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Spiders On Drugs
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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.
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There is also the internet classic "Spiders on Drugs" although it drops the act half way through [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗I ran across this years ago, because of this old spoof video, based on that (or similar) research: [VIDEO] Still makes me laugh!
Read original comment ↗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]
Read original comment ↗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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