He can eat anything, venomous or not, including lembas. He's essentially the ultimate omnivore, which really does come in handy when you're on a quest with limited supplies and four Hobbits.
I like to think that Silvan Elves would eat edible spiders (along with grubs and insects) as a general whole and that that's where he picked it up from, but that he doesn't have to fuss over figuring out which ones are safe, but yeah. Thranduil wouldn't exactly appreciate it - especially if he knew that some of the spiders were still alive at the time. Gimli? Yeah, he'd just go with it. He's very laid back, is our Gimli.
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Date: 2014-03-08 10:32 pm (UTC)From:I like to think that Silvan Elves would eat edible spiders (along with grubs and insects) as a general whole and that that's where he picked it up from, but that he doesn't have to fuss over figuring out which ones are safe, but yeah. Thranduil wouldn't exactly appreciate it - especially if he knew that some of the spiders were still alive at the time. Gimli? Yeah, he'd just go with it. He's very laid back, is our Gimli.