Researchers captured a first-of-its-kind observation of a tarantula eating a opossum in the Amazon rainforest.
The encounter is the first ever recordedResearchers also found centipedes in the Amazon consumed snakes bigger than them
It shows the giant spider grabbing the still-twitching mouse opossum by the neck and dragging it along the forest floor. "Invertebrates preying on vertebrates is common, but it's generally not assumed to be an important source of mortality for amphibians and reptiles," University of Michigan researcher Rudolf von May said.Mr von May and fellow researchers made their observations at night on Peru's tropical rainforest floor.
"When we do surveys at night, some of the spiders we see will have prey, typically other invertebrates like crickets and moths.The team also collected the bodies of two snakes that were killed by centipedes, including a venomous coral snake.
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