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Video: this is how the tiger spider devours its prey

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Spiders set their silk traps in strategic locations. Millions of insects fall daily into these invisible, sticky nets.

When a prey falls into its web, the tiger spider is on top of it quickly; He immobilizes her and inoculates a paralyzing venom containing protein-dissolving enzymes that will liquefy the insides of his victim.

Afterwards, he wraps it in a silk package secreted by its epithelial glands, for later on its interior, already completely liquefied.

The tiger spider

A tiger spider web can support up to 149 kilograms per square millimeter. The silk in the web of tiger spiders is generally made up of a protein called fibroin.

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