A giant spider paralyzes and eats its prey

The Australian seems to have found the best way to get along with arachnids: give it a cricket.

The video, filmed in Sydney, Australia, shows the man feeding a giant spider from a cricket that belongs to the Cancer Crab family. The entire feeding process takes place on the back of his hand. In close-up, this usually timid spider makes the cricket unable to move and slowly devours it. The spider was circling around its prey, wrapping it in silk. A few seconds earlier it had injected venom into the crickets to paralyze them.

There are currently 94 known macroclinaceae in Australia. They are common in Australia, where they can be seen behind furniture, in toilets or on walls.

Cancer spiders are often confused with tarantulas, but they belong to different families, the former belonging to the neoarachnid suborder spiders.

They are almost ubiquitous, such as florida, Texas, California, or even subtropical regions such as Georgia or South Carolina, which border coastal areas.

These neo-arachnid spiders may also be seen in other parts of the world, for example, occasionally sailing to England with a ship full of fruit. As a result, these cancer spiders are sometimes referred to as "banana spiders," stemming from their penchant for traveling on the fruit of the same name.

There are more than 3,500 species of spiders known, and Australia has become accustomed to the presence of these arachnids. When they are caught, these cancer crabs are sometimes kept as pets. Bloggers dedicated to pets also propose building enough vertical habitats with plants and rocks to allow them to play freely.

Spiders, although not aggressive by nature, can bite if stimulated or threatened. While their appearance can be frightening (their legs are 7 to 12 cm long), bites are almost harmless. If the victim is not allergic to venom, the bite is not fatal, but rather resembles a bee sting effect.