Holding a Black Widow Spider!

What's scarier than seeing a spider at night? ... Holding one at night! Get ready to watch as I hold one of the most dangerous arachnids.. the Black Widow Spider! Will it bite me? Watch now to find out!

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[summerrainsong]

As someone who knows what it's like to be bitten not once but four times by a single black widow, I must say you earned my respect. Widow venom is a neuro toxin. Drop for drop widow venom is 15× more potent than a diamond back rattlesnake. The symptoms of a bite at first are those of a heart attack. Severe shortness of breath, chest pain, then tummy pain, nausea, I had a fever over 105° severe muscle pain. Convulsing, then worse paralyzed from the waist down. After numerous vials of antivenin symptoms improved however the paralysis lasted months. It's the same with the copperhead bite I had, critters are not out to get us. They do not go out of their way just to attack us. If they bite it's because we accidentally come into contact with them. If you felt threatened by something hundreds of times bigger than you would you not try to protect yourself too?

[jimmyhor]

"Let her walk naturally"
Dumps the spider onto his hand.

[stuped.]

Thank you Coyote for doing this, you’re bringing me back the will of exploring and “be wild”. Thanks!

[Okyesmabyeno]

I’m in Florida and u see these alll the time and there so chill just maintain ur distance and if it comes up to you just don’t move it rlly doesn’t want anything to do with u.. first time u see it tho it’s horrifying had one crawl on me and it just walked away

[Joeynator]

Yeah I'll always have the phobia...has nothing to do with if they're out to kill me or not.

[ututheavenger]

I have always had an affinity for arachnids esp spiders. Currently, I have 4 tarantulas and Coyote is right...you can handle them if you stay calm. It's all about the vibration.

[oakvick]

I got gobs of them around my house. Territorial and don’t wander. They stay in same spot. Very fast in their “tangled” webs. Fascinating and beautiful creature. I don’t touch the big ones but the babies sometimes crawl on me when I relocate them. SoCal.

[kclefthanded]

Where did that Opel GT come from? Makes a good story on its own

[felineflixie]

Well you've held a black widow are you going to hold a redback in Australia or is it to venomous to handle?

[VergilArcanis]

For being plopped into a plastic box and taken from her web, she was very cooperative.

[yogeshwarikulkarni]

Love u from india.. u have ignited the fire within me... wanna be just like u and explore the wild🦁🦄🐯🐱🐖🐎🐷🐫🐐❤❤❤

[ZeMarkKrazee]

I’ve found black widow spiders to be fairly aggressive compared to most other spiders… particularly if you “bother” them. I’ve had numerous ones make a b line straight for me haha.

[AngelHudson-jehp]

I have black widows in my flower beds I respect them an they keep to themselves they dont get rattled by my presence (unless I accidentally bump their housing then they just scurry an inch or so then they go back in just like letting me know ummmm hey trying to sleep here lol) ❤❤❤😂

[Derianmendoza]

I one time found a Black widow in my yard and actually free handled it and was nervous but brave at the same time

[kdogg]

"contact a local entomologist"... haha... yeah right.. that thing's as good as dead.

[drawnbysean]

I actually had a really rare thing happen to me. I didn’t really realize it at the time, but I was in the Catskills in New York State stacking wood (I was little and helping my dad) I saw a spider with a red pattern on its underside hiding in the wood pile. I had the good sense to get away from it. I did some research just now and I think the spider I saw could’ve been a black widow. Apparently there have been sightings further and further north lately, and although I’m skeptical, the spider I saw looked remarkably similar to a black widow.

[briannamcelfresh]

Omg I'm gonna have a heart attack watching this

[MelvinSmellin]

Screw that, im killing it. I'm not calling some dude to come get it, which I know 100% they won't

[ankushshetty]

I feel it's on me. I feel it's on me!

[EveryGamer]

I have one next to my front door. It’s just chillen out.