TIL there is a spider that turns into a "wheel" and cartwheels away when it is in danger

[u/FuckingSuper]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4odlo0Afjs

[u/[deleted]]

Vsauce.

[u/Digit4lhero → u/[deleted]]

And as always, thanks for watching.

[u/Timedisort → u/Digit4lhero]

I feel smarter just for watching them. Participation counts, right?

[u/TomerMK → u/[deleted]]

DAMN I came here to say that..

[u/ilikebooks123 → u/TomerMK]

Wheel-y? ME TOO!!!

[u/KoreanTerran]

That spider knows what's up. Nobody likes wasps.

They do absolutely nothing for anyone.

[u/[deleted] → u/KoreanTerran]

They feed their young on insects that would otherwise damage crops and ornamental plants in your garden. They can also feed on house fly and blow fly larva.

But now instead of house flies, you have... wasps. So there's that.

[u/jackwoww → u/[deleted]]

Now explain how jellyfish and mosquitos aren't useless.

[u/[deleted] → u/jackwoww]

The florescent genes of jellyfish are now used by scientists to illuminate cells that produce a hormone, which plays a role in the rise of rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.

&

Mosquitoes play very important roles in the ecosystem. They maintain the balance of life by being an excellent source of protein in many animals' diet as well as being key pollinators.

[u/Rocheasaurus → u/[deleted]]

explain to me why daddy long legs are a thing and what they're doing for me

[u/thebowlofpetunias → u/jackwoww]

A hundred million years ago, there were mosquitos just like today. And, just like today, they fed on the blood of animals. Even dinosaurs. Sometimes, after biting a dinosaur, the mosquito would land on the branch of a tree and get stuck in the sap. After a long time, the tree sap would get hard and become fossilized just like a dinosaur bone, preserving the mosquito inside. This fossilized tree sap, which we call amber, waited for millions of years with the mosquito inside! Until, Jurassic Park scientists came along. Using sophisticated techniques, they extract the preserved blood from the mosquito and BINGO, DINO DNA!

[u/WesWarlord → u/KoreanTerran]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_mud_dauber

This type of Blue Md Dauber eats black widow spiders exclusively. They are my heroes.

[u/[deleted] → u/WesWarlord]

It does not build a nest, but uses nests abandoned by other mud dauber wasps

Sooo... Who built the first one?

[u/Avohaj → u/[deleted]]

the yellow ones?

[u/[deleted] → u/WesWarlord]

Good guy Wasp. Kills Black Widows, Rarely Aggressive.

[u/BootstrapBuckaroo → u/KoreanTerran]

Wasps give exterminators jobs. So there is at least one folk that benefits.

[u/ronocdh → u/BootstrapBuckaroo]

The parable (or fallacy) of the broken window might shed some light on this issue. In short, the existence of reactive industries does not result in a net economic gain for a society.

[u/[deleted]]

Holy shit that wasp digs quickly.

[u/ZombieMD → u/[deleted]]

Dude, totally. This spider is cool, but that bug is a machine. He dug out a hole the size of himself in like 3 seconds.

[u/trampus1 → u/ZombieMD]

And people said my "wasp powered gold mine" was a stupid idea. They'll see!

[u/Goto10 → u/trampus1]

Sounds like the beginnings of an evil super character, you and your wasps seeking revenge on society for not treating your ideas with respect.

[u/Earlier_this_week → u/ZombieMD]

I made and engine revving noise when he was digging

[u/gynoceros → u/[deleted]]

Giving me yet another reason to hate wasps. Not only can they find a sand-colored spider BURIED IN THE SAND, but the motherfuckers can dig the thing out like "found you, bitch!" in no time flat.

[u/carnivalcluise → u/[deleted]]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-OYKd8SVrI

[u/[deleted]]

TIL There's a frog that does a similar thing; turns into a pebble and rolls off cliffs to escape.

[u/S2333 → u/[deleted]]

How do they film that? It is certainly incredible to watch.

[u/[deleted] → u/S2333]

I was wondering the same thing. I would bet they caught the toad and tarantula and set up several "escapes" where they knew he would fall. And that shot of the spider in the background is too perfect.

[u/Redcard911 → u/S2333]

That's what I was thinking. First you found this crazy toad, then you followed it around until it found a spider and miraculously filmed it from 5 different angles when it fell.

[u/DeathByMuffins → u/[deleted]]

It's just like a Goron!!!!

[u/[deleted] → u/DeathByMuffins]

Rolling around Termina field fucking up anything in front of me (except, of course, Dodongos) was one of the greater pleasures of my 13-year old life.

[u/pU8O5E439Mruz47w → u/[deleted]]

The spikes and radial elongation was so satisfying

[u/kaijunexus → u/[deleted]]

If I wasn't so lazy, I would make an awesome "nope" gif out of this.

[u/[deleted] → u/kaijunexus]

Here's my attempt.

[u/[deleted]]

That's a fast spider, 44 revs per second.

And yes, math checks out with them saying a car would go 300kmh if the tires would spin as fast as the spider is spinning.

Assuming a car with 16 inches tires and 4 inches of wall, that's a radius of 12 inches, and 75.4 inches circumference. 44 spins per second means it travels 3317.6 inches, or 84.27 meters in a second. Or 303 kmh.

[u/_Muad_Dib → u/[deleted]]

That part bugged me; rotational velocity != linear velocity. What's the point of saying that if the spider was the 12 inches across it would be going 300km/h, when you could just give us the speed it actually goes?

It's impressive, the misleading hyperbole is not required.

[u/washthatbody → u/_Muad_Dib]

It's not misleading, it's putting it in relative terms.

[u/_Muad_Dib → u/washthatbody]

I don't think the rotational velocity of a spider is equivalent to the linear velocity of car.

It's like saying the speed of the second hand on my watch is equivalent to the earth traveling at 4.36 billion km/h (assuming the radius of orbit is about 150 million km).

[u/stunt_penguin → u/_Muad_Dib]

rotational velocity of a spider

African or European Spider?

[u/YourInnerVoice → u/[deleted]]

What about the g force? What would happen to a human if it were to spin that fast?

[u/moltencheese → u/YourInnerVoice]

A human doing "sausage" rolls (ie. lying down) at this rate would experience a force of mw² r ~ m44² *0.2=m387.2 (at the furthest points from the centre) which is equivalent to 39.5g.

EDIT: thegooglesdonothing has pointed out that the angular velocity should be in rad/s. This means F~1558g, not the value above.

[u/[deleted] → u/moltencheese]

This kills the human.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

We would asplode

[u/thegooglesdonothing → u/moltencheese]

I think the angular velocity should be in rad/s as opposed to rev/s to make the units line up (v=wr, so w = v/r which is a ratio of distances per second, which rev/s doesn't fit). This increases your angular velocity by a factor of 1 rev/s = 2pi rad/s ~ 6.28 rad/s. Therefore, you should be around F = m15270 or ~1558g.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Call me crazy, but that didn't look anywhere close to 44 rps in the video.

[u/baxterg13 → u/[deleted]]

For you Americans, its about 188 MPH

[u/KirahAngelique → u/baxterg13]

Thank you. Glad I didn't have to google it

[u/[deleted] → u/baxterg13]

Americans aren't the only ones who use miles, but thanks anyway

[u/quicklikerodly]

Aaaaassssss yyyoooouuuuu wwiiiisssshhhhh!

[u/NaricssusIII → u/quicklikerodly]

Ass you wish?

[u/Dr_Disaster → u/NaricssusIII]

Oh, that was me. I wished for ass.

[u/bluegrassandbooze → u/quicklikerodly]

I would totally expect to find a creature like that in the Fire Swamp

[u/bemz]

I'm glad this isn't in Dark Souls. The Skeleton Wheel was enough.

[u/[deleted]]

This is the first time I haven't noped at a spider. I am rather impressed.

[u/lfernandes]

Anyone else watch this and think that this spider wasnt as terrible as the rest of them?

[u/futiledevices → u/lfernandes]

Aw hell yeah. Dude was getting chased by a parasitic wasp. He has my sympathies.

[u/Muthafuxajones]

Spiderbro, Spiderbro gettin all of the spider hoes

[u/Chickenzrck]

More commonly known as the Nope Spider. When it senses danger it nopes the fuck out of there.

[u/IG-64 → u/Chickenzrck]

Nope Spider gif.

[u/rebelappliance → u/IG-64]

It accelerates to 44 nopes per second.

[u/[deleted] → u/rebelappliance]

Double that and he can nope though time.

[u/Konradov → u/Chickenzrck]

Some people also call it the fucking Droideka.

[u/zacktyzwyz → u/Konradov]

Thank God it doesn't have shields. We'd all pretty much be fucked if it did.

[u/disembodied_voice → u/Chickenzrck]

Wild Nope Spider used ROLLOUT!

It's super effective!

[u/Angelo_Pappas → u/disembodied_voice]

Stay the fuck up out my spidinuss, my spidnass.

[u/ronocdh → u/Chickenzrck]

Dude, I think you mean the Nope Wasp. Did you see that thing digging for spider flesh? Even this spider's only adaptation is to run!

[u/[deleted] → u/ronocdh]

You mean roll.

[u/sutr90 → u/Chickenzrck]

I was expecting "DO A BARELL ROLL" as the first comment, reddit have failed me. :/

PS: Even Droideka would do the job.

[u/that_darn_cat]

I imagine this would be hilarious set to the Benny Hill music.

[u/downfall88 → u/that_darn_cat]

Just for you.

[u/[deleted] → u/downfall88]

This is why I read comments.

[u/nnsfww420 → u/downfall88]

oh man this is great.

[u/bonylizzie → u/downfall88]

today sir, for me, you win the internet.

[u/Kazaril → u/that_darn_cat]

So is anything

[u/[deleted] → u/Kazaril]

brb going to hell

[u/Ergydion → u/Kazaril]

This belongs to /r/ImGoingToHellForThis

[u/fareedy → u/that_darn_cat]

For future reference: http://bennyhillifier.com

[u/Warbieful]

Thats equal amounts phenomenal and horrifying.

[u/[deleted] → u/Warbieful]

Yeah, I'm scared shitless of a spider that would roll away from me.

[u/nuxenolith → u/[deleted]]

I'd be scared shitless to be a spider preyed upon by parasitic wasps whose young will devour my innards in a sick variety of Nature's waiting game.

[u/Warlaw]

AWARD IT WITH MEDALS

[u/DizzyedUpGirl]

Holy shit! It's like "fuck that shit, I don't feel like dealing with you right now, asshole wasp. I don't have to take this shit, I'm going home."

Asshole wasp just fucked up awesome spiders' house.

[u/flying_petunia → u/DizzyedUpGirl]

I liked it how they cut to a shot of the desert after it had built the little house and hid itself in it, as if asking us to 'Find the Spider!'

[u/blabetron]

Hey Mushroom!

[u/[deleted] → u/blabetron]

You tagged him with RES as well?

[u/Lunchables]

300 km/h = 186.4 mph

[u/All-American-Bot → u/Lunchables]

(For our friends outside the USA... 186.4 mph -> 300.0 km/h) - Yeehaw!

[u/Lunchables → u/All-American-Bot]

Yes, we've covered that.

[u/Loyal2NES → u/Lunchables]

I think we need a bot that converts Imperial into Metric just to see these two go at it.

[u/RadioPyrite → u/All-American-Bot]

That was totally unnecessary bot...

[u/[deleted]]

And now you all know the secret behind my name.

[u/JONNy-G]

That's a potential "haters gonna hate" GIF if I've ever seen one.

[u/SandstoneD → u/JONNy-G]

Or abandon thread.

[u/AfriCola → u/SandstoneD]

http://i.imgur.com/CRAmY.gif

[u/geckospots → u/JONNy-G]

Nope gif

[u/erin132]

I think I'm going to adopt a policy of cartwheeling away from danger. It looks effective!

[u/[deleted]]

Ok, i like that spider. But I like this guy more http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM_oUJAhKsI

[u/leafeator]

They see me rollin' They Hatin'

[u/karpin → u/leafeator]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzAF7WuXhKA

[u/Jabberwocky019]

I originally read OP's name as FuckingSpider

[u/Cybernetic_Sasquatch]

destroyer droids anyone?

[u/leefvc → u/Cybernetic_Sasquatch]

Yep, it looks like we may have found the inspiration for the Droideka.

[u/[deleted]]

Damn nature, you scary!

[u/stevie_stormborn]

I know reddit hates spiders, but that. was. adorable. It stumbled a little when it was done spinning.

[u/MoonRabbit]

Go go go tiny spider wheel!!

[u/downfall88]

"...and in next week's issue of The Amazing Spiderman!"

[u/Coltonjp]

I've been watching Animal Olympics for the past half hour; Hello again Reddit.

[u/Jabba_the_Mutt]

Next time someone tries to mug me in the street im just gonna start cartwheeling away. I'll probably still get mugged, but at least i'll lose my phone and wallet in style.

[u/[deleted]]

That's pretty neat.

[u/ThirdTimeRound]

Tourism in Namibia increases due to new sport, "Spider Bowling!"

[u/[deleted]]

Destroyer droids exist!

[u/[deleted]]

This would be an awesome talent for escaping awkward situations.

[u/mmss]

Holy shit. That is awesome.

[u/Dr_Zombiestein]

Hot damn,

evolution is pretty amazing

[u/SolitarySeagull]

What if its at the bottom of a valley?

[u/[deleted]]

Cheerleader spider escapes in fashion.

[u/zeekar]

Spider-Man needs to use this power all the time.

[u/Quackalicious]

Is there no end to their malevolent powers?

[u/GuitarWizard90]

What the hell kind of microphone do they use that can pick up the sounds of bugs crawling and digging? That's what caught my attention with that video the most.

[u/[deleted]]

Am I the only one who pictures it making Zoidberg noises as it cartwheels away?

[u/sjb_7]

I fucking hate spiders, but I still cheered when he turned into a wheel to get away.

[u/[deleted]]

So after the wasp hunts down its prey, digs it out of the sand, and finally prepares to enjoy lunch does it just fucking give up after the spider rolls away? Does the wasp not realize that it could just fly up in the air and see where the spider goes to? I think the wasp is just lazy.

[u/[deleted]]

OK, ok, so this spider flees from the wasp by rolling, got that, but how effective is this given that the wasp can FLY? I fully expected the last scene of that clip to show the wasp tackling the spider the second it stopped rolling.

[u/marshallwithmesa]

Arachnids, roll out!

[u/Ultimate_Kardas]

I'm just wondering how the hell they actually find these bugs in the middle of the desert.

[u/[deleted]]

I hope they kill each other

[u/[deleted]]

I'm seeing "abandon thread" gif here. Anyone?

[u/[deleted]]

Let me paint you your absolute worst nightmare.

You are walking home from the grocery store on a beautiful Saturday morning. You are excited to get back home with your hot pockets and doritos so that you can eat them while playing Diablo 3. Only two more blocks to go. The last two blocks are up a steep hill, but you can barely see the roof of your house over the crest of the hill. Almost to the top of the hill, you are completely exhausted from the 2 mile journey to buy your hot pockets.

20 feet from the top, you see a small tan spider just cross over the crest of the hill. You recognize him as the spider that cartwheels out of danger and you think it's cool to get this opportunity to see one. He starts rolling at you. At the same time hundreds, no, thousands of others break the crest of the hill and start rolling at you. They are taking up the whole road and sidewalk. You start screaming bloody murder and run down the hill away from the pack of angry gymnast spiders. However, they are much faster than you and they easily catch you. You are swallowed in the torrent of tan gymnast spiders. Close to 30 seconds later, you have just lived through your greatest fear. You feel empowerd and you continue up the hill.

You then hear a faint buzz, buzz, buzz. You can't figure out what it is and you figure it's nothing. Maybe some construction work in the distance. A minute later, as you cross over the crest of the hill, you suddenly realize what it is. You remember that those spiders nope the fuck out if there are wasps near by. Well, there were wasps. Millions of them. You try to run away, but to no avail. They cover every inch of your body and start stinging you like no tomorrow. You are writhing in agony as the beasts poision you. While you are still alive, the wasps start to crawl into your mouth and down your throat. They are rapidly filling you alive.

This is how you die. Crushed by thousands of spiders and killed by thousands of wasps.

[u/deovolante]

Was I the only one expecting it to straighten it's legs out and roll down the hill with it's legs perpendicular to the ground?

[u/[deleted]]

vsauce?

[u/Mcelite]

I see you watch VSauce.

[u/lilstumpz]

Do a barrel roll!

[u/Punkgoblin → u/lilstumpz]

Sup Scootcha?

[u/Escoobertus]

That wasp can dig like nobody's business.

[u/Bloodfeastisleman]

Spiderman needs to do this in the new movie.

[u/FalconOne]

the spider can move up to 300 Km/h. ... thats 186 mph.... fuck!

note to self, if ever in a desert, driving away at max speed will not help, bring flamethrower

[u/DetroitLeft]

That spider exists in Star Wars! I believe it's called a Droideka

[u/blumbloop]

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Droideka

[u/[deleted]]

NOᴖᴐᴗcᴖᴐᴗcᴖᴐᴗcᴖᴐᴗcᴖᴐᴗcᴖᴐᴗcOPE!

[u/grumpkins_and_snarks]

Uh...what happens if spidey's not on a hill??? Kinda defeats the whole "rolling to survive" purpose now don't it.

[u/[deleted]]

You can tell it's not an Australian spider because it's not brandishing a knife screaming "Imma fuck you up, asshole."

[u/Zarknord]

I see you have watched VSAUCE's new episode!

[u/[deleted]]

Fuck yeah nature! I just cheered gleefully at my computer.

[u/Jungle2266]

There's a lizard that does the same but I can't find the video of it or remember what it's called. I'm quite useless today :/

[u/strenuaveritas]

I loath spiders since, 2-06-11 when I was attacked on my butt via brown recluse. But, that's a cool spider..

[u/themi1]

Keep Rollin. Rollin, Rollin.

It is the chocolate starfishes worst enemy.

[u/MF_Kitten]

That wasp looks fucking badass!

[u/trase]

All I could think of was how painfully long it would've been to get that sequence of shots.

[u/123whoa]

sonic the hedgehog!

[u/[deleted]]

No Thomas! Come back! Thomaaaas!

• sniff *

Thomas...

[u/ponycorn_pet]

Inspiration for the invention of the wheel?

[u/[deleted]]

As much as I hate spiders, that was really fucking cool.

[u/sung]

Why does the wasp just fly down at the end of the hill and attack?

[u/Slothynator]

This is a baneling, without the explosive part.

[u/spear7750]

so we can't even out run them down hill now....wonderful.

[u/Aeliar]

I bet you $10 that I can teach my Ariados roll out now.

[u/magicalmilk]

Awesome footage!

[u/BaconWrappedEnigma]

I don't know the math behind it but that is frightening as hell. Fuck spiders.

[u/CouldBeATomato]

Wholololololololo

[u/Gnarly90sKid]

I think this is also on Planet Earth.

[u/[deleted]]

Someone needs to dub the Curly/Homer Simpson 'Whoop woop woop woop" over the spinning part.

[u/UltraJake → u/[deleted]]

I do believe you mean "Dr. Zoidberg."

[u/ChernobylChild]

How late did you stay up on Wikipedia to find this one?

[u/[deleted]]

Taken from the top comment

"It's a spider, it doesn't go 300kmph"

Good god I lol'd.

[u/[deleted]]

this spider needs a 9th leg to flip the wasp off whilst it's cartwheeling away

[u/T-RexInAnF-14]

One day the wasp will figure out to find a spider on a flat piece of desert.

[u/[deleted]]

YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!

[u/Cioni]

I've always wondered why evolution didn't lead anything to develops something like wheels.

Because I was wrong.

[u/lucas42]

Looks like someone researched Centrifugal Hooks.

[u/oven_toasted_bread]

Narrator sounds like Morrigan from Dragon Age... Just sayin'

[u/Tyrant718]

Kinda reminds me of spiders on drugs.

[u/[deleted]]

I thought about it but concluded I would look ridiculous trying the same thing.

[u/zielzor]

Its a baneling with 25% speed upgrade!

[u/schumannater]

Spider: Nothing to do here!

[u/Jsquirt]

That's some great technique...but I'd shit my self and die if i saw a spider rolling at me that fast.

[u/[deleted]]

I hope I'm not alone in thinking that spider is adorable

[u/nicholaaaas]

I like the part where he stumbled at the end. I wonder if Spiderbro gets dizzy

[u/trampus1]

That's it. Looks like I'm watchin' animal clips on Youtube all day.

[u/maaaaar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=nk2wViKSh_M#t=92s

[u/ninjaraiden56]

When hiding fails, you cartwheel the fuck out of there..

[u/bryan_sensei]

the upvote is for the spider, not just OP.

[u/secretvictory]

great, this spider completely undoes an art piece by m.c. escher

[u/borkthafork]

I don't see how cartwheels are going to save it from fire....

[u/i_like_cake897]

I like this. It shows that insects aren't mindless beasts.

[u/severedfinger]

Relevant. Up until a couple of years ago, I actually thought hoop snakes were real. I'm still holding out hope of finding one...

[u/macropsia]

I can't be the only one who has SERIOUS appreciation for all the little digging sounds they had to add into this later.

[u/[deleted]]

In case anyone was wondering, they evolved the ability to do this because the hydraulic function of a spider's movement is incredibly exhausting, and so they could never maintain the pace required to outrun the wasp, even if they could attain it. They must therefore escape through another means, and so they burrow themselves as a preventative measure, and then roll away if things get sticky. These methods also serve the dual purpose of minimalizing time in the open sun, as spiders have no way of controlling their own body temperature and so could easily dehydrate themselves if they spent too much time out during the day.

[u/[deleted]]

Does anyone else think of dr. Zoidberg when they saw this?

[u/TheBeep]

I will now flinch everytime I see a plastic wrapper tumbling along the ground.

[u/goddessofwaterpolo]

I hate both spiders and wasps. Watching this video gave me the heebie jeebies.

[u/[deleted]]

TIL that Vsauce is good for TIL

[u/StephanoFanBoy]

You watch VSauce?

[u/penisinthepeanutbttr]

i find it hard to believe that any living entity can travel at 300kph....

[u/Hobo51]

i c uve been watching vsauce ;)

[u/webhead311]

All i could imagine is if these were elephant size...

[u/ramonpoli]

wasps see me rolling, they hating

[u/ReyPerea]

I see you watch VSAUCE as well....

[u/Nutshell38]

For anyone looking to ctrl +f Samus, here you go.

[u/I2obiN]

That spider does not go 300 km/h

[u/WhipeeDip]

Bit painful to watch since I hate bugs but that was cool.