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The friendship of a tarantula and a toad.
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Bobo.id – Many amazing things in the wild, one of them is unique friendship that exists between animals of different species.
Reported by Bobo from Nerdistthere is one example friendship of two animals special.
Namely, the friendship between a tarantula (big spider) and a frog.
The two animals were found by wild animal researchers in the Amazon rainforest.
Tarantula and Frog Friendship
According to the researchers, friendship they are a kind of symbiotic mutualism.
Mutualism Symbiosis is a mutually beneficial relationship in the wild.
Toads get protection from tarantulas, living in their burrows and even hiding under them.
Instead, the toads will eat the ants and fly larvae that try to eat the tarantula eggs.
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Uniquely, from the observations of the researchers, the frogs can hum along with the whole family of tarantulas.
As we know, frogs have the ability to make sounds or hum.
The frog keeps humming, especially when it’s raining, along with its family of nearby tarantulas.
Interestingly, the researchers found that this friendship between tarantulas and toads was common in the tarantula species.
The role of the tarantula is to protect the frog, while the toad is credited with eating insects that attack the tarantula’s eggs.
Chemical liquid
The researchers revealed that the role of the frog is like a pet for the tarantula.
Apart from the mutualism symbiosis between tarantulas and frogs, the friendship between the two of them occurs thanks to the chemical liquid produced by the frogs, lo.
The tarantula recognizes its prey from the vibrations around it.
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Meanwhile, frogs secrete a liquid (secretion) from their skin that serves to prevent tarantulas from recognizing them as prey.
Although there are many friendships between tarantulas and frogs, it is not uncommon for them to eat each other in the wild, you know.
This is influenced by different types of tarantulas and toads.
Well, that’s the unique friendship that occurs between a tarantula and a frog.
Very interesting, yes!
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