Uploaded August 2015 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
Each Wednesday, Tom turns science into song. This week, he teams up with Rob Nelson (Untamed Science) and Anna Rothschild (Gross Science) to explore a California Academy of Sciences project exploring arthropod diversity in homes around the world.
Untamed Science Playlist: goo.gl/ATr5jh
Gross Science on the Brazilian Wandering Spider: goo.gl/LG9eJX
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LYRICS
Creepity-crawlies that live in your wall
pose a lesson in humility.
They sure like our homes but we
Sherlock like Holmes and examine their diversity.
Compare and contrast these spiders ants,
when houses surrounded by trees.
But when we’re more urban,
is there less disturbance from insects like booklice and fleas?
Houses are habitats, man.
Arthropods hatching a plan.
Literally hatching it and
since human housing began
they’ve been below your divan.
But as humans scavenge and scan,
now we can catalogue ‘em.
Question and answer and ramble
on about arachnids and ants
in Amazon, Antarctic, Africa, France.
Yo. But tell me how they have evolved?
To co-habitate in your floorboards and walls.
Are you behind veil of ignorance? Rawls.
Or curious about the most scary of all.
Brazilian wandering spiders who wander
inside our homes looking for shade when it’s hot.
And if they happen to bite you’ll be up all night and
I don’t mean insomnia. Balls.
Creepity-crawlies that live in your wall
pose a lesson in humility.
They sure like our homes but we
Sherlock like Holmes and examine their diversity.
Compare and contrast these spiders ants,
when houses surrounded by trees.
But when we’re more urban is there less
disturbance from insects like booklice and fleas?
Each Wednesday, Tom turns science into song. This week, he teams up with Rob Nelson (Untamed Science) and Anna Rothschild (Gross Science) to explore a California Academy of Sciences project exploring arthropod diversity in homes around the world.
Untamed Science Playlist: goo.gl/ATr5jh
Gross Science on the Brazilian Wandering Spider: goo.gl/LG9eJX
Subscribe to Science With Tom: bit.ly/1Hf68JW
Facebook: facebook.com/ScienceWithTom
Twitter: twitter.com/sciencewithtom
Website: sciencewithtom.com
LYRICS
Creepity-crawlies that live in your wall
pose a lesson in humility.
They sure like our homes but we
Sherlock like Holmes and examine their diversity.
Compare and contrast these spiders ants,
when houses surrounded by trees.
But when we’re more urban,
is there less disturbance from insects like booklice and fleas?
Houses are habitats, man.
Arthropods hatching a plan.
Literally hatching it and
since human housing began
they’ve been below your divan.
But as humans scavenge and scan,
now we can catalogue ‘em.
Question and answer and ramble
on about arachnids and ants
in Amazon, Antarctic, Africa, France.
Yo. But tell me how they have evolved?
To co-habitate in your floorboards and walls.
Are you behind veil of ignorance? Rawls.
Or curious about the most scary of all.
Brazilian wandering spiders who wander
inside our homes looking for shade when it’s hot.
And if they happen to bite you’ll be up all night and
I don’t mean insomnia. Balls.
Creepity-crawlies that live in your wall
pose a lesson in humility.
They sure like our homes but we
Sherlock like Holmes and examine their diversity.
Compare and contrast these spiders ants,
when houses surrounded by trees.
But when we’re more urban is there less
disturbance from insects like booklice and fleas?
