Meet Lucas the Spider, a series of short and adorable animations by animator Joshua Slice, whose credits include Disney’s Zootopia and Big Hero 6. The original Lucas short was a quick animation voiced by Slice’s nephew Lucas, and thanks to its popularity, we’re enjoying a few more of Lucas the Spider’s adventures. It’s Cold Outside:
The female is a velvety blue-black. The male looks a bit more like its namesake. These are ladybird spiders (Eresus sandaliatus). The elusive, raisin-sized spider was once thought to have been extinct, but UK-based co...
Mud, moss, bark, leaves, and other forest materials cover the towers made by California turret spiders, camouflaging these unusual lairs. Inside, the towers are lined with white silk and can extend six inches down int...
In this Lucas the Spider adventure, Lucas finds a book full of scary stories. But when he doesn't like the story he's reading, he makes up his own.
Lucas also keeps busy with his one-spider band...
And his ...
Sicarius spiders are a genus of 'six-eyed sand spiders' found in both South America and southern Africa. They're internet-famous for two things: Their venom and the way they self-bury in the sand. In the video above, ...
It's morning time and the Japanese supermall is preparing to open for business. Two women in a food shop are getting ready, too, until the older woman's back goes out. How will her young assistant help her visit the c...
Some spiders can catch onto breezes that send them flying across oceans and high up into the skies by ballooning—releasing "numerous strands of silk that they spin up to six feet long."
And those threads of silk, ...
Lucas the Spider might be tiny, but in a toy wooden village, he's quite big. In fact, he's giant. Watch Giant Spider, above, a fun CGI short created by animator Joshua Slice and voiced by his nephew Lucas. Slice has p...
A little bird is having a hard time learning how to whistle. But the other birds can whistle! And so can the train. And the people in the city. And the animals in the zoo. And the police officer directing traffic. How...
When a pesky Heron tries to steal all of the worms meant for a fishing trip, little Joy tries to scare it away without rocking the boat and scaring away the fish, too. From Passion Pictures Australia, this is Joy and ...
Escape is a science fiction animated short from Moonbot Studios, branded content for their client Dolby Laboratories. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival as a demonstration of the company's surround sound and im...
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