There is a spider that cartwheels away when it's in danger!

There is a spider that cartwheels away when it's in danger!

The Wheel spider is a huntsman spider native to the Namib Desert of Southern Africa.The spider escapes it's parasitic hunters (pompilid wasps) by flipping onto it's side and cartwheeling down sand dunes at speeds of up to 44 turns per second.


These little guys are 30 mm in size. They tend to be nocturnal, and a free-ranging hunter. Its bite is mildly venomous, however is not known to be harmful to humans. Also, as another interesting fact; this spider does not produce a web! This is often other spiders’ main defense mechanism against other animals.


Its principal line of defense is to bury itself in a silk-lined burrow in which the spider can shift up to 80,000 times it's body weight, of sand.Make sure you check the youtube video at the source.


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