Spider With Three Super Powers | The Hunt | BBC Earth

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as striking footage of how cleverly jumping spiders plan their attacks.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

BBC Earth

Topic

jumping spiders

Format

documentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2019–2022

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• When hearing annecdotes about the intelligence of jumping I’m always reminded of and David Attenborough’s narration of Portia [VIDEO] Well worth the watch if it’s new to you! Quite the perspective shifter

• They seem to be in a class entirely unto themselves. There is something about the way they move and observe the world that gives them an apparent intellect beyond any other 'bug' I've seen. I used to keep bees and they are amazing in both …

• Spiders are amazing. Of course you should stay away from some of them, like blackwidow, the brown recluse, or the brazilian wandering spider but for the most part, house spiders (unless you're in Australia), and jumping spiders are usually friendly. David Attenborough covered Portias in …