the better to eat you with

I post and reblog bugs/invertebrates.

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Here's a video of Ve'nari eating a cricket (already thoroughly chewed)

Solifuges have crazy chelicerae. They are not venomous, and thus rely on pure force to kill their prey. Here is a gif showing their chewing mechanism.

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Six-Spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata)

From Koaw Nature on YouTube.

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The post that inspired me to make this account.

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Video description: Close up of a young regal jumping spider (Phidippus regius) with a similarly sized fruit fly that it has captured. The spider has punctured the bright red eye of the fly with its chelicerae/fangs. As the spider feeds, the red color visibly drains out of the fly's eye. There is no audio.

From Deep Look on YouTube.