How would you react to seeing this spider under your bed? Photographer Gil Wizen crawled beneath his bed to take this winning photo.
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22 responses to “Behind the lens | The spider room by Gil Wizen #WPYInsights”
The children have arrived
My first reaction was: Man thats so obviously a photo shop job, they dont get that large.
Than i realized that those where not the walls of a room but the space under a bed and it made a lot more sense. Cool photo though
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No we don't need to protect spiders like that what is he on about
That photos are scared the heck of me when I was a little
Great to see! Fab content looking behind the lens
Can I have bigfoot under my bed instead? Or a demon, JUST not that
Yeah, Ill take my safety and my sanity over the life of a wandering spider. Are you telling me you would actually attempt to sleep in that bed after discovering that under it? Tell me you're a psychopath without telling me you're a psychopath
if i found that in my house, im moving, its the spiders house now
I remember 10 years ago when this photo got used for every clickbait youtube thumbnail. Nice to actually learn more about it.
Oh no the poor little spider, we wouldn't want to kill it… yeah no, genuinely wipe that thing off the face of the planet. spiders that size have no purpose other than to cause suffering for everyone around them.
我第一次看到 有蜘蛛 有血條 還有 魔力條
Send it to J Jonah Jameson at the Daily Bugle he wants pictures of Spiders all the time
The big one in the thumb nail looks like a slimy water spider with 6 legs😱😨🙀
I'd burn that house down and quit my job as a researcher
Definitely thought it was a garage wall. Still don’t like it though. Bet HE’S single! 🫣🕸️🕷️🛏️
This looks so real, the worst part is that this is something that can actually happen
I have a heart attack of seeing this 
Yeah I think it's understandable why people would try to get rid of them if they can fill your house with hundreds of baby spiders that can grow up to be just as venomous, and they're "skittish" and "defensive" aka they'll freak out and bite you if they see you it's understandable people would want to keep this away from their family and out of their home. House spiders are fine but giant venomous spiders? Hell no. And then crawling into a confined space with a massive venomous spider and hundreds of spider babies to take a photo? What?
When I saw this I'll call 911
Spiders are welcome to live…..in the wild.
In my house, I introduce them to Terro spray.
They made their choice, they have to deal with it.
The giant enemy spider