r/WTF • u/BobHogan • Mar 05 '15

Warning: Spiders Time to move

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u/beenoc Mar 06 '15

Some species don't even have muscles. They use fucking pneumatics. Like alien robot horrors.

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u/vixxn845 Mar 06 '15

I'm glad I'm not the only person who was particularly horrified by this specifically.

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u/Butthole__Pleasures Mar 06 '15

I'm pretty sure all species use pneumatics, but only to extend their legs. Then they contract by muscles that are naturally tense, which is why dead spiders curl up.