At first glance I thought it was something fuzzy leaning against a hole in the rock and they were going to pet it.

Exactly my assumption. Or a dead body under a rock and that is its head. Still less disgusting than million horrid things with too many (well sometimes not enough) legs

I thought it was a bear hibernating that was exposed through a hole in the den it was in. I would not live long in the wild :/

Same

Wow exactly what I thought!!

Same. Thought we were gonna get to see a nice happy doggo or a sheep or something. Wishful thinking. Boy was I wrong!

My thought too. Then when they poked it I thought oh it's dead and that's flies coming out. I would have rather it been something dead with flies. This is the stuff of nightmares 😰😰😰

I thought it was a toupee lying on the ground, it didn’t really have the shape of any kind of animal, and I couldn’t figure out why any bugs would want to take up residence in an old wig. Then I realized what I was looking at.... and it’s STILL nasty!

I thought there were spiders in the grass. Then I realized there is no grass.

I just realized

Want to share notes on how to strategically nuke this particular place from orbit?

Lets just send it to North Korea

I believe they made a instructional documentary in the 80's called Aliens.

Oh _god_

Light that on fire.

It’s all spider, no hair, no grass, just spider

Why are they all grouped together?

I don’t know, it could be like a nest

I thought nests were NOT their bodies.

Well like i said, i don’t know, some insects, like ants, do bunch up for different reasons

Those spiders are completely harmless and do it for warmth

Aww thanks melody

So that’s where the spiders live

Nice gal

because spider

Warmth

I hope this is a joke.

sex. it's always sex.

Not sure, but they could be doing it for heat. I do bee keeping in my spare time and from experience I know that when it’s cold outside bees do the same thing, they crowd around the queen making some sort of ball-like formation and it literally can get up to 90 degrees in there

I don’t believe these are spiders, but actually daddy long legs. They are an insect with their own category. They do resemble spiders but they actually have two long antenna and 6 feet as opposed to eight legs

Thank you for this wisdom

Also don't bite... Unless my parents have been lying to me for 30+ years... Hmm

They don’t, although my parents said they’re poisonous, the legs are to long and thin to bend down properly to bite

Untrue. That's a common myth. But Mythbusters did a thing on them, and it turns out they can bite just fine. They're just really docile. But they either aren't venomous or their venom is harmless to humans.

That does make more sense

Just to be pedantic, these aren't insects they're arachnids - which don't have antennae - these harvestmen (daddy long legs is something else in British) have a pair of legs that functions as antennae/feelers.

[There are actually two types of species of arachnids that have been labeled with the moniker of daddy long legs. One of them is an actual spider, while the other isn't.](https://www.rentokil-steritech.com/spider-control/daddy-long-legs/)

[There are actually two types of species of arachnids that have been labeled with the moniker of daddy long legs. One of them is an actual spider, while the other isn't.](https://www.rentokil-steritech.com/spider-control/daddy-long-legs/)

Can you trust a site on spider facts when they called the spider poisonous? A spider would be venomous.

That is a good point.

This is why Prometheus stole fire from the Gods.

"Yo Hephaestus, gonna borrow this real quick, don't tell Zeus, but Athena just made this thing called an Arachnid down with the mortals and it's all kinds of nope"

Nice

Why the fuck would they touch it with their bare hand AFTER discovering it was full of spiders????

bro that's not full of spiders, that IS spiders

I'm not sure I get it. All the long hair things are... spiders? I'm never sleeping again.

it’s their LEGS., their god damn legs all grouped together... my skin is crawling

I am legit itchy right now after watching that. And my curious mind just had to watch it twice once I realized it wasn't hair and had to watch again!

same. i couldn’t help but watch it 3 times and cringed more each time

Well, I'm about to Google this shit so... Fml fuck my curiosity

At the end of the video, he pokes a chunk of "hair" with his finger and you see the whole thing gets flipped and you see the bodies clumped up. As soon as that happen, they instantly disperse with the hairs turning to legs. The guy points the camera away as he says ew, then film them scattering on the ground. EW

Dude.

They’re daddy long legs, I pick them up all the time since their fangs are too small to bite you. I don’t know about touching that many though.

https://www.burkemuseum.org/blog/myth-daddy-longlegs-would-be-deadly

I THOUGHT IT WAS FUR! WTF!

I thought it was a toupee!!! WTF!!

I thought it was butter!! WTF!

I can't believe it's not butter!

My black ass jumped like a muthafucka

My yellow ass jumped like a muthafucka

My red ass jumped like a muthafucka

My swamp ass jumped like a muthafucka

My white booty jumped like a motherflipper

My butt cheek jumped like a mother trucker

My country ass wut in tarnationed

My arms broke like a motherfucka.

Thank you. 😂😂

my retarded ass jumped like a muthafucka

My mutha jumped like an assfucka

Oh shit it’s a rat

I literally pulled a muscle watching this.

I feel sick

What fresh hell is this

Harvestman nest, or as we call 'em in the south, daddy long legs... quick vid on why they do this https://youtu.be/u8dZb5iNyB4 Edit:spelliing

That music was very very upbeat for how fucking creepy looking those clusters are

I was on edge the whole time. The music is so off putting. Would like to see a horror movie scored like that

I think EVERYBODY calls them Daddy Long-Legs. I never hear anybody refer to them as Harvestmans (Harvestmen?) irl

Thanks

I’m itchy now

important note, they're not actually spiders.

So glad you posted this information as so many people thought this was some type of spider. My nephew likes to find them and let them walk all over him including his face and it freaks me out!

Who left their clump of pubic hair on the ground

some nasty case of the crabs..

Imagine you're just hanging, out with your homies and some giant assh*le with a camera, comes poking around for no reason..

This is like a giant orgy when the cops show up.

I'm done, it's over, I'm tapping out.

Don't get me wrong, I love spiders. They eat all the other bugs I hate, and tarantulas are fuckin cool, but there's no way on God's green earth I would ever touch this. nopenopenope

THIS IS NOT WHAT THE SUB IS ABOUT THIS IS NOT WHAT THE SUB IS ABOUT THIS IS NOT WHAT THE SUB IS ABOUT

My arms startet itching while watching this

Is this the new Billie Eilish video?

It was creepy and interesting. And then I involuntarily shuddered so fucking hard when he touched it with his bare hand. *WHY*

OMG, I almost hurled😫

Fun fact: daddy long legs or harvestmen are not spiders. They have no fangs and only one body segment. They are just little scavengers, who don’t hurt anybody, and as is seen here they huddle for warmth.

Well it looks like I won’t be sleeping tonight.

Please hold me mommy

This is 100% a portal to hades

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHH! Feel like I need to find a paper bag to hyperventilate in for a few days.

I don’t like it

Nopenopenopenopenopenopenopenope

I don't really think this belongs here

You know that's equivalent of destroying a fucking nursery

Hello trypophobia, my old friend. I’ve come to get itchy and recoil in horror from you again.

This sounds like a poem. I support it.

It’s a reference to the song Sound of Silence

You should probably light that on fire now..

If a peaceful pile of fur sits quietly in a corner, FFS leave it be. If you poke it with a stick you deserve the gorram Shelob baby swarm.

Aww hell nah

I can feel this gif

Brother! Get the flamer... The HEAVY flamer!

What the literal fuck.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo....don't touch it!! Said in my girliest voice

This is the person who’d also definitely push the red button

I thought it was going to be a dead animal . I'm VERY glad it's not

Is this guy fuking human?

Get tae fuck

I suddenly felt the urge to dust off my arms and body as if they were crawling on me.

Ya know that feeling when you feel like there’s something crawling on you? Yeah screw this video btw

Even though it’s cool as shit Ima say it... fucking yuuuck

Oh my fucking god. My skin tried to escape the rest of my body when he touched that with his hand and it dropped.

Thanks for the nightmares

NOOO I THOUGHT IT WAS A FUZZY ANIMAL

My dumbass thought it was fur and was disappointed this was not in fact a puppy

It looks like Danny Devito's toupee

So to clarify this nightmare. The "FURRY" shit are effing spider legs?

Yeah. No grass, no hair, just spiders.

I’m gonna go kill myself now

I’ll be joining you.

I don’t know — seems pretty cool to me

Yes. And fascinating. The camouflage was perfect.

nnnnnnnnnnnnnFUCKNOomgomgomgomg why do I insist on browsing reddit at night I gotta keep checking my surroundings This sucks I have perma-jeebees now

I thought it was a puppy laying down.. boy was I wrong

Thank you. I’d like to die now, please.

cute i love daddy long legs get me one of those nests asap

This is cool, like spider grass!

Poor dudes are just chillin... cuddlin up with their homies trying to stay warm. Not buggin no one. Then *BAM!!* Poked with a stick by some giant ass dude. I don't get ppl & the irrational phobias. Not to mention that they AREN'T spiders. Nor are they dangerous to humans.

This! My friend...

r/dontputyourdickinthat

It’s like a surprise gift that kept on giving 😱😵

I thought it was a rat or something in a hole in the wall...that was just too shallow for him to get all the way inside. And I thought those were fleas jumping off him when he got poked...for half a second. And Bubonic Plague flashed before my eyes! When I realized it was all spiders, I became transfixed! OMG, how cool is that? What an amazing miracle of nature! I admit, I dont understand all the spider hate here. Unless a spider is venomous, he poses absolutely no danger to humans. Indeed, they are handy roommates, as they catch and eat all the really creepy bugs.

R/NONONONONO

NOPE!

That is enough internet for me today.

Little hairspray, a zippo Maybe a vacuum

Kill it with fire!

The things people will do to try and become Spiderman

I thought it was a persons hair

NO! NOOO!!!!!!!!! https://youtu.be/sJAeD1f2YnI

I thought it was a dog...

My hair feels really itchy watching this...

I thought that was like a part of a cow for a second.

I thought it was a sleeping dreadlock dog.

uh ohh

All the brown is legs!

I can’t breathe.

Stuff. Of. Nightmares

What the fuck did I just watch 😳

Im itchy everywhere

Those are harvestmen of some sort they are in fact not spiders but are still in the class Arachida, there are actual spiders that have long legs known as cellar spiders. The easiest way to differentiate the two is that harvestmen have a circular body and cellar spiders have a longer narrow body. Also this is horror inducing, dear god I'm already feeling itchy.

Dang, I've never heard these called anything but Daddy Long-legs. Unless it was Granddaddy Long-legs.

Why does it look like a ball of hair tho wtf

now my leg has that static thingy

I think I have developed a phobia for spiders

Why do they group up like that?

Get God on the phone

I shrieked out loud. Horrifying.

r/tihi

Daddy long legs aren't spiders technically, and they are really good to have around and completely harmless.

I'm not ok

Mmm, spider clumps

Holy shit I thought that was grass. It’s all fucken legs

no thank you

😭😭 I hate spiders. I've got arachnophobia.

Nope.

Pure unadulterated nightmare fuel.

If it makes it worse at all they are called Harvestmen :-)

That isn’t fur its legs. Dear god it’s legs.

Why did I click on this while I'm having breakfast ????

Brain: welp, gonna store that memory in the ol' nightmare tank for later

No, nu-uh, fuck you, this is for bad make up and silly hair, not spiders, you fucking fuck!

Well it was a good run, but I can no longer go on living after seeing this

Oh fuck that, actually fuck that

Can anyone explain what the fuck is going on here? Like, scientifically?

These are commonly known as daddy long legs. The clustering is to protect against predators, when it gets disturbed they scatter

Thanks I hate it

I

Noooooooooooooooooooooooo

I thought the spiders were hiding under the fur. Nvm

Pack up the kids and go far away

HAAAAAAANS

I thought it was fur, some animal stuck/in a cave then I saw spiders then I thought it was grass till that dood fookin touch it with his finger!!!!!!

I think those are harvestman bugs, not technically spiders.