• ramble81@lemm.ee
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    3 天前

    Fun fact. The reason why some spiders curl up like that are their legs are actually controlled by blood pressure, they don’t have any specific rigid parts and when they die the pressure drops and it causes them to curl up like that.

    • zach@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Is that how they sleep too, then? Poor spiders, constantly working to keep their legs extended