The male peacock spider, attracts it's mate with scary clown mask and urgent, flailing gesture while the hypnotic burst of ultraviolet laser beam penetrate her with eight, SCARY FUCKING EYES ON HIS ABDOMEN....JEEEZUS!!

I have the feeling I'm looking a peacock with fully spread tailfeathers right in the butthole.

@lucky760
Sorry to bug you, man.
I "fixed" this video with an embed from NBC. I think they are playing games here.
I watched the video here:
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/digital-shorts/video/massive-head-wound-harry/278696/
And got the "old style" embed code there. Siftbot accepted the embed, but it doesn't seem to play. All I get is the NBC peacock. If you can't get this to work please take the PP I got back (unless you think I'm so awesome I deserve it )
Thanks, buddy.

>> ^Stormsinger:

Looks more curious than menacing...but still a cute clip.


*cute *love

Or <3!

>> ^Fred_Chopin:

Why are students smiling and laughing?


Because they probably think she's doing it as some sort of joke. No one would logically hop from peacocks and evolution to why evolution says it's OK to kill black people. And then you have a black person acting like a total nut.

*dead. You see the peacock animation and then nothing plays.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GgAbyYDFeg from http://myrmecos.net/2011/10/23/sunday-night-movie-the-peacock-spider/ for a mirror.

just 2 questions? wtf..where's the rest?
also who's the chick in the peacock dress?

>> ^mxxcon:

>> ^Friesian:
That has to be some of the worst editing and voiceover work I've seen. Shame though, because the spiders were pretty cool subject matter.

at least it's not bastardized with idiotic special effects or cutesy music.
this is a perfect example that nature is awesome enough as it is that it doesn't need any fancy narratives or fake sound effects or artificial setups the way they do it on Planet Earth or Blue Oceans.
major kudos to this guy for keeping it natural.


Oh, I totally agree that it's a good thing it's not bastardised with idiotic special effects or cutesy music. However, I would disagree that he's keeping it natural. It's clearly been edited (which I have no problem with), but the edited-in narration is, in my opinion, anything but natural.

The beginning of the clip is just fine, with him talking away. It was when it got to the narration part that it irked me somewhat.

Don't get me wrong - this is indeed amazing footage, especially, as @TheSluiceGate said, considering the size of the spiders. Major kudos to Jürgen for capturing it.

>> ^grinter:

>> ^Friesian:
That has to be some of the worst editing and voiceover work I've seen. Shame though, because the spiders were pretty cool subject matter.

If biologist were paid what BBC producers were, then maybe it would make sense that you are complaining. As it is, I think this video is a pretty good value.
If you want cheesy, polished narration, check out the ABC version:
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3160792.htm


I never said I wanted cheesy, polished narration. Nor do I expect high quality swooping shots of glorious vistas, all edited together in a magical and breathtaking piece of art.

However, I would have liked something which didn't have varying background sound levels (it could easily have been muted or evened out during the closeups with voiceover). I would have also liked less shots of the same thing. "This female is watching carefully", followed by "And this one as well", followed by a third "Another female arrives on the scene", followed by 20 seconds of random shots of the females. There was no context to those shots - they could have been stock footage of unconnected females that was added into the film solely to pad it out. They didn't add anything to the purpose of the film, which was showcasing the mating behaviour, and they didn't really tie into the overall direction of the narration.

The video is indeed pretty good value, but I think it's a shame that there are several small things that could be improved without having to be ABC and without a massive time/money investment. No idea if I'm the only one, but while the content was very interesting I did not watch the whole 6.5 minute clip, which to me is indicative of the mistakes I mentioned.

>> ^Friesian:

That has to be some of the worst editing and voiceover work I've seen. Shame though, because the spiders were pretty cool subject matter.


at least it's not bastardized with idiotic special effects or cutesy music.
this is a perfect example that nature is awesome enough as it is that it doesn't need any fancy narratives or fake sound effects or artificial setups the way they do it on Planet Earth or Blue Oceans.

major kudos to this guy for keeping it natural.

Your video, Possibly First Ever Video of Peacock Spider Mating Behavior, has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.

>> ^Friesian:

That has to be some of the worst editing and voiceover work I've seen. Shame though, because the spiders were pretty cool subject matter.


If biologist were paid what BBC producers were, then maybe it would make sense that you are complaining. As it is, I think this video is a pretty good value.
If you want cheesy, polished narration, check out the ABC version:
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3160792.htm

Thanks for the quality

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*quality

Awww shucks...thank you cocky peacock!

Also, this has reminded me to send a mouse in the mail.
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Check it out - In nine short days I've gotten your homepage 72 views via my StumbleUpon account. Now you know who one of the web's biggest trendsetters is. <struts>