How Being A Good Mother Makes This Spider Sparkle | Nature's Strangest Mysteries Solved

In 2017, a woman filmed a spider and was surprised to see it shimmer and glow. But with no glowing spiders known to science, what was it that made this arachnid sparkle?

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[DanniGirl]

I was screaming in my head (the whole video) "BABIES!!!! Run for your life!"

[mja]

The funny thing is that they went through all this trouble and explained everything in details.. But the actual answer was brief and simple.

[sassmate]

This video literally only needed to be like 2 mins long 🤦🏽‍♂️ I haven’t even got halfway yet but the cause is SO obvious 😩😩 shes got a bunch of babies on her abdomen and when u Shine a torch on them their eyes glow so all you’re seeing is the glow of the babies eyes

[jameswalker]

Let's make a video where I dont get to the point until the last 60 seconds

[amyicykintinakofa]

i was like hmmm what type of spider ? oh wolf spider ITS A MOTHER THERE THE BABYS LOOKING AT YOU DUH

[renee]

This is the first Spider I've ever seen, looking glamorous! Pretty!

[ceciliacosta]

It’s the babies eyes glowing. That’s it. All
You needed to say.

[vishwasgondwale]

It's children's eyes, sitting on its back

[takasmithy]

Very interesting but next time start with the answear pls xD

[pierreuntel]

Plot twist: the spider just rolled in a pile of glitter

[emikrellik]

I picked one up when i was a kid that had babies on her back not knowing what i was getting into and developed arachnophobia because of that!

[Adamizer-]

I needed to know what those children were scared of turns out it already gave birth

[dronszell]

God this people think that bioluminescence comes from external lighting

[JackCarregan]

It’s wolf spider with babies on its back? How is everyone this gullible.

[saeedhashmi.]

Spider is a very ammenig cocroch i like it

[keach]

She said she was a fan of spiders well im the opposite lol

[tolentinoestherfaith]

doesn't get to the piont until the end.. 🙄

[CockroachCentral]

This video only needed to be a minute long

[oogyboof]

It's so obvious she has babies on her back. This is so dumb with how long it is, do people actually not know?

[Tom-ymbm]

Ewwww I want to wear it !!! Luv the sparkly 🕷