:26:01
As long as we've got some down time,
why don't you and I....
:26:05
I'll get some rest.
:26:09
Here. You'll need that.
:26:12
Right here on the ground?
:26:14
There's nothing out here to worry about.
:26:17
This is the bird-eating spider!
:26:20
The largest arachnid in Australia!
:26:23
I'm going to get a stick,
because she is poisonous!
:26:28
See that movement?
These guys are ambush predators.
:26:31
They launch themselves onto their prey,
hang onto it with their front legs...
:26:35
...and drive their fangs right into it!
:26:37
See how her legs are up? Look.
:26:40
That's not the spider shaking.
That's me shaking!
:26:43
These things make me nervous.
And here's why.
:26:46
See her little legs sticking up?
:26:49
You're all right, sweetheart.
:26:52
Crikey!
:26:54
What they do is wait for their food source
to come to them.
:26:57
Crikey! Ant just bit me on the back.
:27:00
This is scary. I'm so nervous.
:27:03
They wait down in their hole
until the cool of night comes...
:27:06
...then they climb out of their hole...
:27:08
...and sit at the front of the hole, just like this...
:27:12
...in the full ambush position.
:27:15
You all right, sweetheart?
:27:19
There she is. Just like that. Ready.
:27:22
Any animal that she can overpower
and kill with her venom, that's her target.
:27:27
Animals like mice, frogs, lizards, geckos...
:27:30
...small birds, grasshoppers,
anything comes past.
:27:33
She'll wait in the ambush position,
fly out of the hole, grab it...
:27:37
...and, whack, drive those huge great fangs
right into its chest cavity!
:27:42
They've got very toxic venom,
super-toxic venom, and a lot of it!
:27:46
Their fangs are larger than a snake's!
:27:49
Crikey, they're powerful!
:27:50
Sometimes, they'll actually kill their prey...
:27:53
...just with the force, the ferocity,
of that hit when the fangs go in.
:27:58
That's how powerful they are.