Let me just wear my comfy shorts and short sleeved shirt while searching for the most venomous spider on earth! Oh wait...almost forgot my teeny tiny stick to poke the dirt with in search for potential spider homes!
We live on Sydney's Upper North Shore, the happy home for funnel web spiders. You probably won't see a funnel web every day, but we certainly do several times a year. You have to be ultra cautious when gardening, making sure to wear thick leather gloves, solid boots and so forth. When we can, we catch them and take them to the emergency section of a nearby public hospital. From there, they're collected and taken to a spider holiday home. They're milked for their venom which becomes the anti-venene. Never needed to find out ourselves, but understand that the anti-venene is very effective.
Longest recorded is over 40 years. That was a female Gaius villosus, a species of Australian trapdoor spider. And she didn't even die of old age, she was killed by a wasp!
Again, no leather gloves. Why these experts choose to set a bad example for others on how to handle these spiders just to win some macho points is beyond my understanding. You honestly would impress me more if you wore gloves because I'd know you were smart and secure within yourself and not in need of proving how brave you are.
In all honesty, whilst Funnel Webs could be dangerous if handled barehanded - what I was doing here was holding it on a stick to show the spider to the camera. I'm aware of the speed and movements of the spider to know I was at a fine distance (they don't jump for example).
sbarnett37tiger Barnes an adult Sydney funnel web’s fangs would go straight through most leather gloves. The spiders shouldn’t be handled at all in direct contact with your hands regardless of what you’re wearing on them. Holding it with a stick or piece of bark like in the video is way safer than picking it up with gloves
Northern Tree Funnelweb (Hadronyche Formidabilis) is actually believed to have higher potency and and has a higher envenomation rate than Atrax Robustus (Sydney Funnelweb). Also, female Sydney's have never caused a single envenomation, it's only males which have 6x more concentrated delta-atracotoxin. Still, absolutely formidable spiders that should be treated with respect, but not mindless fear. Awesome video footage
@@mikeydeez6399 Yeah, had one there last week and showed the kids. It was still moving around happily 2 or 3 hours after we found it. Apparently they take air bubbles in their belly fur.
@@T0pMan15 I thought so... we vacuumed this one up 11 days after first seeing it, then put it in a container. An hour later it's clearly alive and kicking.
I had one on my dressing gown a few weeks ago. I didn’t notice until it had crawled all the way up to the lapel. I never knew I could move so fast until that moment.
@@Shadowman9348 this is not true at all you'd survive just fine they don't hunt people lmfao. Yes there dangerous but only being an idiot or accidentally harming/frittering one will get you bitten
The Sydney funnel web just bit me mate. Amazing. Looky there, my heart just stop beating. It such an unbelievable pleasure to be taken out by this amazing beast. Crocky mate!
as a kid, ive picked one of these up was a pretty big one and my mother was freaking out. i thought i had picked up a wolf spider. wasn't i wrong, but it never bite me as i wasnt hurting him or scaring it
I had a dream today that I got bit by one of these. I saw it in my dream and when I woke up I immediately knew it was a funnel web spider. Now I'm here lol
Caught one in the kitchen in our house in Hornbsy. We had em all through the garden as it was a pretty bushy valley we lived in. Pest guy told us we had, trap doors, redbacks, st george cross spiders as well as the scary but harmless Hunstman Spider. Had leeches too.
@@keelyleilani1326 I was told by the exterminator that Queensland doesn't have funnel webs, that's why he was surprised seeing Sydney funnel webs in our house. He even took one for a keepsake.
There are 35 species of funnelweb spider. There are a bunch of funnelwebs in Queensland. Also, they would probably be trapdoors, as funnelweb spiders usually are quite dispersed.
I mean, some people like the adrenaline rush and the danger that comes with it. It’s such behaviour that we label as stupid, but at the end of the day it’s their decision and they know fully well that their actions could lead to death, they’re putting their lives on the line to feed their curiosity. I admire their bravery but yeah, it’s “stupid”.
I do recall as a Sydney person I saw a funnel web run across the “lounge room “ in the mid 80s We were relaxed but a massive thunderstorm was coming down and the spider decided it was time to move Literally the thing ran across the floor Everyone wanted to squash it but dad literally lifted the spider off and on a newspaper and deposited it outside Mum said squash it I say no? The jury is out about this? Fun times!
Ive seen two of these bloody scary creatures in my life so far.One was in my bedroom!-It was nearly as big as my bedroom itself!It took a monumental effort to get rid of it!-panic mode level 10!
Are these by any chance in Tennessee? I don't think they are, but I found one walking along outside and I can't find any information on them being in other states
João Paulo Biaso Dias Pinto the high venom yield, long fangs, plus its venom specifically being effective against primates (humans!) make this spider arguably the most dangerous spider in the world
Added to this, they can live close to humans, and males wondering for females to mate with can end up in places where people can get bitten. It’s aggression on top of this makes this spider in my opinion the most dangerous species of spider in the world. The is just an opinion that many may agree with! Some not!
Brazilian wandering spider's venom is more well-rounded (lethal to a wider variety of animals) but the funnelweb's is likely more dangerous to humans. Still, no one's been killed by one since the antivenom was developed.
You probably won't see any large spiders unless you go looking for them. And in the case of the Atracidea (three genres of funnel webs with life threatening venom) the common names gives you a clue as to where the spiders prefer to stay: their web. They can't climb well, they can't run that great and are nearly blind. Showing themselves off and biting tourists isn't on their to do list.
Funnel webs males are usually the ones who bite and have much, more toxicity then the females. Their fangs have been known to pierce straight through leather and finger nails. Also, they sometimes bite so hard that they'll cling by their fangs. Yeeessh.
Nah if u crush it with the force of your weight with enough speed they can't bite most of the time they charge u when distrub but its like ant charging u
Walking into the woods in Australia, foraging around the undergrowth with your hands in Australia, digging near a rock in Australia, leaving your bunker in Australia. These are just some of the things that the thought of doing sends chills up my fucking spine.
i only could handle watching the first few seconds of this video but. holly heck seeing you handling that spider with nothing more than a peice of bark is.. pretty scary to watch. especially at 11:29 pm. even so the excitement in your voice and im assuming love for animals seems (to atleast me) very enjoyable to watch whats going on in Australia. reminds of me watching steve irwin as a kid. may he be proud people still do what he did up where he is now.
I used to play with them as like a 10 year old kid with a stick lol. They are feisty buggers. I grew up on a farm, not in Sydney so it might of been another funnelweb species. Still deadly but not as much as the Sydney one, as if it matters at that point lol.
This was a great video! Informative and a little bit scary ... The perfect mix for me! Thank you for educating us about these spiders. (As an American, I am so very happy these spiders are found by YOU, not me 😁)
I'm surprised nobody is talking about the Long-toothed funnel web spider in Queensland Australia, known as the Frazer Island funnel web. Its venom has been recorded as being six times more powerful than the Sydney funnel web spider.
@@giannister I know. I heard that back in 1981, a little girl died in just 16 minutes after she was bitten by a large male Sidney funnel web. But thankfully, after the antivenom was produced, there have been no deaths since then. For the Brazilian wandering spider, it was named in Guinness' Book of Records as one of the most dangerous and venomous spiders in the world in 2010. It's venom contains deadly neurotoxins that are strong enough to kill a man or a child. That's why I'm saying that the Brazilian wandering spider is way worse than the Sydney funnel web.
1:46 when he said just we I needed a little bit of energy and holds up a lizard to the camera I thought for a second he was going to go all Bear Grylls
Since I was a kid I've always been reading about Australia and was always amazed by this land, one of my biggest life dreams is to visit Australia, at least as a touristical :) But, there are always buts.. I'm massively arachnophobic and when i notice any kind of spider or if i touch it i start trembling and panicing, one day I'm about to face my biggest fear and my biggest dream I hope. Yes, I'm that stupid european coward. I was just constantly wondering; how do arachnophobic people live in Oz?! :d Thanks for awesome Video anyway
Meh Fromfourthfloor thanks so much! Glad you liked it even though you probably had your eyes squinted for most of it! Firstly, Australia is an amazing country especially if you like nature, definitely don’t let spiders put you off! Secondly, the best way to get over the fear of spiders is to take the leap and face it, find a (harmless!) spider and try picking it up, it will very quickly go away the fear :) Thanks again for watching!
Don’t worry so much, most spiders like being in the bush rather than in the cities and very populated areas. Take it from an arachnophobe living in Sydney (right in the middle of the bush might I add) you will most likely only find them if you go looking. :) And if it makes you feel any better, I’ve lived here 18 years, never seen a funnel web in the wild before.
How you are still breathing by handling that spider so close is amazing, that was a small one, but not only did you get away with it being 10cm from you, you were standing on a burrow that sometimes can have dozens of others close by.. you have to do more research mate, or you are going to end up like Steve Irwin. I have an uncle that used to work in the Blue Mountains, digging holes at work, he used to dig up burrows all the time and when you come across 10 or 20 at a time, you really are playing with your life.
Me with my stomach in a knot the whole time watching this video… “bro that’s too close”, “ohh my god get your fingers away”, “that’s too close man”, “Jesus get your face away from that thing” Bro is stressing me the fuck out
As someone born from Sydney, Australia. I find it funny that someone would acknowledge that it can puncture a fingernail but then attempt to pick it up with a flimsy plastic container. I've had plenty of these in my pool when I was a boy in Northern Sydney, if you are backed onto the bush you should see them. They burrow during Winter but during Summer the males are out and about looking for females. The males are smaller but more Venomous. Not to fear, luckily its the 'Sydney' funnel web. So your in the area with the best healthcare, so you will be rushed to hospital and get anti-venom asap. Rarely would someone die. But you could if you don't get the anti-venom.
Brazilian wandering is the most deadly but what makes the Australian funnel-web so leathal is that they can breathe underwater for a good while . Found poolside alot
@@NathanStar-vw3dm The BWS hasn't killed more. BWS has 10 attributed to it while the SFW has 14. The BWS reputation comes from the Guiness World Record awarded to it. They're both potentially deadly if they're in close proximity to you so it's all academic anyway.
id say the sydney funnel web is more dangerous as it stumbles into homes, even in your boots, some kid almost died cause a funnel web was hiding in his boot but wandering spider is more venemous
I Remember A Young Boy About 11 Or 12 Dying After Being Bitten By The Sydney Funnel Web Spider Back In About 1978 Or 79 Somewhere In The Sydney Area The Antivenom Was Developed A Couple Of Years Later In 1981!🧒🕷️🕸️😱🇦🇺
Ajunte Burns I’m not sure about 6 times(I’m not doubting I just never seen or heard of that before) but yes. The males are much more deadlier than the females
It's like this with many spider species, males have shorter life spans and smaller size so they have stronger venom to make them less likely to die to predators and increase the chance they will mate
I recently encountered what I think was a young funnel web, it was sitting idle on the concrete walking track beside the Nepean River, I thought I should help it off the path in case someone trod on it or a bird ate it, so I placed a decent sized leaf in front of it and encouraged it to get on it so I could put it back into the bush that borders the pathway, I was very surprised by the absolute ferocity of the spiders response, I only started suspecting that it was a funnel web when it began to strike it's infamous pose, standing on it's back legs and lunging aggressively at the leaf, Still not appreciating the potential danger I tried to push it onto the leaf with my finger, finger nail first, this little thing spun around so quickly that it head butted my nail twice before I could react, I eventually flicked it back into the bush, I underestimated this spider because of it's size, I won't do that again, I have never witnessed the sheer aggression like this thing displayed before, and wouldn't like to encounter an adult, be very aware!!
It's not aggression, it's a defensive mechanism! They have very poor eyesight,, and don't know what they're up against. You could have been a nasty centipede, for all it knew! After all, it didn't try to chase you into the river. Now that would have been aggression!!
@@johnbullivant1264 If I hit you, it's aggression. If you shove me, and I hit you, it's defense. The spider reacted to you. It was *not* aggression! If it was, then Poland attacked Nazi Germany!! You might want to check the definition of the word.
@@brookeggleston9314 Firstly please spare me the bulls hit analogies, yes it wrongly perceived me as a threat and so therefore reacted with a level of “Aggression” that was extreme, kudos to it
@@johnbullivant1264 Nothing bullshit about the analogies! The spider reacted defensively, not aggressively. If it had done that without reason, I would agree with you, but it didn't! Far too many people label the funnel webs aggressive, without good reason. It doesn't jump at people, and it can't climb worth shit. People fuck with it, and when it reacts, they label it aggressive. That is bullshit!! Let me know when one chases you down the road. THAT will be aggression!!
That’s tiny. The males I have in my home throughout the year are sometimes three times the size and they are the ones that will kill you within minutes
So many people are arguing about which spider is the most dangerous spider. In the event of a bite Brazilian wandering spiders have a rate of significant envenomation of about 1% while Sydney funnel webs have a rate of significant envenomation of around 17%. Even then darling downs, southern tree funnel webs and northern tree funnel webs are all well above the 50% range according to this: www.mja.com.au/journal/2005/182/8/funnel-web-spider-bite-systematic-review-recorded-clinical-cases
First, Phoneutria nigriventer (the main species responsible for accidents), contains two toxic fractions lethal to primates, PhTx-1 and PhTx-2, the LD50 for a 70kg adult human is ony 6.3 mg, however, nigriventer has only 1-2 mg in its glands and usually delivers 0.4 mg (400 MICROgrams), and in my opinion the most venomous spiders in the world are the Chilean recluse and the sand spider, I will explain: The Chilean recluse is small, has small fangs and injects a small amount of venom, but even with small amounts of venom still responsible for high rates of severe envenoming, for exemple in Peru (27.2%) in Chile (18.8%) and in the state of Santa Catarina in Brazil (13.1%) if it was able to produce and inject quantities similar to that of Atrax and Hadronyche that rate would be much higher, the chilean recluse was responsible by a mortality rate of 18% for those over 13 years old, and 50% for those under 13 years old in Peru, in Santiago, Chile, had a mortality rate of 19.2%, what makes the Chilean recluse so toxic is the fact that it produces a dense magnitude of sphingomyelinase D, an enzyme that is only found in the sand spider and some bacteria, the proteolytic action dissolves the tissues, and causes a necrotic ulcer up to 25 cm in diameter in severe cases, but here's the worst part, the hemolytic toxin can cause intravascular hemolysis, a rupture of red blood cells within a vascular space, releasing excess hemoglobin in the plasma, the kidneys end up filtrand the blood and excrete hemoglobin in the urine, the problem is that this protein causes acute turbular necrosis (death of the cells that form the renal tubules) this results in acute renal failure, which is the most dangerous complication, but expect there are others, like thrombocytopenia (low platelet count) and disseminated intravascular coagulation, a condition where blood clots form throughout the body blocking small blood vessels, clotting factors, as well as platelets are depleted and the person may experience bleeding, but also lack of air, chest tightness and death from multiple organ failure in Brazil, deaths from cardiorespiratory arrest have been reported, the antidote exists, but it does not work 100%, with deaths occurring even after its application. In the case of the sand spider it would be much worse, the two spiders themselves have almost the same venom, but the sand spider is larger and can inject larger amounts, so its bite would be much more massive, but luckily it is not an important one cause of accidents, only one case was officially confirmed, and it occurred in South America, where a 17-year-old boy developed a dermonecrotic lesion after a bite of Sicarius tropicus, and there are two suspected cases in Africa, in one of which the victim lost his limb dermonecrosis, and in the other the victim died of massive hemorrhage, and there is no antidote, but it is worth remembering that not all sand spiders are lethal, in Latin America there are 21 species, only 6 Latin species have been studied, of these 6, only Sicarius ornatus showed high toxicity, while in Africa they are all lethal. It is also worth remembering that the Chilean recluse is not the only lethal, Loxosceles intemedia and Loxosceles gaucho are also responsible for high rates of serious envenoming, including deaths. Now let's talk about the deaths, only in the state of Parana, Brazil, from 1993 to 2000, there were 7 deaths, from 2009 to 2010 13 deaths, in 2013, 36 deaths, in 2015 more 30, and in 2017 another 30, in 2019, only in November, in less than ten days, two people died, both in the south of Brazil (probably bitten by Loxosceles laeta, Loxosceles iintermedia or gaucho), which are common there. They received treatment and antidote, but did not resist, one died of kidney failure and the other due to breathing difficulties and multiple organ failure, but there is not much other information about the deaths, so we can’t know the exact number, these numbers are just a ''few'' that occurred only in Brazil. In Peru and Chile there are several others too .
@@wickhamdecks6297 A single BWS killed two children in São Paulo, they slept in the same bed and two were bitten by the spider, one by one, and they died in the same night.
@@mariotime448 the damage caused by necrosis and LD50 are not the same thing, if that were the case most vipers would be considered far more venomous than most elapids
the fact that he isn't wearing any protective gear, not even gloves, scares me.
It's because he is a manlet
No point in wearing gloves if their bite can penetrate through fingernails
That's because he's dealing with a relatively harmless trapdoor spider. It wasn't a 'Sydney Funnel Web' spider at all.
"HI! TODAY IM ABOUT TO DIE! "
Miky Petracca 😅
There's a reason why Australia is an Island continent.
because its surrounded by water
@@NigwardTheSquid yes, and luckily for us the nopes can't swim to us because of it!
Bruno56 Luckily technology and security is increasing so, we’ll be fine sooner or later.
Who tf would want to go to australia 😂😂
@@NigwardTheSquid its not water. It's the tears of all the unlucky blokes who got the shit scared outta them by these effing minions from hell.
Let me just wear my comfy shorts and short sleeved shirt while searching for the most venomous spider on earth! Oh wait...almost forgot my teeny tiny stick to poke the dirt with in search for potential spider homes!
lol true
Love your profile pic!!!! Waddlesssss
He wouldn't die due to anti venom on hand. Wouldn't recommend this if you're hiking by yourself loool
And no Gloves...while 'digging' into Logs and Dirt...where they dwell. Just insanity.
Actually it's pretty safe for him to do what he's doing
This is Walmart brave wilderness
Yup
LITERALLY!
I'd be wearing kevlar gloves if I was digging around like this guy.
@Tooth Fairy Gotta be prepared for those Radspiders.
kevlar gloves aint gonna do much bro, them fangs can punch through leather boots and toe nails.
@@hunterscars01 Ok then, tri-weave carbon fiber.
Hunting funnel web spiders isn't the smartest of past time activities.
Especially with no protective gear on.🤦♀️
@@keelyleilani1326 what protective gear are you referring to? Gloves won’t help
Probably more fun then anything you do lol
@@ToyotaNutjob what wpuld you know what I do?-moron!
@@sdrewe99 sit on youtube
Its not hard to tell that this guy is eventually gonna die. He's too reckless
We all are
I mean everyone eventually gonna die but I get what you're trying to say
It wasn't an actual Sydney Funnel Web, it was just a similar harmless spider (maybe a trapdoor) found nearby where they live.
@@NinoNiemanThe1st that is a funnel web spider
We live on Sydney's Upper North Shore, the happy home for funnel web spiders. You probably won't see a funnel web every day, but we certainly do several times a year. You have to be ultra cautious when gardening, making sure to wear thick leather gloves, solid boots and so forth. When we can, we catch them and take them to the emergency section of a nearby public hospital. From there, they're collected and taken to a spider holiday home. They're milked for their venom which becomes the anti-venene. Never needed to find out ourselves, but understand that the anti-venene is very effective.
A spider that can live 30 years! That's absolutely amazing.
Longest recorded is over 40 years. That was a female Gaius villosus, a species of Australian trapdoor spider. And she didn't even die of old age, she was killed by a wasp!
Terrifying*
@@BugsandBiology surviving for 46 years in wild is simply impressive for a creature so small.
That's absolutely horrifying.
I was thinking the same thing. Not sure how amazing i find that but I do say that is absolutely terrifying
He’s poking around looking for one of the most venomous spiders without gloves?!!
It's very likely that he has anti-venom and a suitable doctor on-set with him.
Again, no leather gloves. Why these experts choose to set a bad example for others on how to handle these spiders just to win some macho points is beyond my understanding. You honestly would impress me more if you wore gloves because I'd know you were smart and secure within yourself and not in need of proving how brave you are.
In all honesty, whilst Funnel Webs could be dangerous if handled barehanded - what I was doing here was holding it on a stick to show the spider to the camera. I'm aware of the speed and movements of the spider to know I was at a fine distance (they don't jump for example).
lols. I used to play with them heaps as a kid, feed them catch them and that stuff .. they are no big deal, just respect the pointy end
sbarnett37tiger Barnes an adult Sydney funnel web’s fangs would go straight through most leather gloves. The spiders shouldn’t be handled at all in direct contact with your hands regardless of what you’re wearing on them. Holding it with a stick or piece of bark like in the video is way safer than picking it up with gloves
Their fangs can pierce your big toenail dude it won't make a difference with leather gloves unless they're proper hide leather
first thing i thought....reaching underneath logs and leaves without gloves is suicidal. dangerous enough WITH them
I have found a funnel web before, scared the hell out of me. Stayed far far away.
Bethany Hall hehe yes that is good to stay away! :)
or buy flamethrower
Northern Tree Funnelweb (Hadronyche Formidabilis) is actually believed to have higher potency and and has a higher envenomation rate than Atrax Robustus (Sydney Funnelweb). Also, female Sydney's have never caused a single envenomation, it's only males which have 6x more concentrated delta-atracotoxin. Still, absolutely formidable spiders that should be treated with respect, but not mindless fear. Awesome video footage
Hadronyche formidabilis has and injects more venom than sydney funnel web, the amount makes the difference.
Sees first image of spider in the video, nervously checks around bed and pillows.
And the bloody things absolutely love sitting at the bottom of swimming pools looking dead
These mfers go underwater fr? 😱
That’s why you invest in pool covers lol
If you give it 24 hours they’ll eventually die
@@mikeydeez6399 Yeah, had one there last week and showed the kids. It was still moving around happily 2 or 3 hours after we found it. Apparently they take air bubbles in their belly fur.
@@T0pMan15 I thought so... we vacuumed this one up 11 days after first seeing it, then put it in a container. An hour later it's clearly alive and kicking.
Imagine having it in the house and it disappears. I'd move out. 30 years of terror is not good for my mental health.
I had one on my dressing gown a few weeks ago. I didn’t notice until it had crawled all the way up to the lapel. I never knew I could move so fast until that moment.
such an underrated comment.
If it escaped and you stayed (obviously you wouldn't stay) but if you did - you wouldn't even survive the week lol.
@@bowmanwright532 You discover new features about your own body you never knew were possible until you see a spider lol.
@@Shadowman9348 this is not true at all you'd survive just fine they don't hunt people lmfao. Yes there dangerous but only being an idiot or accidentally harming/frittering one will get you bitten
The Sydney funnel web just bit me mate. Amazing. Looky there, my heart just stop beating. It such an unbelievable pleasure to be taken out by this amazing beast. Crocky mate!
as a kid, ive picked one of these up was a pretty big one and my mother was freaking out. i thought i had picked up a wolf spider. wasn't i wrong, but it never bite me as i wasnt hurting him or scaring it
Bro that's cool af you got a childhood dangerous spider friend
Sick video bro! LOVE THE FUNNELS🕷🕸
Winton Night Glad you enjoyed Winton! 🕷🕷
Well done for putting it back!
sah awry thanks Sah , yes of course always respect animals, big or small 👍
I had an anxiety attack watching this.
I used to live in a house in VIC and there was a giant funnel web I can't believe it but they are in Victoria as well
Is the Victoria Funnel Web species the exact same as the Sydney or are they just a close relative?
@@keelyleilani1326 they are less dangerous
I had a dream today that I got bit by one of these. I saw it in my dream and when I woke up I immediately knew it was a funnel web spider. Now I'm here lol
Caught one in the kitchen in our house in Hornbsy. We had em all through the garden as it was a pretty bushy valley we lived in. Pest guy told us we had, trap doors, redbacks, st george cross spiders as well as the scary but harmless Hunstman Spider. Had leeches too.
Leeches? where was your kitchen, in a swamp??😏
When in sydney don't leave your shoes outside at night,especially during the warmer months,these little critters are definitely not fun to play with.
I have about 200 of them in and around my house. The exterminator was both confused and impressed, seeing as I live in Queensland.
Aren't the Queensland Funnel Webs a different species than the Sydney? Just curious....
@@keelyleilani1326 I was told by the exterminator that Queensland doesn't have funnel webs, that's why he was surprised seeing Sydney funnel webs in our house. He even took one for a keepsake.
@@lazybear6992 my God that is terrifying. That means the Sydney's are spreading! 🤦♀️
There are 35 species of funnelweb spider. There are a bunch of funnelwebs in Queensland. Also, they would probably be trapdoors, as funnelweb spiders usually are quite dispersed.
@@keelyleilani1326 The Sydneys are most certainly not spreading
Amazing video, such a shame you don't have more views or subs.
All Things Wildlife thanks so much! We’ll keep at it!
They are such beautiful spider species ❤️❤️
He doesn't realize how quickly and easily that spider could have bit him.
He knew very well
@@Χριζαϊων_Ζηνόβῐος So he's stupid then.
I mean, some people like the adrenaline rush and the danger that comes with it. It’s such behaviour that we label as stupid, but at the end of the day it’s their decision and they know fully well that their actions could lead to death, they’re putting their lives on the line to feed their curiosity. I admire their bravery but yeah, it’s “stupid”.
@@Keiththegoober If they want to be stupid, so be it. More oxygen for us.
@@danman6612 lmao
Deadliest spider in the world aside, I sure am glad that I live in a place where I don't have to worry about 'upsetting the ants' lol
I do recall as a Sydney person I saw a funnel web run across the “lounge room “ in the mid 80s
We were relaxed but a massive thunderstorm was coming down and the spider decided it was time to move
Literally the thing ran across the floor
Everyone wanted to squash it but dad literally lifted the spider off and on a newspaper and deposited it outside
Mum said squash it I say no?
The jury is out about this?
Fun times!
The brush fire brought me here. Very educational.
Me as well.
Do they live in Australia only?
Yes.
Ive seen two of these bloody scary creatures in my life so far.One was in my bedroom!-It was nearly as big as my bedroom itself!It took a monumental effort to get rid of it!-panic mode level 10!
Are these by any chance in Tennessee? I don't think they are, but I found one walking along outside and I can't find any information on them being in other states
S T A R Sydney is in Australia dumbarse.
No way. It didn't even touch the Brazilian wandering spider. That thing is a demon
"Too dangerous to handle'......." GOOD CALL.
Used to always be scooping these out of my pool when i was growing up
hey I have a doubt! Is this spider deadlier than Brazilan Wandering spider?
João Paulo Biaso Dias Pinto the high venom yield, long fangs, plus its venom specifically being effective against primates (humans!) make this spider arguably the most dangerous spider in the world
Added to this, they can live close to humans, and males wondering for females to mate with can end up in places where people can get bitten. It’s aggression on top of this makes this spider in my opinion the most dangerous species of spider in the world. The is just an opinion that many may agree with! Some not!
oh got it!! thx for answering my question!!! xDD
Brazilian wandering spider's venom is more well-rounded (lethal to a wider variety of animals) but the funnelweb's is likely more dangerous to humans. Still, no one's been killed by one since the antivenom was developed.
Lair of Centipedes cool thanks and agreed!!
Nice to see you back MadeInTheWild. Great new intro. But lets not start off with you being bitten by an evil spider.
They ain’t evil 😂 very defensive but not evil
I'm thinking about going to Australia, but the fact that these things are there makes me a bit worried...
You probably won't see any large spiders unless you go looking for them.
And in the case of the Atracidea (three genres of funnel webs with life threatening venom) the common names gives you a clue as to where the spiders prefer to stay: their web.
They can't climb well, they can't run that great and are nearly blind.
Showing themselves off and biting tourists isn't on their to do list.
But thanks for the upload, it's interesting to see these spiders up close and personal.
Thank you!
Last night I had a dream i dropped one of these on my leg and woke up shaking...and today this gets recommended to me....
Moist haha google is infiltrating your dreams 😅
I think these are way scarier than Brazilian wandering spiders. I guess their fangs can bite through shoes.
The Chitown Clown yes they have very long fangs for a spider, and large venom glands, their venom specifically is potent to primates!
They are also extremely aggressive
Funnel webs males are usually the ones who bite and have much, more toxicity then the females. Their fangs have been known to pierce straight through leather and finger nails. Also, they sometimes bite so hard that they'll cling by their fangs. Yeeessh.
Through shoes...😲
Nah if u crush it with the force of your weight with enough speed they can't bite most of the time they charge u when distrub but its like ant charging u
Walking into the woods in Australia, foraging around the undergrowth with your hands in Australia, digging near a rock in Australia, leaving your bunker in Australia. These are just some of the things that the thought of doing sends chills up my fucking spine.
Every kid in Australia has done things like this.
Sydney funnel web:you can’t defeat me.
Brazilan wandering spider: I know but he can.
Six eyed sand spider: Who me…..dig dig dig
"Do not underestimate the power of that venom" he says as he sticks his eyeball 3 inches from it
They can't jump, so it still wasn't much of a risk.
I used to run into these buggers everyday when I worked in the bush. They always want to fight you, haha. That's a pretty small one.
i only could handle watching the first few seconds of this video but. holly heck seeing you handling that spider with nothing more than a peice of bark is.. pretty scary to watch. especially at 11:29 pm. even so the excitement in your voice and im assuming love for animals seems (to atleast me) very enjoyable to watch whats going on in Australia. reminds of me watching steve irwin as a kid. may he be proud people still do what he did up where he is now.
Eonbree thank you very kind of you to say! Scary but hopefully you learned some new things about the Funnel Web :)
I used to play with them as like a 10 year old kid with a stick lol. They are feisty buggers. I grew up on a farm, not in Sydney so it might of been another funnelweb species. Still deadly but not as much as the Sydney one, as if it matters at that point lol.
are these spiders actually only found in Sydney or are they all over Australia?
There are several species of funnel webs throughout Australia. The Sydney funnel web is found only in and around Sydney.
This was a great video! Informative and a little bit scary ... The perfect mix for me! Thank you for educating us about these spiders. (As an American, I am so very happy these spiders are found by YOU, not me 😁)
Lynn P thanks so much for watching Lynn all the way from America and the kind support ! :)
@@MadeintheWild I'm your newest subscriber as well! I'm looking forward to seeing more. I wish you well on your journey destined for success! 👍
Lynn P thank you Lynn very kind :) we are releasing 2 new TH-cam episodes this weekend and then weekly thereafter!!
I'm surprised nobody is talking about the Long-toothed funnel web spider in Queensland Australia, known as the Frazer Island funnel web. Its venom has been recorded as being six times more powerful than the Sydney funnel web spider.
Which is more deadly, funnel web spider or Brazilian wondering spider
The Sydney funnel web spider is very dangerous, but the Brazilian wandering spider is way worse.
DANILO VELJKOVIC that’s what I thought but I’ve heard people say the funnel web is the most deadly spider
@@giannister I know. I heard that back in 1981, a little girl died in just 16 minutes after she was bitten by a large male Sidney funnel web. But thankfully, after the antivenom was produced, there have been no deaths since then. For the Brazilian wandering spider, it was named in Guinness' Book of Records as one of the most dangerous and venomous spiders in the world in 2010. It's venom contains deadly neurotoxins that are strong enough to kill a man or a child. That's why I'm saying that the Brazilian wandering spider is way worse than the Sydney funnel web.
DANILO VELJKOVIC I’ll take your word for it
@@daniloveljkovic8889 But there is a difference between dangerous and venomous tho, funnel webs are very common in certain parts of sydney
1:46 when he said just we I needed a little bit of energy and holds up a lizard to the camera I thought for a second he was going to go all Bear Grylls
Best Idea: Deadly Spider,... lets go and check it with our hands
Everything is gunnin for you in Australia.
- Let's go to the comments and hear what the experts have to say
This guy is so lucky funnel webs don't like the taste of silly Poms.
Since I was a kid I've always been reading about Australia and was always amazed by this land, one of my biggest life dreams is to visit Australia, at least as a touristical :) But, there are always buts.. I'm massively arachnophobic and when i notice any kind of spider or if i touch it i start trembling and panicing, one day I'm about to face my biggest fear and my biggest dream I hope. Yes, I'm that stupid european coward. I was just constantly wondering; how do arachnophobic people live in Oz?! :d Thanks for awesome Video anyway
Meh Fromfourthfloor thanks so much! Glad you liked it even though you probably had your eyes squinted for most of it! Firstly, Australia is an amazing country especially if you like nature, definitely don’t let spiders put you off! Secondly, the best way to get over the fear of spiders is to take the leap and face it, find a (harmless!) spider and try picking it up, it will very quickly go away the fear :)
Thanks again for watching!
Spent a year out there mate and I seen one huntsman in that time. (they're harmless) you really don't see many or hear of many sightings
It depends which area of Australia you go too.
Don’t worry so much, most spiders like being in the bush rather than in the cities and very populated areas. Take it from an arachnophobe living in Sydney (right in the middle of the bush might I add) you will most likely only find them if you go looking. :)
And if it makes you feel any better, I’ve lived here 18 years, never seen a funnel web in the wild before.
I'm not sure I'd advise him to pick up a "harmless" one.. bites even from your standard black house can still be excruciating lol
How you are still breathing by handling that spider so close is amazing, that was a small one, but not only did you get away with it being 10cm from you, you were standing on a burrow that sometimes can have dozens of others close by.. you have to do more research mate, or you are going to end up like Steve Irwin. I have an uncle that used to work in the Blue Mountains, digging holes at work, he used to dig up burrows all the time and when you come across 10 or 20 at a time, you really are playing with your life.
Wickham Decks the small ones are the males, and their venom is the strongest
They're none communal therefore they dont share burrows outside of mating
Mini Brave Wilderness
We captured one in our school
Welcome to Australia 🇦🇺
Strewth a Sydney funnel web! These beauties deserve there reputation,
Stuart Webster certainly do! Thanks for watching :)
Me with my stomach in a knot the whole time watching this video… “bro that’s too close”, “ohh my god get your fingers away”, “that’s too close man”, “Jesus get your face away from that thing”
Bro is stressing me the fuck out
As someone born from Sydney, Australia. I find it funny that someone would acknowledge that it can puncture a fingernail but then attempt to pick it up with a flimsy plastic container.
I've had plenty of these in my pool when I was a boy in Northern Sydney, if you are backed onto the bush you should see them. They burrow during Winter but during Summer the males are out and about looking for females. The males are smaller but more Venomous. Not to fear, luckily its the 'Sydney' funnel web. So your in the area with the best healthcare, so you will be rushed to hospital and get anti-venom asap. Rarely would someone die. But you could if you don't get the anti-venom.
Brazilian wandering is the most deadly but what makes the Australian funnel-web so leathal is that they can breathe underwater for a good while . Found poolside alot
Michael Field interesting, didn’t realise that, thanks yes it looks like SFW’s can stay submerged for up to 30 hours to keep cool
Braz Wand Spd may kill more due to lower access to proper medical treatment but the FW has more potent venom.
@@NathanStar-vw3dm The BWS hasn't killed more. BWS has 10 attributed to it while the SFW has 14. The BWS reputation comes from the Guiness World Record awarded to it. They're both potentially deadly if they're in close proximity to you so it's all academic anyway.
@@ItsAlwaysHappyHour we need to campaign so as to get the SFW the accolades it deserves ! Lol
@@NathanStar-vw3dm Yep. I'm sure we ask the SFW to participate. They're known to work well with others :-)
Why is his face right next to that spider😮
The Brazilian Wandering Spider is known as the most venomous spider. The Sydney Funnel web is a close second. Either way, avoid the hell out of them.
id say the sydney funnel web is more dangerous as it stumbles into homes, even in your boots, some kid almost died cause a funnel web was hiding in his boot but wandering spider is more venemous
@@hoog6260 The funnel web's fangs are probably the largest of all spiders size for size. Incredible.
@@gambler213 yeah they're huge
@@hoog6260 They really are huge. The Wandering Spider can have a 6 inch diameter including their legs. that's almost tarantula size.
Nope! Guinness book of world records and experts say otherwise! The funnel Web is without doubt the most toxic..
Me: chill dudes its just a spider.
Sydney funnel web spider: I AM MADARA UCHIHA!!!
idk whats worse about australia, the absolutely insane wildlife, or the fact people go looking for it in tiny shorts
What if there was another one?
Nice intro
WE HATE HADISO thank you so much!! The latest episodes we have changed the intro a bit up , but kept the same feeling :)
Nice! Just got a young funnelweb as a pet, and it's so cool.
Lair of Centipedes I love them!! Very cool.
Absolutely Insane! But I love it ☺️
Thanks so much Tamara!! :)
Luckily no one dies from spider bites anymore
How did you walk all that way with those massive grape fruits?
Oh my goodness you blocked her funnel exit with the rock when you put it back.
Remember the last time I saw one, living outside my window. Probably like 2012.
When he takes his eyes off it to look at the camera, I get worried for him.
I Remember A Young Boy About 11 Or 12 Dying After Being Bitten By The Sydney Funnel Web Spider Back In About 1978 Or 79 Somewhere In The Sydney Area The Antivenom Was Developed A Couple Of Years Later In 1981!🧒🕷️🕸️😱🇦🇺
Australia:
most poisonous snake
most poisonous spider
well, a place you want to live !!
I heard the males are 6 times more venomous than the females😬
Ajunte Burns I’m not sure about 6 times(I’m not doubting I just never seen or heard of that before) but yes. The males are much more deadlier than the females
Yeah it's up to 6 times (I think 4-6 by memory), depending on size and maturity. In fact, only the males are capable of killing people.
It's like this with many spider species, males have shorter life spans and smaller size so they have stronger venom to make them less likely to die to predators and increase the chance they will mate
I recently encountered what I think was a young funnel web, it was sitting idle on the concrete walking track beside the Nepean River, I thought I should help it off the path in case someone trod on it or a bird ate it, so I placed a decent sized leaf in front of it and encouraged it to get on it so I could put it back into the bush that borders the pathway, I was very surprised by the absolute ferocity of the spiders response, I only started suspecting that it was a funnel web when it began to strike it's infamous pose, standing on it's back legs and lunging aggressively at the leaf,
Still not appreciating the potential danger I tried to push it onto the leaf with my finger, finger nail first, this little thing spun around so quickly that it head butted my nail twice before I could react,
I eventually flicked it back into the bush,
I underestimated this spider because of it's size, I won't do that again, I have never witnessed the sheer aggression like this thing displayed before, and wouldn't like to encounter an adult, be very aware!!
It's not aggression, it's a defensive mechanism! They have very poor eyesight,, and don't know what they're up against. You could have been a nasty centipede, for all it knew! After all, it didn't try to chase you into the river. Now that would have been aggression!!
@@brookeggleston9314 It was aggression
@@johnbullivant1264 If I hit you, it's aggression. If you shove me, and I hit you, it's defense. The spider reacted to you. It was *not* aggression! If it was, then Poland attacked Nazi Germany!! You might want to check the definition of the word.
@@brookeggleston9314 Firstly please spare me the bulls hit analogies, yes it wrongly perceived me as a threat and so therefore reacted with a level of “Aggression” that was extreme, kudos to it
@@johnbullivant1264 Nothing bullshit about the analogies! The spider reacted defensively, not aggressively. If it had done that without reason, I would agree with you, but it didn't! Far too many people label the funnel webs aggressive, without good reason. It doesn't jump at people, and it can't climb worth shit. People fuck with it, and when it reacts, they label it aggressive. That is bullshit!! Let me know when one chases you down the road. THAT will be aggression!!
I love spiders it’s so interesting
So are these related to tarantulas?
They're both Mygalomorphs (ancient spiders) but that's it.
No
Wow.. this guy has a lot of guts! But.. what would have happened had he encountered a male?
If he had any sense he'd still be running! 😲
Dang a spider can live for 30 years! I had no idea
If the fangs don't poke you, can you eat them?
Bare hands????
My mate bought one and it’s escaped in his house ,,I still won’t hang out in his house
Had one chase me around the back yard
The Brazilian Wandering spider meant to be world’s deadliest
The way he put it in the container was one of the dumbest things I’ve ever seen a handler do
You couldn't find a smaller container?
I thought the deadliest spider in the world was The Brazilian Wandering.
That’s tiny. The males I have in my home throughout the year are sometimes three times the size and they are the ones that will kill you within minutes
“That is an absolute beauty” nah thats an absolute beast what are you yapping about, cuh? 💀🍷
Who would win in a fight, a funnel web spider or a Brazilian wandering spider?
So many people are arguing about which spider is the most dangerous spider. In the event of a bite Brazilian wandering spiders have a rate of significant envenomation of about 1% while Sydney funnel webs have a rate of significant envenomation of around 17%. Even then darling downs, southern tree funnel webs and northern tree funnel webs are all well above the 50% range according to this: www.mja.com.au/journal/2005/182/8/funnel-web-spider-bite-systematic-review-recorded-clinical-cases
The fastest anyone has died from a SFW was 15mins, what's the fastest anyone has died from the BWS?
First, Phoneutria nigriventer (the main species responsible for accidents), contains two toxic fractions lethal to primates, PhTx-1 and PhTx-2, the LD50 for a 70kg adult human is ony 6.3 mg, however, nigriventer has only 1-2 mg in its glands and usually delivers 0.4 mg (400 MICROgrams), and in my opinion the most venomous spiders in the world are the Chilean recluse and the sand spider, I will explain: The Chilean recluse is small, has small fangs and injects a small amount of venom, but even with small amounts of venom still responsible for high rates of severe envenoming, for exemple in Peru (27.2%) in Chile (18.8%) and in the state of Santa Catarina in Brazil (13.1%) if it was able to produce and inject quantities similar to that of Atrax and Hadronyche that rate would be much higher, the chilean recluse was responsible by a mortality rate of 18% for those over 13 years old, and 50% for those under 13 years old in Peru, in Santiago, Chile, had a mortality rate of 19.2%, what makes the Chilean recluse so toxic is the fact that it produces a dense magnitude of sphingomyelinase D, an enzyme that is only found in the sand spider and some bacteria, the proteolytic action dissolves the tissues, and causes a necrotic ulcer up to 25 cm in diameter in severe cases, but here's the worst part, the hemolytic toxin can cause intravascular hemolysis, a rupture of red blood cells within a vascular space, releasing excess hemoglobin in the plasma, the kidneys end up filtrand the blood and excrete hemoglobin in the urine, the problem is that this protein causes acute turbular necrosis (death of the cells that form the renal tubules) this results in acute renal failure, which is the most dangerous complication, but expect there are others, like thrombocytopenia (low platelet count) and disseminated intravascular coagulation, a condition where blood clots form throughout the body blocking small blood vessels, clotting factors, as well as platelets are depleted and the person may experience bleeding, but also lack of air, chest tightness and death from multiple organ failure in Brazil, deaths from cardiorespiratory arrest have been reported, the antidote exists, but it does not work 100%, with deaths occurring even after its application. In the case of the sand spider it would be much worse, the two spiders themselves have almost the same venom, but the sand spider is larger and can inject larger amounts, so its bite would be much more massive, but luckily it is not an important one cause of accidents, only one case was officially confirmed, and it occurred in South America, where a 17-year-old boy developed a dermonecrotic lesion after a bite of Sicarius tropicus, and there are two suspected cases in Africa, in one of which the victim lost his limb dermonecrosis, and in the other the victim died of massive hemorrhage, and there is no antidote, but it is worth remembering that not all sand spiders are lethal, in Latin America there are 21 species, only 6 Latin species have been studied, of these 6, only Sicarius ornatus showed high toxicity, while in Africa they are all lethal. It is also worth remembering that the Chilean recluse is not the only lethal, Loxosceles intemedia and Loxosceles gaucho are also responsible for high rates of serious envenoming, including deaths. Now let's talk about the deaths, only in the state of Parana, Brazil, from 1993 to 2000, there were 7 deaths, from 2009 to 2010 13 deaths, in 2013, 36 deaths, in 2015 more 30, and in 2017 another 30, in 2019, only in November, in less than ten days, two people died, both in the south of Brazil (probably bitten by Loxosceles laeta, Loxosceles iintermedia or gaucho), which are common there. They received treatment and antidote, but did not resist, one died of kidney failure and the other due to breathing difficulties and multiple organ failure, but there is not much other information about the deaths, so we can’t know the exact number, these numbers are just a ''few'' that occurred only in Brazil. In Peru and Chile there are several others too .
Now compare the size and the quantity of venom of the Chilean recluse with the size of the fangs and the amount that a funnel web injects.
@@wickhamdecks6297 A single BWS killed two children in São Paulo, they slept in the same bed and two were bitten by the spider, one by one, and they died in the same night.
@@mariotime448 the damage caused by necrosis and LD50 are not the same thing, if that were the case most vipers would be considered far more venomous than most elapids