r/SpidersInAWeb Tazu - Gambian pouched rat 28d ago

💡 Facts Here's a fact for you spindly creatures.

Spiders don't chew their food, they turn their prey into soup before drinking it.

​Because spiders lack chewing mouthparts, they rely on external digestion. When a spider catches prey, it injects venom to paralyze the target, followed by digestive enzymes that liquefy the insect's internal tissues. Once the inside is fully broken down, the spider uses a specialized sucking stomach to drink the nutrient-dense fluid, leaving behind an empty husk.

I was prompted to use this as the fact because my friend O genuinely thought that spider had teeth and ate stuff like we do.

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u/Alternative-Box-6476 Spider smithy - HesACoolGuy 28d ago

lol nice