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This wasp paralyzes tarantulas, but what does its sting do to humans?

A tarantula hawk wasp is one of the largest wasps in the world. They are aptly named because they inject tarantulas with ...
BBC

Tarantula YouTube videos help woman beat fear of spiders

A woman who spent years being terrified of spiders managed to "desensitise" herself by watching YouTube videos of tarantulas - and now she sleeps with 32 of them. Vanessa Woods, 33, gradually ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Wildlife YouTuber Discovered This New Species of Tarantula in Thailand

The newly recognized species, Taksinus bambus, is the first known tarantula to nest exclusively inside bamboo stalks. JoCho Sippawat When wildlife enthusiast and YouTube star JoCho Sippawat came ...
The Guardian

Coyote Peterson's 'Brave Wilderness': a one-man quest to be attacked by insects

Host of Brave Wilderness YouTube channel travels around world trying to get animals and insects to bite him – and give viewers a ‘vicarious experience’ One of Coyote Peterson’s most popular YouTube ...
The Independent

First species of tarantula known to live in bamboo discovered by YouTuber

You may not be aware of the Thai YouTube sensation that is JoCho Sippawatt, but millions watch his videos in which he grapples with armfuls of millipedes, holds venomous snakes, allows hairy spiders ...
BBC

Tarantula YouTube videos help woman beat fear of spiders

Vanessa Woods used videos to beat her fear of spiders - and now shares her bedroom with some whoppers. This video has been optimised for mobile viewing on the BBC News app. The BBC News app is ...
BBC

Tarantula YouTube videos help woman beat fear of spiders

Vanessa Woods used videos to beat her fear of spiders - and now shares her bedroom with some whoppers. This video has been optimised for mobile viewing on the BBC News app. The BBC News app is ...