A nature-lover in America demonstrated levels of calm and kindness that the rest of us can surely only aspire to, when his reaction to a giant hairy spider landing on his head was not panic but concern for its welfare.

The filmer said: "While photographing a slot canyon in southern Utah, a tarantula fell down and landed on my hat. It was very cold inside the canyon and the tarantula looked like it wouldn’t make it, so I brought it outside into the sun where it might have a better chance for survival."

While photographing a slot canyon in southern Utah, a tarantula fell down and landed on my hat. It was very cold inside the canyon and the tarantula looked like it wouldn’t make it, so I brought it outside into the sun where it might have a better chance for survival.