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Tarantula trapped under jar tries to escape by sliding the entire container along the floor (video) [1]

['Carla Sinclair']

Date: 2023-06-28

I'm not sure where the person who shot the footage below lives, but they've been sharing their house with at least one strong tarantula — and a feisty one at that.

"I found a tarantula in my house!" the video caption says as the large hairy critter skitters out from the corner of a floorboard.

But the fascinating part comes after the person traps the spider with a clear jar, and the spider tries to escape by taking the container with it. It's able to slide its prison cell with relative ease before the human has a better idea, slipping a lid underneath the spider and jar and snapping the lid into place — presumably (and hopefully) to set the big guy free, outside.

Via Hindustan Times

Front page thumbnail image: Matt Knoth

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