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    Spiders On Drugs

    Andrew Struthers

    4 HN mentions · mentioned in 4 months, 2016–2023

    YouTube

    1:51 · 64M views · Dec 31, 2006

    A short spoof of a nature documentary shows spiders building webs after being given various drugs. It is an early internet comedy classic.

    HN mentions it almost only as a joke or nostalgic reference when spiders and drugs come up.

    Arts, Comedy, Music & FilmSatire & parodyAnimals & natureInternet culture & memes
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    4 comments from Hacker News

    1. @dghughesAug 2022· in “Spiders seem to have REM-like sleep and may even dream”

      If you mean this video it's actually a spoof of very well known nature series the music is classic from the series and most all Canadians know it. Often shown on TV between shows mostly or maybe only on CBC channels. this video

      AsideView on HN
    2. @hackernewdsJun 2023· in “Bees Can Learn, Remember, Think and Make Decisions”

      Remember the one where they experimented with giving spiders psychoactive drugs and observe the patterns of their webs? Quite fascinating, esp the cocaine experiment this video

      AsideView on HN
    3. @SmirkingRevengeJun 2019· in “Nasa study gave spiders drugs to see how it affected their webs”

      I ran across this years ago, because of this old spoof video, based on that (or similar) research: this video Still makes me laugh!

      AsideView on HN
    4. @puzzlingcaptchaJun 2016· in “Lenin was a mushroom”

      There is also the internet classic "Spiders on Drugs" although it drops the act half way through this video

      AsideView on HN