Arachnids on acid? 🕷️ I talk about a bizarre experiment where scientists gave spiders different drugs to see how it changed their web building. The results were every bit as strange as you’d imagine. 🎙️ All That's Just Wild episodes available here: https://thatsjustwild.lnk.to/podcastBH | Steve Backshall

Speedy spider strikes Feeding some funnel and curtain web spiders. Heavy web builders with extreme reaction speed and unpredictable movement patterns. After securing prey they retreat instantly, attempting to hide as fast as possible. The paired appendages at the rear of the abdomen are spinnerets, unusually large in these spiders and used for dense silk production. Footage is real, not AI-generated. Species in the video: Harmonicon oiapoqueae, Linothele sp. Gold Stripe, Linothele fallax, Linoth