Showing posts with label Spiders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spiders. Show all posts

Dog Dressed Up As A Giant Spider Is Used To Scare People In Poland By Pranksters

Imagine walking down an empty corridor one night and you come across human limbs covered in what looks like spider web dangling from the concrete ceiling. Just when the fear starts crawling through your skin, you hear the sound of footsteps behind you. You turn your head and behold! There's a gigantic mutant spider heading right into your direction. What would you do? Run of course! Who in their right mind would wish to be near such a despicable creature.

A prankster based in Poland who goes by the name SA Wardega on YouTube brought this scene to reality when he dressed up a dog as a giant spider and had it roam the streets in a city there. To make the experience more frightening, Wardega set up props within the vicinity where the dog roamed. These props include human hands and legs wrapped in webs dangled in subway ceilings. Sure, it was scary for the hapless victims of the prank. Fortunately for us internet folks, we can only watch them and laugh our heads off.

The dog in the prank has a name. Her name is Chica and you can learn more about her on her Facebook page. For more pranks by Wardega, check him out on YouTube. They have a collection of awesome pranks there that you can watch over and over again. Pranks that the Wardega team took a lot of time to set and pull off. Aside from unsuspecting citizens, their prank victims also include cops and more.

Professor Of Biology Explains Viral Video Showing A Bumblebee Seemingly Rescuing Another Bumblebee Caught In A Spider's Web

A few weeks ago, a video of two bumblebees and a spider went viral. As of this writing, it has surpassed two million views on YouTube. It shows a bumblebee trapped in a spider's web. Out of nowhere, another bumblebee appeared and seemingly rescued the distressed one by stinging the spider.

Well, a bumblebee expert has stepped up to the plate to explain what actually happened. In an article published on The Conversation, Professor of Biology Dave Goulson explained that although bumblebees are among the intellectual giants of the insect world, "action heroes, they are not".

According to Goulson, when bumblebees are in their nest, they will attack and try to repel invaders but "they would never come to the aid of another bee away from the nest".

As to the part in the video wherein the second bumblebee seems to sting the spider, Goulson has the following to say: "In fact, what one can see is the rear leg of the bee which happens to line up with the tip of the abdomen for a moment. It is too long and thick for a bee sting.

The video: