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Rare White Spider Plays Dead Upon Spotting A Human With A Shoe (2014)

6s 4K UHD 29.97fps Wildlife 2014
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About this clip

A rare white spider plays dead upon spotting a human with a shoe in this 2014 home movie footage. The clip captures a startling moment of animal behavior in a natural setting. The spider's defensive mimicry is both unusual and fascinating, offering a glimpse into wildlife survival tactics. This archival home video clip is ideal for nature documentaries, wildlife content, and educational projects exploring animal behavior. The raw, unfiltered quality of the footage adds authenticity and nostalgia.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Placeholder for a wildlife documentary, educational segment, or social cut needing close home movie footage of a pale spider responding defensively near a human shoe.
Edit role
Use this six-second clip as a behavioral insert or tension beat between wider wildlife shots, especially where an edit needs a small animal freezing or playing dead.
Visual details
A pale white spider fills the close frame on a light cream surface, with soft focus, yellowish indoor-looking light, a small orange edge of a shoe visible near the lower corner, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The ground-level macro composition keeps the spider large in the foreground against a plain light surface, with shallow focus and little visible background detail across the sampled frames.

Tags

spiderwhitefrozenscaredrareplaysdeadspottinghumanshoeanimalswildlifehome videovideography

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
39 MB
Year filmed
2014
Published
Dec 2014

Still Frames From This Clip

3 frames exported from the 4K master of this clip, in timeline order. The licensed download is the full-motion master, not these stills.

A pale white spider appears close to the camera on a cream-colored surface, with a small orange shoe edge at the lower left and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the spider large in frame as the human shoe edge enters the scene. (0:00)
The spider remains centered in a soft macro view, its pale legs spread across the light surface with no visible people in the frame.
This frame holds on the spider's defensive stillness against a plain background. (0:01)
A close view shows the pale spider slightly higher in the frame, with its body and legs blurred by shallow focus and no visible people.
The second-second frame keeps attention on the spider's pale body and splayed legs. (0:02)

License this clip royalty-free for $79 (Standard: all media, worldwide, perpetual, up to 1M views) or $199 (Extended: unlimited distribution, broadcast TV, theatrical). Instant 4K download with a license PDF, direct from filmmaker Phil Maher.