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Tangle and Gaze: Jumping Spider Queens

Tangle and Gaze: Jumping Spider Queens

By: Dr. Hakeem Ali-Bocas Alexander
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TANGLE & GAZE

Two jumping spiders. One man paying close attention. A daily unfolding of small wonders that most people walk right past.

Dr. Hakeem Ali-Bocas Alexander brings you into the quiet, curious world of his two arachnid companions — Tangle, a regal jumper with a calm, watchful presence, and Gaze, a bold jumping spider whose chelicerae flash blue-green iridescence.

Each episode is a window into their enclosures, their hunts, their habits, and the unexpected bond that forms when you stop long enough to observe two tiny predators living alongside you. The show moves between spider care, personal reflection, and the strange beauty of sharing space with creatures who demand nothing and notice everything.

Listeners join a conversation that began with a spider clinging to a car hood at highway speed and grew into a commitment to name, house, feed, and understand two eight-legged lives. Along the way, the podcast explores what it means to name something — and the quiet responsibility that comes with that act.

New episodes arrive as the spiders eat, molt, expCopyright Dr. Hakeem Ali-Bocas Alexander
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  • Tangle & Gaze: The Jumping Spider Podcast That Names What No One Named Before

    Tangle & Gaze: The Jumping Spider Podcast That Names What No One Named Before
    Jun 27 2026
    Sometimes a spider rides on your car hood at 50 miles an hour, holds on for dear life, and changes the direction of your story.

    This pilot episode of Tangle & Gaze traces how Dr. Hakeem Ali-Bocas Alexander went from a bug-curious kid to a devoted keeper of two bold and regal jumping spiders.

    The journey weaves together a Florida huntsman's lightning-fast hunt, a coffee shop rescue, a broken enclosure, and a quiet lesson about making a spider feel truly at home.

    · Why a vertical, planted habitat turned a perpetually hiding spider into one that stays visible and content

    · How the absence of a collective noun for spiders inspired the creation of “a tangle” and “a gaze” — names born from web logic and eight-eyed observation

    · What it actually looks like when a pantropical huntsman springs upside down across a ten-gallon tank to catch a roach in a split second

    · The surprising ease of forming a daily bond with two solitary, eight-legged companions who demand nothing but deliver constant fascination

    Press play to meet Tangle and Gaze, and to hear the full story of how two tiny predators became the most unexpected companions.
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    37 mins
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