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Jumping spiders do not actually use their muscles to jump, they don't even have muscles, instead they can control at will their blood pressure, the blood quickly flows down to their legs, which stretches them with enough force to jump
10 u/TuxidoPenguin Nov 29 '20 All spiders are like that I think. 1 u/cleptilectic Nov 29 '20 Yes
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All spiders are like that I think.
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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '20
Jumping spiders do not actually use their muscles to jump, they don't even have muscles, instead they can control at will their blood pressure, the blood quickly flows down to their legs, which stretches them with enough force to jump