A spider and its preyby =Lupsiberg

Photography / Macro / Nature

I hope it was a quick death!

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~hotmetal53 Jan 30, 2011

I believe the death is very slow. That way the food doesn't rot before it is eaten. OTOH the fly probably doesn't feel anything while it's being eaten. Spider venom frequently doesn't leave you with much feeling.
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=Lupsiberg Jan 30, 2011 General Artist

Well, I wouldn't really want to know

~hotmetal53 Jan 31, 2011

I wouldn't want to experience it first hand!
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