Ricky Gervais Explains Spiders

September 4, 2011 — Bug Girl

There is a fair amount of swearing, so you might not want to play this at work. Otherwise, enjoy!

Posted in Entomology, Science, Skepticism. Tags: , , . 5 Comments »

5 Responses to “Ricky Gervais Explains Spiders”

  1. alwaysjan Says:
    September 5, 2011 at 6:39 pm

    Thanks for making my day. As a teacher, I try my dam&est to be ready just like those f&cking spiders!

  2. Larry Says:
    September 6, 2011 at 9:13 am

    Gervais is a master! He uses body language so well.

  3. anthrosciguy Says:
    September 6, 2011 at 6:47 pm

    And it’s statistics like that…
    :)

  4. bugwitch Says:
    September 7, 2011 at 8:38 am

    Spiders are creepy and evil…that’s why they are always ready. btw, I do not think his numbers are correct. Did he say 5million species on the planet? Erwin (1982) hypothesized that, based upon canopy fogging data in tropical rainforest in Panama, as many as 41,000 arthropod species could exist in 1 ha of land! He then applied the data to estimates of worldwide populations and came up with an estimate which could range as high as 30 million extant arthropod species globally! Holy Criminy!!!

  5. Michael Says:
    September 11, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    The numbers are a bit out of date. There are currently over 42000 known species of spiders, and about 700 are added to the catalogs each year.

    Spiders with 10 eyes? Don’t exist.

    And, of course, spiders are awesome!


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