Daddy longlegs have been noticed devouring reside frogs larger than themselves within the tropical forests of South America, a brand new examine reviews. And this habits is likely to be extra frequent than scientists anticipated.

“Discovering these animals consuming [live] frogs was an entire shock, we did not anticipate them to have the ability to seize them,” examine co-author Luís Fernando García, a biologist on the College of the Republic in Uruguay, instructed Dwell Science.