It can be restored to some sensitivity
Hello!
I was reading an essay about the tarantula and its enemy, wasps.
and I encountered a sentence that I couldn't understand.
This sentence comes after the wasp paralyzed the tarantula to feed her babies.
"Yet it (the tarantula) is not dead, as is shown by the fact that if taken from the wasp it can be restored to some sensitivity by being kept in a moist chamber for several months."
What I don' get is that underlined part. Does this mean that wasp paralyzed the spider in a sensitive, delicate way to keep it alive for months? Or does this mean that the spider would be able to some senses after several months in a moist chamber?
Top answer
This means that the spider would be able to overcome some or all of its paralysis after several months in a moist chamber. Your underlined part seems to me like rather old-fashioned English.
- This means that the spider would be able to overcome some or all of its paralysis after several months in a moist chamber.
- Your underlined part seems to me like rather old-fashioned English.
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This means that the spider would be able to overcome some or all of its paralysis after several months in a moist chamber.
Your underlined part seems to me like rather old-fashioned English.
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