SciShow: Why Spiders Curl Up When They Die

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Content of the Lesson: When spiders die, their tiny legs curl up tight against their body, because spiders don’t use muscles to extend their legs. Instead, they have hydraulic legs! Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Marwan Hassoun, Jb Taishoff, Bd_Tmprd, Harrison Mills, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Lehel Kovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://asknature.org/strategy/leg-uses-hydraulics-and-muscle-flex/ https://www.mdpi.com/2218-6581/5/3/15/htm https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780323034104500262 (excerpted at https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/rigor-mortis) https://www.britannica.com/science/muscle/Actin-myosin-interaction-and-its-regulation Images: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29_kno2aoGo


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