Trapdoor Spider Seizes Insect | The Dark: Nature’s Nighttime World | BBC Earth

Trapdoor spiders are masters of surprise, crafting cleverly concealed “doors“ and striking when unsuspecting prey wanders. Subscribe: #TrapdoorSpider #NighttimeNatureDoc #BBCEarth Watch more: Planet Earth Blue Planet Planet Earth II Planet Dinosaur The Dark: Nature’s Nighttime World For humans, darkness is menacing, forbidding, petrifying. It conceals the most dangerous and terrifying creatures on Earth, but it also holds some of the greatest, undiscovered mysteries of nature. Most animals are nocturnal, but they’re seldom studied at night and rarely filmed in the dark. The Dark follows a team of wildlife experts on a mission to solve those wildlife mysteries. Braving the jungles and swamps of South America during the night, the team sheds light on previously unobserved creatures and strange behaviours, offering a new perspective on our wild