Assertion: spider | /r/CapableOf | capture prey
Facets:
value: in webs
type: LOCATION
value: by vibration
type: MANNER
value: in a cocoon of silk
type: LOCATION
value: without having to expend energy
type: MANNER
value: by spinning a web
type: MANNER
value: with silk-made nets
type: OTHER
value: according to the australian museum
type: OTHER
value: by flies
type: MANNER
value: like a fisherman
type: MANNER
value: with its fangs
type: MANNER
value: mostly
type: DEGREE
value: with the exception of wandering species
type: OTHER
value: by jumping up and attacking it
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: There are some ingenious ways spiders use to capture prey.
text: In the next section, we'll find out what spiders do when they catch their prey, whether in a web or on the ground.
text: Spiders catch prey by either jumping up and attacking it, or by making a web with sticky silk – insects, and sometimes birds get caught in the webs and can’t get out again.
text: Mostly, spiders trap their prey in their webs, with the exception of wandering species who do not spin webs to catch prey.
text: When the spider catches its prey, it swings the fangs out into the animal's body.
text: They may trap prey in sticky webs, lasso it with sticky balls, mimick it to avoid detection, or chase and tackle it.
text: The spider feels the vibration and dashes out to grab its prey.
text: And when prey walks along the tunnel, the spider feels the vibrations, and it will actually run up on the inside and bite through the silk and grab the prey with its fangs, envenomate it, and drag it back inside.
text: By swinging the bolas at flying male moths or moth flies nearby, the spider may snag its prey rather like a fisherman snagging a fish on a hook.
text: According to the Australian Museum, spiders capture prey using a variety of methods.
text: There are some ingenious ways spiders use to capture prey.
text: Some spiders capture prey with silk-made nets, and others use spider silk as "fishing lines".
text: However, not all spiders catch their prey in webs, and some do not build webs at all.
text: Unlike most spiders that catch their prey in webs, wolf spiders violently hunt it down using their strong bodies and sharp eyesight.
text: Not all spiders catch their prey by spinning a web.
text: Webs allow a spider to catch prey without having to expend energy by running it down.
text: Most spiders spin webs to live on and catch prey but not tarantulas -- they live in burrows that they dig into the ground.
text: They trap their prey in a cocoon of silk, and then inject poison into it.
text: Some spiders are known to make use of the lake surfaces as webs, trapping their prey by vibration that these cause while struggling.
text: When a spider has caught its prey it uses pointed fangs to inject venom (poison).