Could an arachnid-like animal realistically exist and survive at larger sizes? The specific dimensions are 2m tall, around 1m wide in the torso, and 3m long
An arachnid-like animal, for the purposes of this question:
- They are divided into 2 parts, the prosoma and opisthosoma
- The prosoma has all 10 limbs, which are mostly lizard-like in their overall shape
- The front two limbs are the arms, which can grasp onto their prey and are attached to an insect-like pincer under the mouth, which is used similarly to jaws. The rest of the limbs are legs. The multiple uses of the forelimbs would require more reinforcement against more motions, and this problem will scale with size
- They have many simple eyes distributed across the prosoma. These are the only visible sense organs, though their other hidden sense organs are still quite good at sensing. The wide spread of the eyes will necessitate long optic nerves, which are rarely seen on large creatures. The hidden sense organs will also be impacted by the growth, as the square-cube law prevents them from using their skin for smell as in arachnids, and vibrations will be harder to detect at the larger scales
- They cannot consume solids, but can liquefy their prey with stomach juice in order to eat them. This may present issues with scale, due to the fact that the dissolved prey might seem less viscous and therefore harder to control
- They consume relatively large prey (around 1m long usually)