[00:02.15]The snow leopard is the world's highest-living big cat.[00:08.33]But there's another,smaller predator that ranges even higher, almost to the roof of the world.[00:14.21][00:23.67]At a mind-numbing 8,848 metres high, Everest is one of the most hostile places for life on Earth.[00:34.39]Hundreds of people have died trying to conquer it.But when climbers first reached the ice fields three quarters of the way up the mountain,something had already beaten them to it.[00:46.21][00:50.04]This jumping spider is the highest permanent resident on the planet.[00:53.99][00:55.06]Totally at home amongst the glaciers of Everest, it scours the slopes for wind-borne prey such as springtails.[01:01.66][01:02.64]Chinese call this fierce little hunter the "fly tiger".[01:05.66][01:09.43]Jumping spiders are found all over the world.[01:12.41][01:13.06]Their eight eyes include an oversized central pair, which act like powerful binoculars to spot potential victims.[01:20.29][01:24.45]They use hydraulic pressure to work their legs like pistons, catapulting up to 30 times their own body length.[01:31.92][01:33.61]The ideal way to get around in rocky terrain.[01:37.07][01:38.69]But like all mountaineers,they always secure a safety line first.[01:43.68][01:52.52]A springtail grazes on detritus, unaware that it's being stalked by such an acrobatic predator.