Spider catches snake

[Fuscus]

http://www.newindpress.com/Newsitems.asp?ID=IEW20040710125009&Title=World&Topic=0&

 

[Dicco]

"The snake died soon and the hunter spider began to suck its blood."

Since when do spiders feed on blood?

 

[Fuscus]

Dicco is right there, spiders inject venom into their prey which liquifys the contents, which the spider then sucks out like a milkshake through a straw (hows that for awful imagry).
But some spiders do feed on vertabrates, Eriophora transmarina, the spider in south-east QLD that builds the strong webs across pathways at night ( http://www.geocities.com/spiderimages/gardenorb.html ), is repuded to occasionally feed on small frogs. I can't find any documentation to back up my claim so take the last statement with a grain of salt.

 

[bigguy]

Fuscus, about 15 years ago there was a picture going around from Alice Springs area. It was of a Redback Spider that had snared and killed a young Western Brown snake in its web.

 

[instar]

Awesome Stuff! I love nature !

 

[Guest]

Speaking of nature...

http://www.snakecartoons.com/snake.htm

 

[Alexahnder]

I have a whole series of pics like that..........I can't work out how to post them because they say that the extension "array" isn't allowed.

If you want them pm or email me at [email protected] and i'll send them to you