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Spiders On Drugs

Andrew Struthers · 63.9M views · 2006-12-31 · 1:51

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Overview

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

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

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2016–2023

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Satire & parodyAnimals & natureInternet culture & memes
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hackernewds · 2023-06 · Joke / meme

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

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dghughes · 2022-08 · Joke / meme

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. [VIDEO]

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SmirkingRevenge · 2019-06 · Joke / meme

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

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Video by Andrew Struthers, played through YouTube.

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