A six-eyed and eight-legged Isabella Rossellini explores the treacherous mating habits of the spider. With his hand-like appendages covered in sperm, the male spider makes his way to the web of the dangerous female spider.

Itsy bitsy adventurer of childhood legend or hell-demon fueler of arachnophobic nightmares? Those inclined toward the latter ungovernable philosophy aren’t likely to be swayed by this svelte explication of the spider’s sexual practices—a terrifying hit-and-run job fraught with cannibalistic peril.