Submitted by [deleted] t3_yu3hs6 in askscience
iAmRiight t1_iwa2db3 wrote
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Accordingto this article the tarantula is gravely wounded and the wasp eats the blood and innards that come out of the wound before burying it alive. The paralysis eventually wears off before the larvae hatches and eats it, but doesn’t recover enough to escape the buried tomb before being eaten alive.
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