If tarantula bites are no more harmful than bee/wasp stings, why are they able to subdue prey..?
Because being overpowered and impaled by the larger fangs does well enough. Fangs of the Goliath Birdeater can get as long as one and a quarter inches and I’ve heard reports of them being able to chip the bones in your fingers. Remember that venom works differently on different animals. Also, the effects of venom on insects could be different than on vertebrates for the simple fact that insects have an open and simpler circulatory system, so damage by the venom is minimized. From what I have read, no person has ever been to confirmed to have died from the bite of a tarantula, and no one has ever had a severe allergic reaction (anaphylaxis) to tarantula venom. The prevailing explanation of this is that tarantula venom is not as complex as bee or wasp venom, being made of simple peptide chains instead of complex proteins, and therefor cannot bind with the body’s histamine. However, there are old world tarantulas that are theoretically capable of causing someone with a weakened immune sys
