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Spiders are venomous to insects. Actually, that venom is basically saliva, if I remember correctly, designed to digest the prey not to kill it (like us, spiders
by rixed 5y ago
Spiders are venomous to insects. Actually, that venom is basically saliva, if I remember correctly, designed to digest the prey not to kill it (like us, spiders digest in part outside of their body - we cook, they inject their saliva).
> Of around 50,000 spider species known, only about 25 (1/20 of 1%) have venom capable of causing illness in humans
From: https://www.burkemuseum.org/collections-and-research/biology/arachnology-and-entomology/spider-myths/myth-some-spiders-are https://www.burkemuseum.org/collections-and-research/biology...