- Ladies and gentlemen,
I'm coyote Peterson and this is the Spider Helmet. (Peterson exhales) - Are you ready? - I think I'm ready. (intense music) (Peterson grunting) (intense music) - Arachnophobia. It's one of the most
commonplace fears in the world, and is simply defined as an intense irrational fear of spiders. Now, for anyone that suffers this phobia, the term irrational is
pretty much irrelevant, because even the tiniest spider can easily seem the size of a dinosaur. Experts say the best way
to get over your fear of something, is exposure therapy. In the case of spiders, it
would be looking at pictures or even the Iraq needs to themselves. (laughs) Well, I decided to take the
concept of exposure therapy, to the next level. They say, go big or go home. I say if you can't go all the way, there's no point in even beginning. - Spiders, they probably hale as one of our planet's most feared
yet most misunderstood species. And large percentage of y'all
out there watching right now likely have arachnophobia. Now, when it comes to spiders, I work with many species in the past, including Tarantulas, Black Widows, and even the species
that you see right here, the giant Golden Orb-Weaver. Now in the past, I actually
free handled the spider to prove that these giants aren't
necessarily out to get you. And if you accidentally
run into one in the wild, you aren't necessarily going to be bitten. Now today what we're going
to do, is create the ultimate arachnophobic nightmare scenario. We've built what I call the Spider Helmet, which is a clear plastic
capsule that we'll go over at the top of my head. And inside we're going to place not one, but 20 giant Golden Orb-Weaver spiders. Now it's important to know,
that all spiders have fangs, all spiders are venomous, and all spiders are capable of biting. Once the capsule is in
place and it's locked, I won't have any use of my hands which means that I will not be in control. That ultimately means
that anything is possible. And if I'm bitten, I'm not going to be able to
stop the bites from coming. Okay, this is it. The moment you have been waiting
for the reason you clicked on this video, ladies and
gentlemen, I'm Coyote Peterson, and this is the Spider Helmet. ( Peterson exhales) I need to try to keep my heart rate as low as I possibly
can, and talk as little as possible so that I'm
not steaming up the box. - All right, are you ready? - I think I'm ready. - All right.
- Wait, wait, wait, wait. You've got, you got all the spiders. - They're ready to go. - They're ready to go.
- Ready to go. - Okay, how many do we have in there? - A lot. - A lot, yeah, of course, it's a lot. Now before we get into the
entertainment side of things, first, we need to give them an education about this super cool creepy crawling. Commonly known as the
Golden silk Orb-Weaver. It's namesake originates
from the golden color of its extremely strong
web, which helps to draw in, and untangle a variety of victims. Some reports even document these
giants, eating small birds. Yep, you heard me right. A spider so big, it can eat birds. And it's considered one of the most widespread spider species. They commonly inhabit tropical regions, and love the same
beautiful vacation spots, you likely dream of visiting. Females are significantly
larger than males, and can reach several inches in length. The perfect size for spindly
drumming up nightmares. But it's only fair to mention
that they are not aggressive toward humans and their
venom is very mild. So unless you plan on running
face first into the webs, or sticking your head
in a box full of them, realistically, you should
have nothing to fear. (intense music) - All right, are you ready? (Peterson exhales) - I think I'm ready. - All right. And they're crawling all
over, nice and gentle, nice and gentle. (Peterson grunting) We got some web in already. - Oh my gosh, this is the
craziest feeling ever. - You're right? - Mmmh, mmh. - Okay. - Please don't bite me,
please don't bite me. - There you go.
- Okay. - Stage is set. - Okay, okay. Now my goal is to try to stay
in here for several minutes, and I'm opening my eyes. Oh wow, that is about as
creepy feeling as it gets. I can feel all of those
legs crawling all over me. Okay, I see the spiders are
completely surrounding my face at this point. Okay they're crawling up
the back of head right now. These little legs are
really sharp, keep going, coming right above the
top of my head now . Now I imagine if you're still watching this video at this point, you are in a state where your
skin is absolutely crawling. You can only imagine how
I feel right now, ooh boy. And what's crazy about
the Golden Orb-Weavers is they spin these incredibly strong webs, and I can actually feel
the webbing is now, all tingling the back of my head. I got a spider right on my face. It's walking right up the side of my face. (intense music) (Peterson grunting) (intense music) (Peterson grunting) It is so hard to not
try to sweat at my face, see this, I wanna do this, I
wanna shoo them away from me but I can do absolutely
nothing at this point other than to try to
stay completely still. If you thinks sticking my
hands into an aquarium full of piranhas or sea lamprey was creepy. This definitely is the next level. (intense music) Well, my head has been encapsulated by the Spider Helmet
now, for several minutes. And at this point I haven't
taken a single bite. I hope that this extreme
arachnophobic experiment, has helped display that spiders, while creepy aren't necessarily
aggressive toward humans. If you come across a
spider in your near future, stay calm simply walk in
the opposite direction and both you and the spider
will carry on a happy existence. I'm Coyote Peterson, be brave, stay wild. We'll see on the next adventure. Guys I think I'm ready to
take off the Spider Helmet. (intense music) - I bet you clicked on this video, because immediately you
thought there is no way, Coyote Peterson is going this
far to teach us about animals. Sure, I've done some pretty
crazy things over the years, but the Coyote pack knows
I perform these stunts, because they're an
entertaining way to learn about the animals, we don't understand. Spiders are amazing creatures,
let them do what they do. And I promise the natural
world will be a better place. I know that by wearing a Spider Helmet, I'm not going to be the silver bullet, that cures your fear of spiders. But if you have arachnophobia and you bravely watch this video, then you have taken a huge step by embracing exposure therapy. And for that, I am proud of you. (intense music) If you're still afraid of arachnids, and can't fathom the idea
of being close to one, but once it tests your ability to watch them crawl around on me. Then go back and check out this episode, where I free handle one of
our planet's most iconic, yet misunderstood spider species. And if you want even
more brave wilderness, consider joining memberships
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with me and the crew. (intense music)
