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Originally Posted by Mikoh4792
Well this is my limited understanding of how these animals eat(from animal planet shows I've watched as a kid.....lol). If they are going to eat a big prey animal, don't they give it a good bite, let it run off a good distance so that they can follow the scent trail and find it later when the prey is already dead? Isn't this in a way effective?
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Yes, and thats fine as long as they can find it afterwards, before another predator or scavenger comes along, and as long as the predator is not injured in the process. Prey pumped up on adrenaline can run a long way in 30 minutes to 5 hours, and can do allot of damage to any predator that doesnt avoid it or isnt able to physically restrain it
the issue is not ''does it work'', the issue is people saying that it is more advanced and more efficient, than for eg a hinge fanged pit viper, or a spitting cobra, both delivery systems are far more advanced, hinged fangs physiologically, and spitting with its significant brain power used to aim the jet - and compared to venoms which take a few minutes to act, 30 minutes is a long long time
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