Fish-Eating Spiders More Common Than Thought 39
sciencehabit (1205606) writes "Lying in wait at the water's edge, four legs on a leaf and four legs feeling the water for vibrations, the Dolomedes triton spider can catch a fish twice its size in an instant. Holding on tight, it injects its aquatic prey with a deadly dose of venom and drags it to dry land, where it spends hours pumping it full of digestive enzymes and slurping up the fish's liquefied flesh. Fish-eating spiders sound like something out of a nightmare, but until recently, scientists were pretty sure only a few kinds of arachnids could do it. Now, a new survey shows that at least 26 species of spiders know how to fish—and they live on every continent except for Antarctica."
Re:what will the Earth evolve next? (Score:5, Funny)
Well, that would seem like a fish out of water.
I can do that. (Score:4, Funny)
Pfft, big deal. I can eat fish, too. Spiders are just being assholes about it.
Fish is not happy (Score:4, Funny)
The fish in TFA photo doesn't seem to be very happy about being in the news.
Re:Fish, not Flesh. (Score:3, Funny)
What do you think fish are made of, tofu?
Actually, tofu-eating spiders would also have been interesting to read about