Not for long. It's just free food for cat
I read somewhere that cats kill just for fun 75% of the time
Free WHAT
Cats eat a TON of insects and arachnids.
Actually no. They just play or hunt but don't eat them until they're really hungry, at least not the cats I've seen.
My cat eats them and he is well fed lol
I’ve seen my 18 lb tuxedo cat munch on spiders and mosquitoes.
You can see it lying there motionless
Spiders will curl up when they die, it’s probablyyyy not dead in the video, but it’s not gonna be alive much longer. Cats aren’t known for letting their prey go
That is so not true. My cat lets prey go all the time. They like to catch it, let it go and try and catch it again. Or let it loose in the house so it can die in my basement.
Yes they toy with their prey but usually they don’t just let it escape or forget about it. They just like to torture things until they die. It’s pretty horrible when you think about it.
Every cat is different though, some might just let them go after getting bored
My late cat was such a pacifist. She would probably just watch the spood and try to be it's friend. Maybe tap it just to see what it does, but nothing more.
They just like to torture things until they die.
It's almost like the way they treat their humans...
Bro, my cat just eats every bug it catches
Aren't cats notorious for "playing with their food"?
That’s how it gets you. It stays still and once you get close it sprints at you
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Maybe it was blocked for a good reason
We already know the cat was sleeping.
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Yeah, it was truly something cos the cat was really mad already
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Yea, that's the thing most people don't understand is that cats will fucking wat you. I mean, in the long history of the law the we fucking eat people. I haven't. I should say that for the record. But cats humans they eat humans. Cannibals are shitshoe but would a cat eat a cat? They'd probably much a dead critter in the wold, but how about in the home? It goes against most logic. Large topic to discuss. We've seen it before. We saw. Did you see it? Wouldn't no otherwise. Cats see in the dark. Got fifth sense. Really we have nineteen senses. Sense of small. Sense of sight. Sense of pain. Sense of akimbo. They all come together and you cam "feel" what a cat would do. It's largely a predator instinctm. It's all heuristic. You know your eye doesn't see pixels. The Cat can though. It would eat this spider. Large fucker. There's one on in my bag but I can't renovr it. I'd fucking die. Then the cat would eat me. There hunter you see.
Are you... a cat?
That's what the CIA wants me to be. Shit if I know what I'm smoking though. God is in the wind, and man that is some Sulphur Stinky in the ribs of the loins
Brings me back good memories when I used to be a cat 🐈..
Where to begin…
I suffered several strokes trying to read this, sned halp
Me too! It looks so much like real written communication, alas, earwax...
Yea I literally thought my brain was farting as I read it
It's a masterpiece
Charlie?
Money me. money a lot now me.
This, kids, is why you shouldn't do meth - not even once
Babe wake up a new copypasta just dropped
Lol wtf I’m dying
Sweet sweet copypasta
Dont do drugs
WTF am I reading. It's jibberish.
To you maybe. To me, and the rest of the God-fearing world, it's a total respite to the overhanging conundrums that spell a certain level of doom in our fortuitous society. You'd think baking bricks would make you scyther, but gib skivvy with it if you aren't one of the fallen. I'll pray for ypu.
wtf on you talking about. Is English your second or fourth language? Like that was horrible to read
How many times have I told you not to skip your meds!
I am stealing the phrase "sense of akimbo," for the rest of my life. Thank you random person on reddit
"Does it do anything else?"
The apex predator, it could finish a whole population of spiders alone
But naaahhhh, I'm sleepyy
Zzzz...zzzz..
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He doesn’t see it. They have bad sight close up. When he saw it he acted. Fear of spiders is unwarranted in humans. They are mostly beneficial around the house in catching flies.
Sorry I'm not risking any of those fuckers going near me when I'm sleeping
Sleeping on your back, snoring, wake up coughing on a huntsman.
I think that’s considered choking or possibly drowning
Arachnasphyxia
New kink unlocked
One night when I was getting into bed a spider actually dropped down on a web inches from my face. I reflexively smacked it away and then spent the next few minutes looking for it because I wasn't going to sleep with it still in the room. I did find it and I'm pretty sure it wasn't a dangerous kind, but I was spooked from that jump scare
Yeah...that fear of not sure if you killed and afraid it's gonna take revenge.
Yeah I was camping in one of those big canvas tents without zippers so I had a bug net around my cot. I wake up to relatively large spider (likely a wolf spider from what I remember) 2 inches from my face INSIDE the bug net. I wouldn’t necessarily say I have a phobia but I generally stay away from bigger spiders now.
Also, unlike dogs and other humans, cats don't instinctively follow pointing. They have to learn to follow the point, otherwise they just stare at the end of your finger. This one obviously wasn't getting it.
And dogs are better than the other nonhuman hominids when it comes to pointing. Those studies were awesome to read.
I mean it makes sense, not only have dogs been living with humans alot longer but do to their niche of helping us hunt there is a greater need to be able to coordinate with us. This compared to say cats who really only got domesticated as a form of pest control which they for the most part carry out independently from human intervention.
With all the poodles, Jack Russels, Australian shepherds and Great Danes running around…
I think it is fair to say that humans are intricately and inextricably linked to not only the physical evolution of dogs, but their mental and spiritual evolution as well.
Man’s best friend? They should be, we selected and fed them that way lol
Yep. I keep a couple huntsmen as roommates and the mozzies and other nasty bugs are kept under control. We only startle each other when I don’t see them around the corner.
I don't mind smaller spiders (<2cm) outside my window, but fuck me I'll never have something like a huntsman living inside my house.
Look, this is Jim. And I like Jim. I never bother Jim and Jim never bothers me. Last month he took down a big cockroach I wanted nothing to do with. Jim is good.
Like I see your point, and I know they are on paper good house mates and not dangerous. But fuck me man that's a big spider. Kudos to you I guess.
The again, I'm Norwegian and have never seen a spider bigger than 3-4cm in diameter in the wild. Not used to that.
Nah I get you and I’ve seen a lot in my time where I live but I’m in my thirties now and never been bitten by a spider. They just don’t want anything to do with us. Kinda like snakes. So I just know he’ll be cool and it’s funny, they sort of get routines.
I’ll be watching the footy and having a beer and every night like clockwork, he just parades across the living room towards the kitchen (where the bugs are I guess). I just say hi and then I never see him again. He’s quiet, clean and pulls his weight. Best roommate I’ve ever had to be honest.
This almost makes me want to overcome my irrational fear of spiders... almost
Start with a tarantula!
That's what I did! I was deathly afraid of spiders, like a mental breakdown scared at the sight of even the tiny ones. I had a friend, years ago, who owned a tarantula named Charlotte. She knew I was scared of her, but she convinced me that exposure therapy might be the thing that breaks my fear.
So I said fuck it, and I let her put Charlotte on my lap... I was absolutely terrified at that moment, but once I realized Charlotte wasn't going to hurt me I was able to calm down a little.
She was a beautiful spider, and I'm glad I got to experience seeing her up close. I'm not afraid of spiders anymore, and I respect them a great deal.
Just want to say it's possible! I've been working on this for awhile now and have made a huge turnaround with how I interact with and feel towards many different bugs. Education helped me a lot. Pausing and realizing the size difference. I started telling myself certain features or mannerisms are "cute" and that made a big difference. You ever see a jumping spider up close? Adorable. And they can remember human faces and will choose to interact with people. Also, spiders have lungs (book lungs) and can hold their breath!
I'm with the person recommending a tarantula. I held one and it made a big impact. They like when hands are warm! It's cute! Take it one bug interaction at a time. Eventually, each time it gets easier to just see it as another living thing chilling nearby. And life is way more fun this way honestly.
I know you are right, but fuck me, this is not going to happen.
I generally hate spiders but last weekend I was sitting in a lawnchair in my backyard smoking a doobie after finishing the mowing and weedwacking and noticed a tiny jumping spider making its way up my jeans. I moved my leg figuring it probably didn't know I was a person and would jump away but no it just kept coming, hopped up on my stomach and stared straight at my face. For some reason jumping spiders don't freak me out as much as most spiders so I just gently brushed him off into the grass. 5 minutes later I swear the same damn spider did the exact same thing. I brushed him off again and he did it a 3rd time a few minutes later! Just staring straight into my eyes. It may have partly been the weed but I felt a wierd kinship with that spider. He just chilled there on my shirt watching me scroll reddit and finish my smoke and iced tea then I got up and he hopped off into the grass and I assume lived happier ever after enjoying the fresh cut grass.
I’d rather have 3 to 5 non-venomous snakes in my house than a singular gigantic fucking spider. Get the fuck out of here.
One question I have, how do you ignore the spider being able to put eggs and one day waking up with a 100 little huntsmans on the wall?
I've seen a 4cm diameter mom spider egg hatching and almost got a heart attack
Haha I don’t think about it much but if that day ever comes, I’m going to have a decision on my hands.
Now, see, that’s a spider I could be friends with!
My grandpa used to catch big spiders in his youth. He and his friends would then let 2-5 spiders fight in a small arena. After the fight he would hide the winner spider in his room until the next fight. Surprisingly he had the same spider for more than 4 months until it die of old age.
Jesus. Cheers Jim. I just have a daddy long legs who lives in my sink at night, and hides behind the mirror during the day. I try not to startle him, we have a deal.
All hail Jim!
I used to have one wandering around the house. Only had 7 legs. Dunno how he lost the one leg. Havent seen him in a few months now tho.
I remember seeing a joke comic about saving a spider and having it save you in return by like, sniping an assassin that was out to get you, and ever since I saw that mildly amusing comic I've kinda been living it. I move the spiders to a more convenient location and they pay rent by cleaning up the more gross creepy crawlies.
For reference . I've built so much goodwill with spiders one day they'll surely come in my time of need.
Listen I'm glad your spiders have boundaries. I have several times now gotten up from where I'm sitting to see that a spider was making its way down to my fucking hair. A lot of them like to hang out at eye level, i swear trying to catch a ride on god knows what part of my head. I caught a fucker landing on my plate, once.
When they break the "dont bother me, i dont bother you" rule, I gotta take em out. I had a friend that got bit in her sleep on multiple occasions in the same apartment and ever since then the trust just isnt there. Im apologizing profusely while I do it, but i gotta do what i gotta do man.
r/spiderbro welcomes you
I (somehow!) convinced my wife not to kill the house centipedes and we are almost completely bug free except the occasional ants.
I'm generally fine if a spider wants to make a cute little web in the upper corner of a room. But the second they start skittering across my floor I am grabbing my flip flop.
“Keep absolutely still. Its vision is based on movement.”
I think the starting issue with spiders is the webs. Nobody wants to walk through a spider web at 2 AM on the way to the bathroom. Then you have to worry about where the spider is for 15 minutes, making sure it's not on you.
there's no way I'd ever let a spider that big live peacefully in my house.
Yeah but i have a terrible case of arachnophobia, like seeing something like that can trigger my fight or flight response
A spider wrote this.
Listen I know spiders are good, I leave the little ones alone but if I see a spider like this with more god damn leg hair than I have I am reducing it to atoms.
I mean, at least for me, it's not the spider I am afraid of, but being poisoned by it.
Me waking up my mom at 11 pm to buy me cardboard for a project due tomorrow
Finishing it furiously while on the way to school
What
Nice prepwork! XD
I woke up the dog so it could kill a fly against the window and she ran out of the room. 💩
bruh what'd you need the dog for just swat the fly
It's fun watching a dog catch a fly, I didn't think she'd be a little bitch.
Ah, she's on the larger side?
I forgave my pup when he barely acknowledged a mouse scurry right past his face. I even accepted it when he started playing with a cockroach in the backyard without actually killing it. But when the monkey brought a living whirring cicada through the doggy door, I showed him the cats on the SPCA website that could replace him.
No cat has ever understood the concept of pointing. They just look at your finger.
That's actually one of the unique adaptations that dogs have gained through coevolution and selection with humans. Even chimps don't understand the finger point gesture. However, dogs stray/shelter raised dogs without human training still do.
Our dog never got the memo
Yeah I had a dumb (but lovable) dog that would just lick my finger whenever I pointed.
Could it be because fetch games train the dogs to look in the direction of your hands motion?
My dog does look opposite way when I point, but I feel like she never actually specifically looks where I'm pointing to. She sees that I'm pointing, understand she needs to look somewhere else to find something out of the ordinary, proceeds to randomly look at all familiar places (cat bed, crate, upstairs door,...)
That's not true (or completely true.) There was a documentary, I forget which one (was it on netflix?,) that shows cats do understand a modified version of pointing. For example: a cat walks into the room with two food dishes on opposite sides of the room. The human is pointing at one opposed to the other (there's some controls,) and the cat will go to the food bowl their owner is pointing to. Neat, huh?
I agree with you that cat's don't understand pointing in the way that would be useful or beneficial to us. I have pointed to many a things and they don't always seem to get it or care.
But boy, my cat is smart as fuck. Some scammer was knocking on doors the other day (and doing the friendly knock too) and my cat looked at me for conformation. I shook my head seriously and mid-step, he stayed low to the ground and stark still, and kept looking at me to make sure it was okay to move again. Never seen him do that before, so it was pretty cool.
I doubt your cat understood what you meant with shooking your head.
Cats read emotions beyond overt gestures. They understand when you're tense and such, and use your cues for understanding of safety. It may not have understood "shaking head means no" but it did understand that when we feel a certain emotion it's sometimes paired with a gesture. It's similar to how we do for them, in realizing that their tail shakes when they're excited, we understand they're excited before we interpret whatever specific meaning they're trying to convey.
I'm sorry but why is this so true 😭😭 I hv to pick my cat up and turn his face to where I'm pointing and he still just turn back to look at me
Meanwhile the spider: "Oh, shit! Just walk away slowly, and I'm sure I'll be f-..."
Don't mock the boy for failing to notice or react, he's orange so it probably just wasn't his turn with the brain cell yet
We used to have a dog that would just nip them in half in a heartbeat
We had two cats that would eat crane flies, spiders, moths etc. On day they were both laying curled up on our bed. I brought up a huge house spider in my hands. So big it's legs poked out both sides. The cats sat up, the spider reared up. Both the cats scarpered in opposite directions. Spider got dumped ouside. Much to the relief of my wife.
My two cats are the worst hunters.
If a spider gets in the house they will just follow it around, maybe occasionally looking at me and chirping... which, if my translation is correct, means, "Hey, you got bugs in your house, are YOU gonna do something about this?"
I used to live somewhere that had absolutely massive spiders. One night, me and my wife are sitting on the couch watching TV when I notice our cat walking down the hall out of the corner of my eye. I continued watching TV, not thinking much about it, until I suddenly realized our cat was literally sitting in my lap. I slowly turned my head to see what was coming down the hall and saw it was a spider the size of my God damned hand.
It was at this moment that the cat also turned his head to see what was coming down the hall. He saw the spider, did a double-take, then shot three feet up in the air, crushing my testicles. We don't live there anymore.
I take it that house belongs to the spider now?
Had to burn it down. It was the only way to be sure.
"Sorry ma'am, we're open for business only from 5pm to 5:05pm"
While I was watching the video, my headphones touched my arm and I jumped half a meter.
Lemme guess: Australia
Nah it's the Philippines. I recognize the language.
may spider sa likod mooo
Looks just like a common house spider, nothing Australia worthy.
Well if that's common then I guess I'll be homeless for the rest of my life
If you live somewhere where these exist, you don't wanna be sleeping outside.
I've lived coast to coast in the states and know a bit about arachnids. I've never seen anything that big inside a house ever. Definitely not common here.
I mean, they aren't common in Australia either
I mean, they aren't common in Australia either
A common house spider where?? HELL?!
Well I live in Germany so… close enough.
Dude you got common house spiders like that in Germany?
I’m up in Vancouver Canada and the biggest we get is a wolf spider or a black widow (rare). They’re like a third of the size of the one in the video
Don’t worry though, nature makes up for it by making it hard for us to hike anywhere in the spring and summer due to bears, cougars (not the bar variety… as of yet), moose etc.. you do have the snakes though. That’s rough
Nope
Cats: the world’s perfect hunters.
Smooth squirrel!
ENDING SCARED THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF ME
How can she slap?!
as a norwegian (insects ar almost never bigger than your finger tip here dew to the cold). if i saw a spider like that I'd need a flame thrower
snow fly stocking continue elderly middle fearless pet deliver telephone
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Imagine If someone came into your room and shook you to wake you up. Now imagine they did this because they wanted you to eat a spider. 🗑🚮
bap
So the cat is a southpaw I see.
seriously what kind of a spider is this does anyone know?
Huntsman i think. Harmless
Ofc its an Orange
This would never be my cat, she has bugdar.
She even does this weird little meow when she spots one.
She's alerted me to spiders so many times.
Poor spider
That would be the day I moved out of that place, I don't care if I owned it or not, I'm out.
Thought I was looking at cake or some
The smash had me rolling
could have scooped it into a glass and put it outside but sure let your asshole cat smash it.
This lady needs a husband apparently.
lol I just love how he booped the camera in the middle and I love the closeups of him just scratching himself carelessly
Garfield doesn't care about the spider.
Our Persian cat would have observed the spider for the longest period of time and when the spider would move, he would run for his life!
I was expecting the spider to facehug the cat and jump crazily
That's big Orange Cat Energy.
Average ginger cat
"I was born a predator, human. You were born to run and fart."
Orange cat activity
Every time I watch videos like this I get the ball tingle👀😵💫
Awww I feel bad for the spider
That’s a big ass spider man. That might hurt the kitty. Just kill it smh
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He knows his speed
You dare interrupt my slumber because of this punny being?
That is why vacuum cleaners were invented. The one and only usage it gets in our house.
If I pretend I don't see it then it isn't there
This totally belongs on r/oneorangebraincell
it's more important than whether I'm sleeping
You know very well that the will put the dead spider on your pillow later that night.
That was his cardboard house rent.
I've seen this video so many times and it never gets old
yes your memes and gifs are hilarious but real talk what species of spider is this?
"Don't you humans have hands? You woke me up for this slow thing?"
I want an orange cat and a husky now
Lol 🤣🤣🤣
Spider was like, "sure ill be in your prank video" then gets squashed.
That thing is HORRIBLE!!
Then they eat it, and throw up in the middle of the night.
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That thing is not dead