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Rice engineers get a grip with 'necrobotic' spiders | Rice News | News and Media Relations | Rice University
![Mark Rober Twitterren: "Spiders legs are hydraulically powered. That's why when they die they curl up like this. There's no more pressure in the system. #TheMoreYouKnow https://t.co/rx7YGX2ZNt" / Twitter Mark Rober Twitterren: "Spiders legs are hydraulically powered. That's why when they die they curl up like this. There's no more pressure in the system. #TheMoreYouKnow https://t.co/rx7YGX2ZNt" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ElgiJoTVkAE7fxb.jpg)
Mark Rober Twitterren: "Spiders legs are hydraulically powered. That's why when they die they curl up like this. There's no more pressure in the system. #TheMoreYouKnow https://t.co/rx7YGX2ZNt" / Twitter
![I thought spiders' legs curl up when they die. This gal is definitely dead, I thought she was alive when I first saw her yesterday. What happened? Also ID help if you I thought spiders' legs curl up when they die. This gal is definitely dead, I thought she was alive when I first saw her yesterday. What happened? Also ID help if you](https://external-preview.redd.it/NlIl9amNqETzPnRGTbeoY33prvhF0VLr9PIwuZAR30Q.jpg?auto=webp&s=652d2dcec0f522a362fc0bb5bbf37a5dcfa0bfbc)
I thought spiders' legs curl up when they die. This gal is definitely dead, I thought she was alive when I first saw her yesterday. What happened? Also ID help if you
Science: evidence is intelligence - 🕷Spiders Have Hydraulic Legs AND Genitalia!🕷 'While spiders have muscles to flex their spindly limbs inward, they use hydraulic pressure to extend them outward. Almost all other
![TIL The reason why spiders legs curl up is because a spider uses hydraulic pressure to push liquid into its legs that allow it to move, and when it dies the liquid TIL The reason why spiders legs curl up is because a spider uses hydraulic pressure to push liquid into its legs that allow it to move, and when it dies the liquid](https://external-preview.redd.it/wGITbQrP9ZOkm8DU7rjktAivx9VUaLfznO5uoaTFVf4.jpg?auto=webp&s=1f96d7d661e1eae9aab401d27bdfa914079379f3)