"Sucking Stomach"?

[Sonicookie]

So, for the first time I've just heard of a "sucking stomach" . I assume this is just what it sounds like, an organ to create suction to pull food in. Could you confirm this?

 

[MassExodus]

So, for the first time I've just heard of a "sucking stomach" . I assume this is just what it sounds like, an organ to create suction to pull food in. Could you confirm this?

Yes, its in the spiders carapace. Google arachnid sucking stomach, it will explain it better than I can..

 

[Arachnoclown]

Hahaha...love it!!! Sucking stomach!!!! Here's a old grainy video I did of my Theraphosa stirmi eating. You can see it's entire body pulsate as it eats the 5-6 crickets in its mouth. Not a food video but the sucking action is great!!!!

 

[Arachnoclown]

 

[Sonicookie]

Hahaha...love it!!! Sucking stomach!!!! Here's a old grainy video I did of my Theraphosa stirmi eating. You can see it's entire body pulsate as it eats the 5-6 crickets in its mouth. Not a food video but the sucking action is great!!!!

Haha, the music is perfect. It starts out as a bit of a horror story but ends sad.

For clarification, are the sucking stomach and normal stomach different? I've only been in the hobby for about two years, I don't know a lot about tarantula organs yet.

 

[MassExodus]

Nope, same thing. Their sucking stomach is their only stomach. Check out the diagram Arachnoclown posted.