A research team has found that a common spider kills its prey with poison but does not inject it into them—instead, it covers them with a web of silk and then covers the silk with regurgitated toxins.

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The combination of web and venom allows spiders to overpower prey, often several times their size, without life-threatening combat or an exhausting output of energy. While venom has evolved several ...