[K0balt]

The blue giant tarantula of Hispaniola climbs to the tops of trees to absorb electrical charge from nearby thunderstorms, jumping down onto unsuspecting prey and stunning it with their electrical charge before injecting it with venom.

This allows them to attack much larger prey like spider monkeys and chickens, which they liquify on the inside with their venom, a kind of external digestive process.

After the liquefaction is well under way with the venom paralyzed prey, they suck out the nutrient rich liquid, often sharing the hapless victim with sister tarantulas from the same nest.

Thankfully, blue giant tarantulas are entirely a figment of my imagination.

[brookst]

I was totally prepared to avoid checking because it’s too good of a story to ruin with a misguided insistence on facts. And then you ruined it. For shame.

[jpsouth]

I couldn't read past the third paragraph out of fear. I'm resigning myself to live in a world of giant, flying, electrified, blue tarantulas.