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[–] [email protected] 56 points 4 months ago (5 children)

If anyone wants to know, the reason that happens is because spiders move their legs with a hydraulic system and once they are dead the pressure gets released and they revert to their "default" state.

https://asknature.org/strategy/leg-uses-hydraulics-and-muscle-flex/

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Spiders' legs are erections with varying pressure.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Exoskeleton operated by boners. Also describes Evangelion

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

Also describes Evangelion

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