Tarantulas are very strong spiders. They pounce on their prey and hold it still with their legs while their fangs inject poison. The poison paralyzes the prey and a special fluid from the spider's stomach digests the soft parts. The spider then sucks up the insides of its victim's body.
Knock on wood
Knock on wood A new method for determining whether trees are
rotten inside has been developed for use in forestry. The new
method uses analysis of the sound made when a tree is hit with a
hammer to determine internal wood conditions. This is a big
improvement on the old method of actually drilling into the tree to
take a core sample. This new technique is non-invasive and so does
not damage the tree at all. 17 OCTOBER 1998, P. 21
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