Fish eating Spiders.

Fish-eating Spiders would rather sound like a nightmare.But it is not so now as Scientists have discovered that there are atleast 26 species of Spiders in The world except in the Antarctica.Lying in wait at the water's edge with 4 legs on a plant leaf & 4 on the water surface For vibrations a spider can catch a fish twice it's size in an instant.Holding on tight it injects It's prey with a deadly Dose of Venom and drags it to the dry land where it spends Pumping it full of Digestive enzymes to suck the blood of the prey with a peculiar sound until the liquified flesh of the fish is completely consumed. This kind of Spiders that can capture & eat fish has been discovered by Scientists at the fringe of shallowFresh water. The study by a Swiss- Australian Team appeared in the academic journal Plos One. It revealed that the amphibious creatures,more commonly found in warmer areas,can swim& walk on the water's surfaceand are capable of killing fish bigger & powerful than themselves. This Blog is in continuation of my Blog on Spiders wrote on 24th of April 2013 on Most poisonous Spiders in the world. Incidentally ,Spiders especially big Black Spiders with glowing eyes ,is the one species I hate most since my childhood.The very sight of them takes me to the level of vomiting & I can not sleep in a room where I find a Black Spider.Big Black spiders are common sight in villages.Spiders are also a friendly neighbor which eats harmful insects to human beings.Thus Spiders are dangerous but at the same time helpful. SreedharanMundanat 20th June2014 05-25 PM(IST)