll hang with them for a bit , then place them in my garden . They’re my security guards!
Soooo CUTE!!!! … I love jumping spiders!! I find them on me every now & again when I hangout in the backyard. Or one looking at me. Then we chill & then it jumps away & my day is filled with happiness! … my roommate used to not like any spiders. But he likes jumpers! Because one day the biggest chonk was on my pants & I carefully showed him the cuteness & said “look at that moosestach & those big eyes!” Then he smiled & said “omg, it’s so cute!!”
Man I love it when she jumps in the vid, super adorable
Crossover episode! 🥳
Great stuff, Spencer and Jack! I loved seeing more footage of adorable jumping spiders, not to mention the wonderful advocacy. 😊
Wasn't sure if this was the case, but it seemed like the second spider had something going with her left pedipalp. She had a tendency to let it drop lower than the other one, which is something I haven't really seen in other jumpers. Maybe just a funny posture? 🤔
I did notice that. No idea what her deal was, could honestly be neurological!
Incredibly i have become friends with them. Thanks
We share a love for these adorable little fuzzballs - but if you wanna showcase an intelligent arachnid, do a video on Black Emperor Scorpions. I've had a few, and watching them calculate hunting and trapping their prey is amazing. Plus, they glow, as I'm sure you know, in blacklight. Spend an hour or so watching one that's used to humans, and you'll see what I mean. Mine used to sit on my shoulder for hours while I played Unreal Tournament :)
Interesting! It’ll be a few years before I can get to where they range in the wild, but I had no idea they were intelligent! I’m gonna read up on them more now
@@MyWildBackyardTheir natural habitat is a bit off the beaten path, true... my experience with them wasn't necessarily in the wild - I had three, and two of them mated, so I had a LOT of babies (which I sold the survivors) but I'm sure they're even more adept in their own environment. It'd definitely be a great episode, considering the plethora of other wildlife you'd find in the West Africa region. ;)
@@master0fpuppets oh for sure! So much stuff over there. So many places like that I want to explore, trick is getting good contacts in the field and a budget to get out there! Not to worry, I’ll be figuring that out in the next couple years for sure. I’ll be sure to do more research on other scorpions too to see if I can surprise you with some more local species as well!
@@MyWildBackyard The Giant Hairy in Arizona is pretty awesome ;) I think their sting is relatively weak as well. My choice of Emperor was because their sting is minimal, compared to most others. It's a shame this wasn't 20+ years ago when my uncle was alive and still had his shipping company with an office in Africa. I'll get in touch with my cousin and see if we've still got any contacts out there, and let you know. I'd be honored to help in any way, your channel and your videos are great - and we need to get people back to nature!
Jumping spiders must have been Quake fans by comparison lol. Curious if those scorpions have large eyes like most of the intelligent arachnids.
Not only are they super smart but they can remember faces like bees and wasps can!
Neat video Spencer, those were some huge jumpers and it's so cool that you got them to chill out after they realized you weren't about to snack on them!
Jumping Spiders will chase laser pointers
Jumping spiders are honestly the greatest spider species on the planet. They’re adorable! Peacock spiders are particularly cute! ❤
Found a Phidippus audax once... so cute and intelligent. I Wish I could have one as a pet, same size as a cat haha.
SAME!!!
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i have a pet regal named Shelob that watches youtube videos with me. I don't know if she actually understands what she's looking at when staring at the monitor from the middle of my desk, but she's always riveted when i play certain channels lol
jumping spiders ❤you guys rock! It's a relief to see your appreciation for these amazing creatures ❤ I play with them and called weirdo 😂
I’ve never been afraid of little critters… honey bees, stink bugs, ants, snakes, worms, but my number one favorite lil guys are the jumpers. They look inquisitively at the world around them, they think, they plot, they plan and execute plans to catch and capture their prey. I actually had one on my bed last night and I told him: listen bud, your absolutely adorable, but you can’t sleep here
Very cool channel! 💝I am learning so much from you. These little jumping spiders are to cute. 🥹
i love how we all are terrified of spiders but love jumping spiders 😂💕
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that is too freaking precious!!! I always wanted one and have a curly hair but my husband has a fear of spiders. It took about 4 months to talk him into angel and if i asked for another i know the answer would be no lol love your vids they are awesome and teach others that our world has some beautiful hidden jems for sure!!!
They remind me of micro crabs 🦀
Sometimes wish your videos were longer, was enjoying your interactions with spider! ❤
Working on that as I expand my team! Hard to keep up weekly as a one man band and make them as long as I’d like them to be. We’ll get there 😉
Jumping spiders are pretty much the only spiders I like to have on my hands, here in Paraguay we have so many different tiny ones, black, grey, brown and so on! Adore those little babies❤
Ever since I saw ur channel , jumping spiders (and wolf spiders) have always been one of my fav animals :3 I find them really interesting and very cute ofc
I’m glad ur continuing making vids abt jumping spiders
I absolutely adore these fuzzy cuties. One lived in and on my car for a while. 🕷🕸
I've loved Jumping Spiders since I was a child many years ago
I enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
Thanks so much!
I love the regals ❤
Abhhhhh my favorite!!!! I can’t tell u how much I adore jumpers!! I’ve had the pleasure of keeping a few different types of them , P Otiosus, audax, but the regals are my favorite!! I had some gorgeous bright orange females !! Idc what anyone says , they each have different personalities lol 😂… I did however find most did not care for arm hair although it’s comical watching them try n navigate it !! Please !!! Please more jumping spider vids !!! There’s so many different beautiful jumpers out there to meet!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️
I’ve kept regius and audax, though otiosus is super prevalent where I live so I might give those a shot one of these days. Such fun little critters
Is it really "intelligence" to realize that biting the giant human = you getting stepped on?
Can you please do an episode on the giant golden orb weaver in Florida. !?!?
I did one a while back, but I’m overdue on those this year I think. Soon!
That's such an adorable spider!
I once saw three jumping spiders work together to take down a grasshopper that none of them alone could have handled. Cooperative hunting shows some impressive levels of intelligence. They may be on the precipice of transcending the invertebrate tier of intelligence, and be moving up to the next level, if they haven't already.
That sounds insane because I have never heard or imagined that possibility before, but I believe you. Amazing
I believe you, I've seen some impressive intelligence from these guys. Did you know that when they're babies the stronger ones help the weaker hunters by sharing their food with them, and this is actually a fact.
Honestly the way people have come 180 on jumping spiders in my lifetime (heck, the past few years!) gives me a lot of hope for our species.
I think one of the most important things to convince humans of is that a creature is aware of them as another creature. Cuteness helps us calm down, but there's a lot to be said for the way our brains are wired for transpositional thinking and empathy, both as social animals and as hunters and foragers.
Lucas, is that you?
3:30 Is this a Pinus palustris in the background?!
Honestly I have no idea. Don’t know plants outside of a few carnivorous and poisonous ones
This reminds me of Project Hail Mary (good audiobook - Sci-Fi). Highly recommend.
I’ll check it out! Just finished Children of Time, also a great one
Jumping spiders are awesome, I used to have one that would come up on my table in my back yard, I decided to feed it a fly that had been bugging me, he/she happily jumped on the fly and took off, the next day, I see the same spider crawling across the table, it came and waited so I got up got a fly and fed it again. For two weeks this went on, and the more days passed the more it would stay and eat rather than run off, after the fourth week, I didn’t see it anymore and assumed it had passed or moved on… but the intelligence that tiny little spider showed was pretty amazing and what brought me to this video
First View!
Fuzzy wuzzy 🥹
I love watching these little guys
I recently moved to Montana from Wisconsin where I was used to making friends with orbweavers, and I have to say the Bold Jumpers out here are pretty marvelous.
Too cute!!
Spiders are taking the same path that the wolves did. They’re getting cuter and more friendly. Soon will have domesticated spiders playing fetch, emotional support spiders, POLICE SPIDER🫣
Officer: “STOP OR ILL RELEASE THE TARANTULA!”
Criminals: “I’ll just put the cuffs on and hop in the back sir”
Just remember that Jumping Spiders are venomous too. 🕷️👍🍻
They are! Just not significant towards humans. It would be like a mild bee sting
@@MyWildBackyard very true, but still venomous indeed. 👍🍻
I tried to pick up a decent sized spider once. It curled its legs inward into a ball shape as a defense mechanism. It almost makes me cry to think how demonized these critters have become by people. They’re just silly lil’ guys.
Ive had alot of little jumping spiders stare at my leg or just me basically and suddenly jump onto me like they are taking me down……hahaha!😂
At my work station, had a hold jumping spider use it as a hunting ground for a few weeks. He just chilled, explored and would interact with me pretty easily
Ok, I just played it a second time, closed my eyes she and imagined you talk about your new girlfriend.
My jumpers--- if I wiggle two finger pointing up (peace sign style) they investigate me. Two fingers down-- they run away. Problem with them is making them go away after you make friends with them.
Loved this video! Keep up the work
I once witnessed a jumping spider make eye contact with me right before it bungee jumped off a 4ft wall and stopped a inch above the ground like 007.
Love these guys so much! Thanks for the awesome content!
People: "Ah! It's a spider!"
Jumping spider: "Ah! It's human skin! Ew! Must jump!"
People: "Aw, well this one isn't too scary."
Jumping spider: "Okay, this hooman seems alright. When's lunch?"
@MyWildBackyard Love seeing you in Florida with some of our best spider man! Just leave those Green Lynx's alone.. you "will" be bitten 🤣
I used to kill spiders in my house but now I just remove to spooky ones, but I have NEVER killed a Jumping spider and never remove them. It cracks me up if I'm in bed reading and look over to see one one the wall watching me.
I love making friends with every jumping spider I'm so lucky to meet! I wonder sometimes if being in urban wildlife in Pennsylvania if they are a bit on the domestic side, but either way they are playful and amd smart, so awesome!!! They are like tiny, intelligent eitgh legged puppies who can play webby-jump games! 💜🙃🕷️🕸️🎉
I love those guys. Got a jumping spider (I think) girl living on my balcony, she sometimes gets into my apartment and wanders around looking for prey. I took her on my hand couple of times, she seemed to like it.
They are interestingly freaky little creatures. 🕷🕷🕷
Okay jumping spiders (specifically) can have immunity from the bottom of my shoe, as do ladybugs, butterflies, and even crickets. My only concern is I don't know if I would know that it's a jumping spider before I kill it! Any other kind is history!
If you wanna cure someone's arachnophobia, start with introducing them to these lil guys. They're spiders, but for some reason they're just cute, they don't seem to have any ickyness that spiders do, I think mainly it's because of their shorter legs, more centred body, general roundedness and those googly eyes. And their size really gives them more of a personality, like you see them as another animal, and not just as some sort of bug, so to speak... These ones especially have that "looking around" behaviour, they seem inquisitive, which again gives more of a personality, a sort of consciousness that we can relate and connect.
@mywildbackyard what forest are you in? I thought florida only had swamps 😂
Thanks for the tips here :) Would you be ok if I screencast this video for a short documentary on Jumping Spider?
You're "nuts!" Maybe spiders that can't see very well, need glasses. Maybe if regular spiders had itsy bitsy Pogo sticks they could learn to become jumping spiders. Cute? I'm not seeing it.
I just saved a jumping spider out of my kitchen sink with a credit card. I dropped him in a house plant on the island, and he has now made it his fortress.
I just got to meet an adorable little jumping spider while kayaking in Alabama. It was so cute and watching it look around and process that I wasn't going to hurt it was really cool. It fell into my kayak while floating down the river, so I hung out with it for a while and then found it a leaf to live on. They are so cute!!!
Awwww she's skinny and needs food, give her food and we could probably see how they hunt. Gorgeous animal.
The hairs also to make its exoskeleton hydrophobic. Clingy droplets of water are a major pain if you're a small critter.
Try offering a live house fly or other small insect between your fingers to a jumping spider you might find. I had one recognize the meal, jump ONTO my hand, snatch the fly, and jump away to enjoy. 1st attempt, really cool 😎
I have jumpin' spiders in my apartment, I love them so much, I have shooed them away from my keyboard a couple times and only in those few interactions they have started to jump up on my sound bar to avoid my keyboard. I think they're adorable and they keep all the pesky fruit flies that occasionally come into my apartment due to my plants to a minimum. I only shoo them away from my keyboard because I'd feel awful if a little guy went under the keys which are quite spacious due to it bein' mechanical n' gettin' hurt as a result, so I'm very happy they learned to keep away from it.
The first jumper was a he, not a she. You can tell because of the color of his fangs. The ones with green iridescent ones are male. Great video, though. I'm always trying to convince people that jumpers are just tiny, eight legged cats with their curiosity. I found baby jumpers on my bed one morning two summers ago, one actually played with me like a kitten would. I moved my finger forward and it back off just a little, but when I moved my finger in the opposite direction it followed, coming towards me. It was super cute. Jumpers are the best! ❤️
Here in the UK, the largest jumping spiders ( Marpissa spp ) only grow to about 12mm. ☹
Jumping spiders aren’t as scary to me, they move like animals, with purpose, you can see where they’re wanting to go, and they move with purpose, not irrationally
Those Phidippus are so cute
Nice video as always !
They're so adorable! Thanks so much for watching!
They are amazing spiders. Florida seems to be losing widows but Recluse spiders are always around.