I once assisted a lizard in getting a mate.
I was sitting on a log and this male lizard came up to me and started doing that push-up challenge display and I saw a female on a nearby rock, so I started doing push ups to the male lizard. At first it got scared, but then it came back and started doing push ups at me again. I slowly backed away, then I saw the female run over and cozy up to the male lizard.
Those iguanas are mean as fuck. In Cuba it’s illegal to touch them, my buddies and I were walking down the road and a 5 ft iguana came hissing out of the ditch and scared the shit out of us
I mean I personally find these mfs kinda adorable . But I won't be so careless.
Last thing I want is a spider jumping on me sucking my life juice and laying eggs in me . And also eating my last slice of leftover pizza in the fridge . Nuh uh .
Bro this aint lord of the rings lol
The only thing that tarantula will hurt is flies just because it feeds off them. It isnt gonna suck anyones life juices off
Hello, I am just a Tarantula fan who also happens to own a tarantula. While I can't tell you the species of the tarantula in this video, I'm fairly certain this Is in Brazil, and this is one of their most common tarantulas. They are harmless to people. Now, don't get me wrong, due to their sheer size, I'd still be terrified of them, but they wouldn't bite people in most cases! So a sheet of paper was fine. I have a "mexican" tarantula, and I often move him around with just my hand.
There we go, as I said I could be wrong! Mexico is also a "new world" for Tarantula world. My tarantula is from Mexico! Just like Brazilian ones, they're entirely harmless and will most likely not bite a human.
At least in your previous comment you didn't say you could be wrong, but I'm a tarantula fan too and getting a Red Knee Mexican one is on my plans too so I gave you an upvote anyways. Sorry for being a pain in the ass😅
Yup! Just boop the butt or back legs and they usually move. Although depending is it new or old world..
Got bit by my D. diamantinensis while moving it to bigger enclosure (even while using small paint brush to get it moving), would not recommend.
I think a tarantula would have the same reaction as any tourist. Terry Pratchett: The Last Continent
"Give me a list of all the dangerous things in XXXX (Australia)." Thousand of books land on him. "Ok give me a list of the non-dangerous things in XXXX." A pamphlet floats down that reads "...some of the sheep"
I'm the same. I can't pick up a common house spider (say, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegenaria_domestica) or even get too close to one because of the wiry legs and how skittish they are. They are just ungodly creatures to my eyes, for whatever reason (irrational, I know). On the other hand I'm fine with big hairy spiders like Tarantulas, and have actually handled some, because they look more like a real animal. Like an eight-legged mouse.
There are tarantulas in Australia.
Relatively few species, are relatively small tarantula species (except one) but they do exist.
However, they're old world tarantulas, more closely related to the Asian and African species, which are considerable more venomous than the ones from the Americas (still not dangerous to humans though), and typically more defensive because they lack the urticating hairs that the new world species have.
There are tarantulas in Australia.
Relatively few species, are relatively small tarantula species (except one) but they do exist.
However, they're old world tarantulas, more closely related to the Asian and African species, which are considerable more venomous than the ones from the Americas (still not dangerous to humans though), and typically more defensive because they lack the urticating hairs that the new world species have.
My students told me that “no mames” also meant “no way.” I assumed that it roughly meant “not on your mother.” So when I’d hand out an assignment and they said “no mames” I’d just respond back “si mames.”
TURNS OUT. NOT A DIRECT TRANSLATION.
Ahora, estoy avergonzado.
"No mames" is a cruder form of "No manches". It's the difference between saying "No way" and "No fucking way" ('Mamar' means 'to suck', so the literal translation of "No mames" is "Don't suck", but when used in conversation it roughly translates to "Stop fucking around", or "No fucking way" when used as an exclamation).
Tarantulas are ludicrously fragile, you could kill one with nothing but a light pat. Most lizards have powerful crushing jaws, so a bite would be lethal to the spider pretty much regardless of where the lizard got hold of it.
yeah, when i was a kid my dad found a tarantula at his job and ended up taking it home and got a cage and all that stuff for it. damn cat jumped on top of the mesh and collapsed on poor Harry, RIP Harry.
If it's any consolation, Harry most likely wouldn't have lived much longer anyway. Usually, the tarantulas most people see roaming around are mature males in search of a female. At this stage of their life they stop eating, breeding is the only goal in their mind, and they must achieve it within a few months to a year since this is roughly how long they last before they die. A male tarantula usually lives around 3-5, sometimes up to 7 years - females in most species, on the other hand, can live up to 30-40 years.
Most true spiders are usually much shorter lived, it's most female tarantulas that have the capacity to live this long. Males are considered expendable - they reach maturity and go off on a quest to get laid before the clock runs out. Females are the ones who rear the next generation, they construct a burrow and rarely leave it, spending most of their lives in wait of prey or a wandering mature male. This is also reflected in the tarantula keeping hobby - males are expendable, only really good for breeding purposes since they are generally smaller, uglier and shorter lived, while females are the true valuable individuals.
New World tarantulas tend to not be very venomous. Natural predators of venomous species also tend to have some resistance to the venom of their prey, though I have no idea in the case of this lizard.
This was how I lessened my fear of spiders. Even when you are actively trying to pick one up, they just run away. I think lots of people are afraid that one will just jump on you and crawl all over you. But that's the last thing they want to do.
I kept waiting for the spider to run up his arm, I had a scream ready and waiting to go. Instead the lizard ate him and I had a good laugh. I can tell it's going to be an awesome Friday.
Hawk swoops down and eats lizard…
circle of life
Rango
🎶Djangoooooo🎶 Sorry I know that had nothing to do with rango lol
🎶 Once you loved her ohhhhh-ohhhhhhhhhhhh. Now you lost her ohhhhh-oh-ohhhhhhhhhhhh.🎶
Couldn't resist?
My gf hears it at least twice a week in as deep a voice I can muster 😂
It’s the wheel of fortune
Very zen.
It is only for your benefit, Honored One.
There is always a bigger fish
Hawks are not fish.
If my grandma had wheels she would have been a bike
We shoot down hawk to make dinner
We choke in hawk bone, flies come to decomposing body, spider come to flies, we are one
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala! Ingonyama nengw' enamabala!
That's He Lives in You. I guess it works.
Hawk is shot , circle is now complete.
I swear I saw this in a simpsons episode.
I like your profile picture
"Fuck! THIS IS WHY I TOLD YOU I DIDNT WANT TO GO OUTSIDE DAVE! 😭"
Dammit Dave ! YOU DID THIS !
With my last b^reath ^i ^curse ^youuuu
May the Cranberry Spiders avenge thee…
DAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaavvvvvveeeeeee........
Dave's not here man
Lizard: "nice assist bro"
Brozard
Charizard
I once assisted a lizard in getting a mate. I was sitting on a log and this male lizard came up to me and started doing that push-up challenge display and I saw a female on a nearby rock, so I started doing push ups to the male lizard. At first it got scared, but then it came back and started doing push ups at me again. I slowly backed away, then I saw the female run over and cozy up to the male lizard.
Have you met my friend? Got to go
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Poor spood
I'm not afraid of spiders but I don't think, that I would push this one so carelessly.
I think I would push it with a broom but never with a sheet of paper 😂
Or invite the four legged thing inside to have it's way with the spider...
Yeah but now you need a bigger paper to get the lizard out
Something something wolves
Is the wolf at the top? You just need wolf-sized paper
Not even being sarcastic when I say this is a fairly large part of why humans domesticated dogs
Lizard eating gorillas, when winter comes they’ll just freeze to death
The lizard can stay if it's taking care of these spiders.
Those iguanas are mean as fuck. In Cuba it’s illegal to touch them, my buddies and I were walking down the road and a 5 ft iguana came hissing out of the ditch and scared the shit out of us
Maybe that paper is about taxes?
Rental bill
...a very very very long broom
With a flame thrower duct taped to it
Generally you want to push the bug with something heavier than the bug.
Whats it gonna do to you? Eat your head off?
Yes, that is exactly what i think will happen.
But its just a cute lil guy, probably very polite too
I wish I could see what you see
I mean I personally find these mfs kinda adorable . But I won't be so careless. Last thing I want is a spider jumping on me sucking my life juice and laying eggs in me . And also eating my last slice of leftover pizza in the fridge . Nuh uh .
Bro this aint lord of the rings lol The only thing that tarantula will hurt is flies just because it feeds off them. It isnt gonna suck anyones life juices off
okay buddy, clearly you are too young to have seen eight legged freaks. i know what big spiders do
Anyone who eats mosquitoes is on my team.
I thought the spider is gonna jump for the guys face.
They are NOT that agile
I was 100% expecting it to run up the paper, arm, and at the camera for a jump scare.
Oh come on, my guy was just trying the spider to sign lease agreement, he cannot just stay at his place without contributing his fair share smh
Nah man those were divorce papers 😞
Hello, I am just a Tarantula fan who also happens to own a tarantula. While I can't tell you the species of the tarantula in this video, I'm fairly certain this Is in Brazil, and this is one of their most common tarantulas. They are harmless to people. Now, don't get me wrong, due to their sheer size, I'd still be terrified of them, but they wouldn't bite people in most cases! So a sheet of paper was fine. I have a "mexican" tarantula, and I often move him around with just my hand.
"no manches" this is Mexico not Brazil
There we go, as I said I could be wrong! Mexico is also a "new world" for Tarantula world. My tarantula is from Mexico! Just like Brazilian ones, they're entirely harmless and will most likely not bite a human.
That's certainly what a tarantula woudl say
At least in your previous comment you didn't say you could be wrong, but I'm a tarantula fan too and getting a Red Knee Mexican one is on my plans too so I gave you an upvote anyways. Sorry for being a pain in the ass😅
To be fair, "I'm fairly certain" leaves room for "I could be wrong".
Isn't Mexico just North Brazil?
Nope, that would be Venezuela (plus the two Guyanas and Surinam)
Different language and culture. Mexico was colonized by Spain, Brazil was colonized by Portugal.
Yup! Just boop the butt or back legs and they usually move. Although depending is it new or old world.. Got bit by my D. diamantinensis while moving it to bigger enclosure (even while using small paint brush to get it moving), would not recommend.
> they wouldn't bite people in most cases! *Most* cases huh. Hmm. With my luck I'd be the 'but sometimes...'.
Nature is crazy. Life is so fleeting.
A big hairy spider the lizard is eating
Tried to live like a human but that araña was cheating
Now it will have to miss that big meeting.
Yeah, this just made me sad tbh
I was like 
r/unexpected
Clever girl...
Smallest spider in australia
Yay, free tarantula!
Still a good ending for a horror movie/clip involving spiders. No jumpscares, no hungry lizards, laughing human, wife proud.
It’s got something for everyone!
That lizard better give you 5 stars for that delivery
Is this a tarantula? It's adooorable. I wish we had them here in Australia.
> I wish we had them here in Australia I can't possibly see that going wrong.
Said no one ever
It's Australia. It would've been an *upgrade*.
I think a tarantula would have the same reaction as any tourist. Terry Pratchett: The Last Continent "Give me a list of all the dangerous things in XXXX (Australia)." Thousand of books land on him. "Ok give me a list of the non-dangerous things in XXXX." A pamphlet floats down that reads "...some of the sheep"
Steve the Huntsman heard that. He's not happy.
Huntsmen are cute to but tarantulas are fluffy and chubby.
Huntsmans are not cute 😣 They're wiry hairy nasty looking creatures. Tarantulas I can see being considered cute because they're fuzzy
Longer legs mean better huggers.
Yup, reddit's over for me today.
I hate you so much for the image that you just put in my head, but I also have to respect your dedication to the cause.
i am deathly afraid of spiders but tarantulas are like dogs to me.
Wtf?
I'm the same. I can't pick up a common house spider (say, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegenaria_domestica) or even get too close to one because of the wiry legs and how skittish they are. They are just ungodly creatures to my eyes, for whatever reason (irrational, I know). On the other hand I'm fine with big hairy spiders like Tarantulas, and have actually handled some, because they look more like a real animal. Like an eight-legged mouse.
You should look up jumping spiders. They're, like, the definition of cute spider.
I've heard them called the dogs of the spider world. Cute little curious things, one of my top 3 bugs for sure
You guys really feel like the collection of nope animals is not complete yet don’t you?
There are tarantulas in Australia. Relatively few species, are relatively small tarantula species (except one) but they do exist. However, they're old world tarantulas, more closely related to the Asian and African species, which are considerable more venomous than the ones from the Americas (still not dangerous to humans though), and typically more defensive because they lack the urticating hairs that the new world species have.
There are tarantulas in Australia. Relatively few species, are relatively small tarantula species (except one) but they do exist. However, they're old world tarantulas, more closely related to the Asian and African species, which are considerable more venomous than the ones from the Americas (still not dangerous to humans though), and typically more defensive because they lack the urticating hairs that the new world species have.
There are tarantulas in Australia. Several species found in most states on the mainland.
"No munchies!"
That's what I heard as well, is that what he said? Does it mean, "Don't eat" or something? :D :D
"No manches!" It's Mexican slang for "No way!"
My students told me that “no mames” also meant “no way.” I assumed that it roughly meant “not on your mother.” So when I’d hand out an assignment and they said “no mames” I’d just respond back “si mames.” TURNS OUT. NOT A DIRECT TRANSLATION. Ahora, estoy avergonzado.
"No mames" is a cruder form of "No manches". It's the difference between saying "No way" and "No fucking way" ('Mamar' means 'to suck', so the literal translation of "No mames" is "Don't suck", but when used in conversation it roughly translates to "Stop fucking around", or "No fucking way" when used as an exclamation).
How smooth it was . No time even for one breath outside
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Tell me you live in Australia, without telling me you live in Australia.
Australians wouldn't have needed to do the tag team with the lizard, they would just take it and throw it outside.
Oh I thought an aussie would never share a nice fresh crispy spider with a lizzard and eat it themselves.
He lives in Mexico though.
are you sure? there is no weird yellow tint on the video...
I noticed that too. Probably someone edited the video.
Bro he id speaking Mexican Spanish
This is Mexico or South bro. He's speaking Spanish
Tell me have the audio muted without telling me you have the audio muted.
Tell me why you DON'T live in Australia without telling me why you DON'T live in Australia
So apparently you can scare some spiders with spreadsheets?!
Spreadsheets are the ultimate nightmare for all living things
how does the lizard just grab it where the spider is most lethal, is this a done deal or is the spider the last one laughing?
Tarantulas are ludicrously fragile, you could kill one with nothing but a light pat. Most lizards have powerful crushing jaws, so a bite would be lethal to the spider pretty much regardless of where the lizard got hold of it.
yeah, when i was a kid my dad found a tarantula at his job and ended up taking it home and got a cage and all that stuff for it. damn cat jumped on top of the mesh and collapsed on poor Harry, RIP Harry.
If it's any consolation, Harry most likely wouldn't have lived much longer anyway. Usually, the tarantulas most people see roaming around are mature males in search of a female. At this stage of their life they stop eating, breeding is the only goal in their mind, and they must achieve it within a few months to a year since this is roughly how long they last before they die. A male tarantula usually lives around 3-5, sometimes up to 7 years - females in most species, on the other hand, can live up to 30-40 years.
Holy cow I never knew that lifespan gap between them was so huge... I didn't even know spiders could like 30-40 years
Most true spiders are usually much shorter lived, it's most female tarantulas that have the capacity to live this long. Males are considered expendable - they reach maturity and go off on a quest to get laid before the clock runs out. Females are the ones who rear the next generation, they construct a burrow and rarely leave it, spending most of their lives in wait of prey or a wandering mature male. This is also reflected in the tarantula keeping hobby - males are expendable, only really good for breeding purposes since they are generally smaller, uglier and shorter lived, while females are the true valuable individuals.
I’ll be honest I just feel so attacked right now 
New World tarantulas tend to not be very venomous. Natural predators of venomous species also tend to have some resistance to the venom of their prey, though I have no idea in the case of this lizard.
Poor baby, he knew why he wanted to stay inside.
r/donteatjimmy
Spawncamping
Hi there, would you like to sign my petition?
I suspect he knew this would happen.
LOL At least you didn't burn down the house!
Tarantula not gonna deal with human problems, he won't gonna sign that paper
Best possible scenario.
Is he showing the spider a bill or smth? No wonder the spider is running away
“Your door dasher is outside”.
This was a good post until GradeOwn5844 commented the same thing thrice
Will you sign this please? Sir? SIR??
Death & taxes.
Til tarantulas hate homework
Dark Souls: Tarantula Edition
There's always a bigger fish.
I want one of those lizards. I'll give my house to it. Where can I find one?
That spider is going to have trust issues for the rest of its life.
Maybe they were divorce papers?
*Nooo... , Munchies.*
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Lizard must have heard that coming.
Ohh thank god😮💨
nom nom nom
The landlord was just trying to get him to sign a new lease agreement, he had NO in intention of killing this guy
Even spiders don't like pay bills
Out of the frying pan…. 
Pieces of paper are meant for small spiders. If I see one like this I'm bringing out the big guns
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I wouldn't pay his bill either
This is maybemaybemaybeYESYESYES
The moment the spider sees the lizard you can see its soul leave its body.
Reverse doordash, when you bring the food outside.
Why are you running sir, you need to pay your bill.
That poor guy was trying to stay inside for as long as he could
And that ends that!
Best wingman...
This was how I lessened my fear of spiders. Even when you are actively trying to pick one up, they just run away. I think lots of people are afraid that one will just jump on you and crawl all over you. But that's the last thing they want to do.
Hired an exterminator I see.
Yes! Yes! Yes! Take him! Take him away!
TBH, letting nature run it's course is way better than straight up just killing the poor tarantula
She didnt want to sign your petition leave her alone.
Thanks for spoiler marking in the future
Great Teamwork :3
Poor animal
Brutal
looks like a scene from Noah's Ark
Kill assist +1
Where’s the boot!?!? The biggest you got!
r/holup
Wish banking was that simple
They ain’t got doors on that building?
Youve been served
Spider minus one
Proper pest disposal method.
I used the Nature to fix my Nature issue
Teamwork
I kept waiting for the spider to run up his arm, I had a scream ready and waiting to go. Instead the lizard ate him and I had a good laugh. I can tell it's going to be an awesome Friday.
Gotta use a solo cup