Liquivore
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Note: the term "Liquivore" is not necessarily a scientific word. It was coined by the author Wayne Barlowe in his book 'Expedition'[1], describing speculative predators that liquefy their prey in a similar way to that of flies and spiders. However, given that the term describes the habits of real-life "liquivores", it has been used for the name of this page, although we do advise that you do not use the term in an official or factual statement/document.
Liquivores [citation needed] are animals that liquefy their food using digestive enzymes. Examples of liquivores are spiders and flies.
Flies
Flies use an oral tube to release their digestive juices onto their meal to transform it into a "soup" that is digestible. The fly inserts its proboscis, which it can suck up as the insect feasts.
Spiders
Spiders wrap their prey around in silk and then wait for it to suffocate. The spider then bites into the wrapped victim and inserts enzymes that digest the victim, and the spider sucks the juices out of the meal.
See also
References
- ↑ "Expedition (book)". Wikipedia. 2017-10-24.
External links
- Anatomy of a spider (Features a small section on the digestion of a spider.)
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