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remon@ani.social 1 day agoI don’t think it’s a change in their eating habits, these spiders are known to catch, frog, salamanders or basically anything that size you’ll find near water. Just rare to see and snap a picture of one with a turtle.
andros_rex@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yeah, many larger spider species will go after smaller vertebrates. Goliath bird eaters (South American) will go after snakes much larger than they are - despite the name, they aren’t inclined towards birds though.
Calories are calories.
remon@ani.social 1 day ago
Yep, they are generally opportunistic and can be quite brazen. But most of the time they’ll go after easier, smaller prey.
I used to have a Goliath birdeater and it was entirely fed on crickets. We tried a baby mouse once, but it was a huge mess to clean up and they don’t need nor prefer it.
Theridiidae are usually the most notourious for going after much bigger prey.