(August 28, 2016 at 4:14 pm)Yoo Wrote:(August 28, 2016 at 4:07 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Right, so the spiders with weaker venom got eaten more often than those with more powerful venom. You don't have to be able to kill your attacker to survive, merely discourage it. Over generations, evolutionary pressure would favour increasing potency of venom; balanced on the other side by increasing resistance to that venom by the spiders' predators and prey.
You didn't really answer my question. I understand the basic principle, "the spiders with weaker venom got eaten more often than those with more powerful venom" but I still see some complications, stated in my question.
It's the other way around. Spiders with stronger venom get to have an easier time eating. It's not so much about defense, it's about food.
If The Flintstones have taught us anything, it's that pelicans can be used to mix cement.
-Homer Simpson
-Homer Simpson
