When tarantulas grow, like so many other animals, they molt their exoskeleton leaving a perfect body replica – minus the head and fangs.

As the cameraman points out, ‘this is what happens in the African wild.’ Sadly nature can be cruel.

It’s not often you see a mouse get this unlucky, let alone manage to film it! This is very rare footage and definitely worth watching.

Recent months have seen me putting these prehistoric beasts into boxes and shipping them off to another reserve.