Buddle Fish Eating Spider

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“If you do swallow a spider, even one that’s potentially venomous, I don’t think it would have the reaction time to bite as it’s moving down the esophagus, and certainly wouldn’t have any chance once [it’s] in your stomach acid,” Buddle said.

“No spiders are known to be poisonous—which would mean you get sick if you breathe them in or eat them—but they all have venom” that’s meant for smaller prey, Buddle added. (Also see “Fish-Eating Spiders Can Catch Prey 5 Times Their Size.”)

A few spider species are dangerous to humans, including black widows and their kin and the brown recluse. (Related: “Ask Your Weird Animal Questions: Spiders and Other Animals With Bite.”)

Buddle added that spiders get a bum rap as biters, but in fact the arachnids

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