Spiders
Spin into the world of Learning Mole’s “High Five Facts About Spiders”! This video is a web of knowledge about these fascinating arachnids, delving into their behaviors, silk-spinning abilities, and diverse species. From orb-weavers to jumping spiders, we’re about to uncover the essential facts that make spiders intriguing members of the arthropod family. So, raise your hand for a high-five and join us as we explore the high-fiving facts about spiders. It’s a celebration of silk threads, eight-legged wonders, and the vital role spiders play in maintaining ecological balance! 🕷️🕸️🌟✋
Transcription for Spiders
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Today we are going to learn five Super facts about spiders. number one spiders are not classified as insects. Although they are the right size. They are actually known as arachnids does this is because they only have two body segments instead of three. Their bodies are made up of two main parts. asafalo thorax and an abdomen other arachnids you may know are scorpions might and ticks spiders have blue blood spiders actually catch insects in the web to eat. fact number two most spiders live on land but a few spiders actually live in and on water.
An example of a spider that lives in such a way is the raft spider. These spiders can run across the waters surface. As rough spiders run across the water air bubbles get trapped on their hairy body and legs these air bubbles help it to float on water. Grass spiders build a web on top of grass their webs form a funnel shape between Blades of grass their webs are not sticky. number three Did you know that only over half of the spider species spin webs? It takes about one hour for a spider to complete a web.
The silk is a liquid inside the spiders abdomen when the spider releases it it becomes solid and forms a thread. Spiders ether oldwear before starting a new one. Web spiders are spiders that rebuild their web each day. Now, that’s a lot of effort. Spiders spin webs to cut insects to eat webs are also used to protect spiderlings which are baby spiders. When a spider lays eggs, she stalls them in a silk sack and then it touches it to a web to keep them safe spider silk is very strong spiders that do not spin webs actively hunt the prey and pounce instead baby spiders are called spiderlings.
fact number four most spiders have eight eyes or four eyes. The two larger front eyes are for judging distance. They give spiders a clear image. On the side of the spider’s head. There are two extra eyes which help a spider detect movement. These small eyes help spiders detect predators. Since small creatures with eight legs and four eyes can be frightening for some people. Those who have an abnormal fear of spiders are said to have arachnophobia. It’s number five the world’s largest and smallest spider are both found in South America.
The Goliath birdeater is the world’s largest spider. The largest bird eater ever found was said to have an 11 inch leg span and wade six ounces. The smallest spider in the world is the Pato. Di Gua. This tiny spider is located in Colombia South America. The Pato diagua looks like a baby spider and measures only about 0.37 millimeters. You may find it hard to see this spider roaming around. I hope you enjoyed my five Super facts about spiders. See you soon.
