Simple Swedish Podcast - #282 - Fascinerande fakta om spindlar

Episode Date: May 26, 2025

Nivå: A2-B1 Inte alla människor gillar spindlar, och många är rädda för dem. Men spindlar är faktiskt väldigt fascinerande små djur. Ibland är dom till och med söta! Kolla bara på bilden här. I det här avsnittet lär du dig flera fascinerande fakta om spindlar, och också många användbara ord. Är du intresserad av vår Free 6 Week Challenge - klicka här Transkript Sådär, välkommen till Simple Swedish Podcast! Och det har tagit lång tid att spela in det här för att jag har haft massa tekniska problem. Men nu så hoppas jag att det fungerar. Så i det här avsnittet ska vi prata om spindlar. För jag tycker att spindlar är väldigt fascinerande små varelser. Samtidigt är det många som är rädda för spindlar. Men jag tänker att om man vet lite mer och om man får höra lite av den här fascinerande faktan så kanske man kan tycka om spindlar lite mer och kanske bli lite mindre rädd för dem också. Så vi ska prata om lite fascinerande fakta om spindlar idag. Men ja, först ska vi tacka tre nya patrons. Det är Stefan, Claire och IJC. Så ja, tack till er för att ni stödjer den här podden. Om du tittar på Youtube så är det så att det här är en podcast som jag har kört i flera år. Och det här är faktiskt avsnitt 282. Så det finns många, många andra avsnitt och om du vill se eller lyssna på dem så kan du hitta dem på vilken poddapp som helst. Till exempel Spotify eller Itunes, Apple podcast. Och man kan då stödja den här podden och få transkript till alla avsnitt, kostar bara 5 euro per månad. Och då får du tillgång till alla transkript. Och det får du på patreon.com/swedishlinguist. Och om du är på 10-euronivån så får du också uttalsövningar varje vecka. Och den här veckan så startar vi den andra gruppen i Free 6 Week Challenge. Så det ska bli kul. Och om du missade den så kan du skriva in dig på väntelistan. Då går du till, jag länkar till den här under helt enkelt. Så skriv in dig på väntelistan så kommer du få ett meddelande så fort vi öppnar igen för the Free 6 Week Challenge. Så idag som sagt ska vi prata om spindlar. Och jag har alltid gillat spindlar för att jag tycker de är rätt coola och fascinerande. Och vi ska gå igenom lite fakta här och det första som är viktigt att säga är att spindlar inte är insekter. ..för att läsa hela transkriptet - klicka här

Welcome to Simple Swedish Podcast! It has taken a long time to record this because I have had a lot of technical problems. But now I hope it works So in this episode we will talk about spiders Because I think that spiders are very fascinating small creatures At the same time there are many who are afraid of spiders. But I think that if you know a little more and maybe be less afraid of them So we will talk about some fascinating facts about spiders today But first we will thank three new Patrons Stefan, Claire and EJC

Thank you for supporting this podcast If you watch on YouTube This is a podcast Which I have been doing for several years This is episode 282 There are many other episodes If you want to listen to them, you can find them on any podcast app For example Spotify or iTunes or Apple Podcast

You can support this podcast and get a transcript for all episodes It costs only 5 euros per month. And then you get access to all transcripts. And you get that on patreon.com slash Swedish Linguist. And if you are on the 10 euro level, you also get pronunciation exercises every week And this week we start the second group in the free 6 week challenge So that will be fun

And if you missed it, you can write it down on the waiting list I will link it down below Write it down on the waiting list and you will get a notification as soon as we open again For the Free Six Week Challenge So, today we are going to talk about spiders. I have always liked spiders because I think they are cool and fascinating. We are going to go through some facts here. The first thing that is important to say is that spiders are not insects.

Because insects have 6 legs and spiders have 8 legs. So that's a pretty easy way to see the difference. Most spiders also have 8 eyes actually And spiders are also related to scorpions and quails Scorpions, you know what they are? Quallis are these very small animals that you can be allergic to I am actually allergic to quallis They are everywhere, in the house, in the bed and so on But they are so small that you can't see them Everywhere, in the house, in the bed and so on

But they are so small that you can't see them But we are going to talk about spiders And many are as I said, afraid of spiders But Spiders are Not aggressive And most spiders are Completely harmless So it's just a few poisonous spiders.

And even less deadly poisonous. It's extremely unusual that people die of a spider bite It's extremely unusual, most spiders are harmless and not aggressive at all So you absolutely don't need to be afraid of spiders And one thing that everyone knows and that spiders are most known for is that they spin net They spin net, so it comes out a thread from the spider's body A thread of silk

And the spider uses this thread to spin net It can actually produce many different types of silk, many different kinds of threads for different purposes and this with the thread of the spider, the web of the spider this is what I find the most fascinating. This material that the spider builds its net with. This material is extremely strong. It is one of the strongest materials in nature

And it is actually five times stronger than steel And I know that this sounds pretty sick before you think, steel is a kind of metal And a spider web is soft and easy to break But you have to remember that a spiderread is very very thin This thread that the spider spins is 1000 times thinner than a hair-straw A hair-straw is a strand of hair, hair that you have on your head

hair that you have on your head. A hair strand is very thin, but a spindle strand is much thinner. If a spindle strand was 1 cm thick and you compare the spindle strand with steel which is 1 cm thick, then the spindle with steel wire, which is 1 cm thick. Then the spindle wire will be 5 times stronger than the steel wire. At the same time, it is more flexible and much easier. So that the spider has a kind of super power that it can produce this super material

with its body. So a material that is stronger than steel and still much lighter and so so so so so thin And it does that all the time Some spiders spin their net At night And then during the day it sits and waits Hopefully it will come, it has an insect will get stuck in the net so it gets food And then the next night it will spin a new net So it spins a new net every night Not all spiders do that, but it's pretty sick

And then it regains the silk from the net So it eats up its old net and spins a new net This material is a liquid inside the spider's body So it is not a solid material inside the body It becomes solid when it comes out So it's also pretty crazy that it's floating inside the body and then the spider pulls out this floating liquid and when it's pulled out, it becomes a solid material When you split it, it becomes a solid material It can produce different types of silk

So it uses one type of silk to spin net And another type of silk to use as a lifeline because when the spider goes around they release the thread behind them so that if they fall off, for example a tree, then it has the thread as a lifeline so it can fall, but it has the thread so it can handle it so there are different types of silks in this super material material. Some spiders can also release a thread in the air and go with the wind. Use the thread as a sail in the wind and fly away. Not all spiders spin. Many spiders spin not net. For example this dad's long leg.

It is often called a ball with long legs They spin no net And then there are these jump spindles So a jump spindle is... You have probably seen a jump spindle, because they can jump And they are very very very fast and they don't spin any net either. They hunt insects by jumping. Another fascinating thing about spiders is their mating behavior. and decides to try and find a female and try to get children so a male is like a male and a female is a female

so a male is like a male So when you talk about animals, you say A male for him and a female for her Pretty easy And when you pair, it's the sexual act for animals So when the spiders are mating, when we talk about spiders that spin, he starts to trum on the net He has a kind of arms, you could say, and his arms are shaped like two clubs You can actually see often on a spider if it is a male or female because the male often has these clubs on her web so that she will come out and so he can flirt with her and

and this and they often have it's something that spiders often have they have different interesting behaviors when it comes to mating For example this drumming Another very interesting behavior these hoppins, when the male finds a female and he wants to flirt with her Then he dances for her. He has a little show, a dance show to impress her. And yes, if she likes the dance, he gets to have his nice time with her, but he must always be very fast, because it is common among spiders that the female eats the male after mating.

The male lives dangerously. But the dance and the drumming There are other interesting actions as well I recommend you to go to YouTube And search for BBC Best Spider Moments I think it's like 4-5 videos with very interesting videos about spiders Another thing that is common is that the mom spider takes care of her children about their children. And that is perhaps something you don't think about

that these small creeps do. A creep is like a little animal like insect or spider these small ones that creep around. You can call it a creep. And it is perhaps a bit unexpected that a little creep takes care of its children. These interesting and fascinating behaviors that are more common among bigger animals. Like dancing or taking care of your children. So, yeah. Check out YouTube for fun spindle videos. I've done that. This is going to be a pretty nerdy episode

But I have always been fascinated by nature And it felt interesting to make a video about spindles So I hope you have learned some new things about spindles And maybe also some new words Like for example a spider and that the spider spins its net to catch insects and so on So that was all for today Take care, see you next week. And remember, if you kill a spider, it will rain.

Which is not good in Sweden. It's unfortunate to kill a spider So, don't kill spiders, but be fascinated by them instead