Re: PF Exhibits 19 NOV 05

Pini Vollach <pinimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Sun, 20 Nov 2005 22:40:08 +0200

Title: Re: PF Exhibits 19 NOV 05

Thanks for this,
I see that people here have more interest in 
spyders than in photography  :-)

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  From: 
  Cap'n Jimmy 

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  Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 2:47 
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  Subject: Re: PF Exhibits 19 NOV 05

  At 1:01 +0200 11/20/05, Pini Vollach wrote:
  Jim S - I can't realize what the spider eat 
    there ?

      It's another spider, Pini. If you look closely at it 
  you can clearly see the legs. Here's some more info on the eating habits of 
  Daddy Long Legs spiders:

  Daddy-long-legs spiders 
    have venom glands and fangs but their tiny fangs are fused at the base and 
    they cannot open their jaws wide enough to bite humans. As they supposedly 
    cannot bite humans, their venom has not been studied in detail.
However 
    daddy-long-legs kill and eat other spiders, including Redback Spiders whose 
    venom CAN be fatal to humans. Perhaps this is the origin of the rumour that 
    daddy-long-legs are the most venomous spiders in the world. It might be 
    argued that if they can kill a deadly spider, they must be even more deadly 
    themselves, but daddy-long-legs only need to be quicker to bite, not more 
    venomous.

  Jim
  Baja Oegon