oh sweet Jesus I did not know what I was letting myself in for when I decided to
script this video absolutely trigger warning alert this video is about a
giant spider sort of anyway you see what I mean eight legs over half a meter in
body length and with legs nearly the same size I'm pretty sure that the Amiga
Arachne will haunt your dreams but what if it was a reality hello and welcome
back to life's biggest questions the channel that looks to answer exactly
those I'm your host Rebecca Folgate and now that we finally put the perilous
area 51 behind us I'm asking what if the mega Arachne didn't go extinct blimey
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guys know that I'm pretty afraid of spiders are you guys afraid of any
animals do let me know in the comment section down below I'm also quite
cautious of a snake and before I moved to Canada I had no idea I was afraid of
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to deeply creeped out today good great ok the mega Arachne the name
means great spider but things aren't as they seem before we examine how life
would be with this not so we beasties scuttling around I want to talk to you
about scientific bulls ups so to speak it must be hard being a scientist or to
be specific a paleontologist a scientist who studies fossils shout-out to Ross
Geller you are my forever crush paleontologists find bones or fossils
and then they're tasked with piecing together what the animal may have looked
like when the first remains of the mega Arachne were found in 300 million year
old rock in Argentina in the 1980s it was believed that it was the biggest
land spider of all time one point eight feet in body lankford legs of 19 inches
there is no surprise that the BBC featured the beast in its walking with
monster series here is a plaster cast of what it was thought to look like the
arachnid was also included in the Guinness world record book striking fear
into the hearts of all readers it turns out though that the world's biggest
spider is not a spider at all it's a sea scorpion potato potahto though am i
right it's still huge and leggy oh and also now scorpion tail thanks nature the
University of Manchester identified the creature as an aquatic menace in 2005
claiming it was more crab than creepy crawly but honestly I'm still creeped
out whatever it is the university resident arachnid expert dr. Paul Selden
to the Omega Iraq nays new identity he said it has large claws and too big
compound eyes whereas spiders normally have eight small eyes it also appears to
have a very robust body or shell with ridges across its back which is not
found in any spider known to man I don't know about you but anything in nature
with a shell that isn't like a cute tortoise freaks me out
I don't like it I don't like it so now that we know that the beasty here is the
sea scorpion what else do we know well it is as big as they said and dr. seldin
believed that it lived in a swamp massive swamp scorpion cool it's large
compound eyes lightly poked through the water like a crocodile all the better
for spotting its prey the beastie had a tail but actually it turns out that the
tail didn't have a sting thank goodness for that on top of that it wasn't
venomous so brutally it wasn't that bad at all I don't know what all the fuss is
about so we know what you're thinking if this scorpion Bay didn't sting and it
didn't have venomous fangs like some spiders how did the mega Arachne kill
not that cool but just by raking through mud with its pincers and then it was all
teeth teeth teeth Chomp Chomp Chomp so what did it eat
again disappointing me for the drama it just used to eat invertebrates that
lived in the swamps creatures and the like honestly I'm
wondering why I was so scared of spiders in the first place it doesn't really
seem that bad so what if it was alive today well actually you'd probably never
notice the sea scorpion lived in swampy Argentina if it were alive today it
would be happy in the ibera wetlands this area covers 1.3 hectares of marsh
where the spider that wasn't could survive and thrive if it were around
today it would share a neighborhood with the yellow anaconda and the broad
snouted caiman in the water plus some Jaguar capybara and deer on
land he likely wouldn't notice this existence say for some nature
documentaries that may highlight it in all its monstrous glory but this really
isn't a monster that you need to worry about it just looks kind of awful so you
might be wondering if the mega Arachne was dethroned as the biggest spider to
ever live on account of actually being a sea scorpion then what took its crown
friends let me introduce you to the Goliath birdeater sure it's not just
bigots well the biggest spider it's a giant
hairy and venomous spider native to South America it has large poisonous
fangs and a modest leg span of twelve inches
it weighs up to six ounces which makes it the heaviest spider in the world like
its name suggests it can eat birds sure but it mostly sticks to bats snakes and
lizards it hunts at night by pouncing on its prey and sinking its big teeth into
their skin paralyzing them with its venom and then it gobbles them up sounds
scary yes and unlike the mega Arachne their
spider is still very much alive but again don't worry you're quite unlikely
to see one I'd be more worried about black widows and red backs they be small
but they'd be mighty those spiders do live side-by-side with humans and are
very poisonous to us indeed some have even killed well on that happy note time
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comments from our video what if we trespassed on area 51 indestructible
nine ropes what the government thinks I'm looking for damn aliens what I'm
really looking for the death nope do you know I feel like people would be looking
for different things I for one would be looking for the time
machine that they're blatantly keeping they're all in pursuit of my dream of
being the doctor's assistant clap Zed wrote I'm about to get my first
girlfriend from area 51 like I said we all have our requirements thank you guys
for watching this video don't forget to let me know which animal scares you the
most and leave me your thoughts on the mega Arachne not so bad too sweet at
first thought right leave a thumbs up on this video share with a friend and if
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chance to do so I'm your host Rebecca fel gate I'll catch you in the next
video but until then please do stay curious stay
and never ever stop questioning