YungRasputin
Arachnobaron
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earlier this year i was quite shocked to find out that constrictors do not kill their prey by strangulated-suffocation but rather by shutting off blood flow to the heart (see below article for reference) which today has me curious
what is the actual coup de grâce for tarantulas? we know that venom immobilizes the prey but does it in fact *kill* the prey? which i get it, seems silly but so to would these questions seem when talking about constrictor snakes several years ago - am curious if perhaps there’s been research into this and if tarantulas kill in a similar fashion albeit on a smaller scale of course
what is the actual coup de grâce for tarantulas? we know that venom immobilizes the prey but does it in fact *kill* the prey? which i get it, seems silly but so to would these questions seem when talking about constrictor snakes several years ago - am curious if perhaps there’s been research into this and if tarantulas kill in a similar fashion albeit on a smaller scale of course
Boa Constrictors Kill By Stopping Blood Circulation
The popular belief that boas and other constricting snakes deal death by suffocation seems to be a flawed assumption
www.smithsonianmag.com