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.
How Much do Plants Depend on Fungi in the Temperate Rainforest?
Role of soil fungi in mature rainforests in northwest Washington state
Essential soil fungi known as "mycorrhizas" (the Greek translation for "fungus root") share a mutually beneficial ("symbiotic") relationship with all plant roots, providing nutrients and water to the plant in return for sugars and other food. Scientists from the University of Washington, U.S.A., are investigating the role that these essential soil fungi play in the processing of soil nitrogen and other nutrients by plants. Findings from this research are very important for tree biologists' basic understanding of tree growth.
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