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<blockquote data-quote="Jess S" data-source="post: 164088" data-attributes="member: 29302"><p>[USER=27444]@Arachnoclown[/USER] will probably give you an in-depth answer to your questions around venom and interest in tagging prey if issues arise with the sucking stomach. My take on it is, the venom comes from venom glands located near the fangs themselves. Venom primarily incapacitates the prey, but I believe it also contains substances (enzymes?) that help break the prey down. However, the tarantula 'vomits' digestive juices onto the prey and these do a lot of the work in breaking down solids combined with the fangs which mash up the prey.</p><p>So yes a t with a sucking stomach problem can still deliver a venomous bite. Typically, it would tag the prey, try to feed but end up leaving it discarded. As it can't drink either, it will become dehydrated and I would expect a dehydrated t to lose all interest in its food.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jess S, post: 164088, member: 29302"] [USER=27444]@Arachnoclown[/USER] will probably give you an in-depth answer to your questions around venom and interest in tagging prey if issues arise with the sucking stomach. My take on it is, the venom comes from venom glands located near the fangs themselves. Venom primarily incapacitates the prey, but I believe it also contains substances (enzymes?) that help break the prey down. However, the tarantula 'vomits' digestive juices onto the prey and these do a lot of the work in breaking down solids combined with the fangs which mash up the prey. So yes a t with a sucking stomach problem can still deliver a venomous bite. Typically, it would tag the prey, try to feed but end up leaving it discarded. As it can't drink either, it will become dehydrated and I would expect a dehydrated t to lose all interest in its food. [/QUOTE]
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