Spiders On Drugs
This is an Interactive video of Spiders On Drugs. To participate, simply feed the Spider a drug and watch him weave his web!
A test was performed were spiders were given a number of drugs which included LSD, Caffeine, Mescaline and Hash.
The spiders on drugs would weave a spider web and then the web would be analyzed. The end results were amazing and produced some very strange looking designs.
This animation allows you to feed your spider one of the drugs mentioned above. Once the spider consumes the drug, it sets out to build the spider web.
The end result, the final spider web, is the actual design created by the spider on that particular drug* but the actual process of creating that web is embellished a bit : )
However, if you feed the spider the regular fly, the web and process of creating that web is an accurate representation and not embellished.
* I have spent a lot of time on the web researching the tops of ’spiders on drugs’. My findings are based on tests completed by universities and other creditable resources. If you find something that may be of value to our readers or a correction, please post - thank you!
Written by Jim on February 15th, 2007 with
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we really like this video…cool dude
I know that there are different things scientist do for research, but I watched a video of a spider on LSD and I was really bothered by it. The thing about LSD is that a person that takes it is usually aware of what will happen before taking it or has some one there to “lead” them through it. There have been people that committed suicide from taking it from being so “freaked out” by the experience. (Art Linkletters daughter- for instance) A spider on the other hand has no idea what is going on, is totally freaked out and scared from not knowing what is going on, and I feel that is a wrong…sooooo wrong thing to do to a creature that has no idea what you are doing to them. I think it is cruel. If you are going to do something like that, do it to a willing participant, not one of God’s creatures that would never come in contact with something like that in the first place much less agree to taking hard drugs. I think that who ever would do something like that to a spider or any other creature is sadistic and just wants to hurt the spider and get a laugh. Shame on you!
Thanks for the comment Lauren and Zach!
Jackie,
I didn’t do the spiders on drugs experiment, the information was gathered from scientists who did the research.
The animation of the spider weaving its web is not how they actually function, it was just created from the mind to make the video fun to watch. However, the final web derived from the building of the spider web while on that drug is accurate - at least as accurate as I could find.
So, please don’t blame me - I have never given a spider a drug of any kind. Also, I would imagine that the spiders on drugs recovered from their experience.
Regards,
Jim.
This is the spider on crack video I am talking about. I realize that you did not give drugs to the spider. It was a research project and that “quoate” Scientist”end quoate” did the research. Watch this video and then tell me it is not sad. Over all I really like your site and I don’t want you to think I am pounding you about the spider. As a matter of fact the grafics are really cool. I even played with feeding the spider in you grafic area.
But my point here is the research. I just don’t approve of certain things. I tought 6th grade science and my X taught 8th grade science. I have preformed a lot of experiments myself. I just have really bad fealings about doing something like that to a tiny creature.
I watched that video and thought it was uncouth.
In the video, I don’t think they really gave the spider anything, it’s just part of the act.
I’m not into using animals for testing, but I know that it is widely accepted in the scientific community.
Grow up Jackie…who cares what happens to spiders? You really think they get their feelings hurt or something? What makes you think they get scared anyway? There’s no proof out there that spiders react the same mental way to drugs that we do.
This is a RIOT!!! we just laughed our arse’s off. PEOPLE…THE CRACK SPIDER DIDN’T REALLY SHOOT THE OTHER SPIDER..IT’S A JOKE PLEASE GO GET A SENSE OF HUMOR
Great job!! Thanks for the laughs!!
Jackie, please understand. It’s just a spider and it probably loved tripping. It’s the same thing as a spider in the wild stumbling upon some peyote (cactus) and having the best trip of it’s life.
I don’t think a spider’s brain has the same chemical serotonin and other neurotransmitter processes as humans do. LSD was synthesized and (accidnetally) tested on human brain and similar brains. The small, invertebrate feature of the spider brain makes it possible and highly likely that LSD may not even have a reaction to the spider. I would love to see the research results on this study, if it even exists.
I would think an ex teacher would be able to spell better than you jackie, I would also assume a teacher would be happy to learn what is actually happening with certain drugs. The drugs could be tested on humans I suppose, But a lot more people would be upset by that, I am guessing. We would all be better off if folks would kept their un-educated opinions to themselves. p.s. a little help for jackie ,quote, feelings, taught, my ex, graphics
I just watched this video and laughed so hard I cried!
I wish they would do these drug experiments on me
I just got bit by 15 orb spiders can I die from this???
Thanks. Even if spiders don’t really act that stupid, its got my 6-year old’s attention about the ill effects of drugs!
I saw a tv show on this study years ago, it was shocking to me. I was suprised at how crazy Caffiene is! Thanks for creating this, it will be fun to pass on to friends, as I am always telling them about the study I saw.
I thought that spider on drugs video was really funny and the other people ragging on jacki really need to get a grip…on their lack of humor. “grumpy prunes” I can’t wait to have my friends link onto jacki and watch da spida bust a cap in the otha one…whoo..hoo this the kind of humor most normal people have…and love to see…read…and watch There is so… much sadness….murder…and rotten people in the world that it’s nice to be surprised and get your funny bone touched…you go..people….get those sick and twisted…”fictional” video’s out there..
A friend of mine who lives in Brisbane, doctor Aidan Lamb, spent some time developing an experiment similar to the ’spiders on drugs’ in which the spiders where administered various drugs. The effects of drugs on most spiders is scientifically known to be short term in small and controlled doses. I personally believe this endeavor was completely worth it considering a mere spiders life was a stake.
In regards to JACKIE,
If you are a science teacher, I suggest that you should get over your fear of watching animals being mistreated. Obviously, you have some issues as you had a very immature approach. Get over it, spiders don’t live long anyway!
Reppin to DR. Aidan Lamb
Zach
very cool. note how bad a drug caffeine is…
that was so funny me and kaytlin fell on the floor!!!!!!!!
This website is every cool it shows people of all ages how bad these spiders are AND THIS WEBSITE SHOWS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. Thanks for reading this, Krista
hhahahaah thanks for the laughter, didn’t expect all this!!
I love this…the spider is so polite… saying thank you!!! wow… my favorite is the Hash fly… he ended up falling asleep!!! LOVE IT!!! i hate spiders… but this lil guy is a cutie!!! LOL
Jackie (#2) go hug a tree you happy hippy. I kill spiders with no regret and no remorse. What are you going to do about it? Nothing. I also kill roaches and ants in my house, so get real!
info about the experiment;
In 1995, NASA’s Dr. David Noever and his fellow researchers at the Marshall Space Flight Center studied the webs spun by common house spiders (Araneus diadematus) dosed with several drugs, including LSD, marijuana, benzedrine, chloral hydrate and caffeine. The more toxic the drug, the less organized the web the spider created. The spider on marijuana drifted off before finishing the job. The spider on benzedrine, an upper, worked energetically but without much planning. The spider dosed with chloral hydrate, a sedative, soon fell asleep. To the surprise of Dr. Noever et al, caffeine did the most damage of all the substances tested. The spider dosed with it proved incapable of creating even a single organized cell, and its web showed no sign of the “hub and spokes” pattern fundamental to conventional web design. What does the web of a caffeinated spider (which can hardly be accustomed to the jolt of a morning latte) have to do with human behavior? Unlikely as it sounds, it may be the most vivid illustration of caffeine’s disorienting effect on caffeine-sensitive people, many of whom may be misdiagnosed as mentally ill.
uhhh…
more hash please
I could not find any buttons or directions on how to use this. please upgrade site. otherwise the rest of the site is quite informative and very interessting
okay i’ll be honest, i’m so arachnophobic i can barely look at a picture of a spider without breaking a cold sweat, but this was an adorable video and your site is very informative. props.
btw, the crack spider video is funny as hell, and for the record i don’t like animal testing either- even on spiders which i despise- but would you rather test a chemical on an animal with a three-week lifespan, or a human being? that’s what i thought.
haha this is brilliant
very educational
Hey there, Mattress (Jan, 3rd). How could you NOT know how to operate this site? Everyone else seems to have worked it out. And as for the shocking spelling in school-teacher Jackie’s comments - need I say anymore? This site was cool, well done.
Jackie a spider lacks the mental capacity to experience a “bad trip” on LSD if you were a science teacher im sure you’d know that.
Regarding comment #24, please keep in mind that the drugs in question are plant-derived secondary compounds and most likely evolved in plants to deter predators. Since common predators of plants are invertebrates (insects mostly), it’s not surprising that something like caffeine that has a mild effect on humans has a much more powerful effect on invertebrates, including spiders. Indeed, many of the spices and herbs we enjoy get their flavor from a plant secondary compound that is meant to deter insects. You can’t draw too many parallels between humans and arthropods!