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    • Spider killing a flying ant and wrapping in silk web.
    Rights: Brian Valentine Published 4 September 2012 Size: 110 KB Referencing Hub media

    Spiders inject venom (through a bite) into their victims, paralysing them, so they can wrap them up in silk. They wait for the victim to die before they eat them.

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      Poisons and toxins

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