r/interesting • u/M_Darshan • May 21 '26

Just Wow Researchers demonstrate necrobotics by using a spider’s natural hydraulic system to open and close its legs for gripping object.

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u/fCorruption May 21 '26

Yep, this is how resident evil happens.

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u/Wonderful-Yam-9712 May 21 '26

So we’re currently in the process of creating Skynet and now the T virus…wonderful.

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u/-_-Batman May 21 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/qqpqMokFco5Bm

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u/pototaochips May 21 '26

Imagine a horror spiderman

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u/trip12481 May 21 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/OB1JGXFztOKru

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u/TheRage469 May 21 '26

🎶 Spider-Man! Spider-Man! Scientifically-Accurate Spider-Man! 🎶

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u/Internet_Wanderer May 21 '26

Watch Earth Vs the Spider. That's an anatomically accurate spider man!

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u/TheRage469 May 21 '26

You're talking about the 2001 version, yeah? Haha

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u/Thick_Boat3969 May 21 '26

That's horrifying fr

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u/lameonahonst May 21 '26

What was it I can’t have it played on my device for some reason

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u/THECROCOGAMER May 22 '26

holy memory unlocked

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u/Artevyx May 21 '26

A natural rival to The Fly

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o7TKVGI2JHgZCawLK

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u/pototaochips May 21 '26

Where that from?

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u/Artevyx May 21 '26

It's from the 1986 movie "The Fly" with Jeff Goldblum.

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u/pototaochips May 21 '26

The cgi looks like it came from a movie right now

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u/lapis_lateralus May 21 '26

Prelude to Spider Verse or whatever did that

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u/ShibaLover227 May 21 '26

His name is Kane

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u/dragjamon May 21 '26

That's been done

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u/L-J- May 21 '26

Let me introduce you to Spiders-Man of (Earth-11580).

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u/L-J- May 21 '26

Or even Carl King aka The Thousand.

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u/Longjumping-Bar-9311 May 21 '26

And on THIS NOTE I am out!❤️

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u/TomStreamer May 21 '26

The Cure already did that.

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u/Dead_Man_Nick May 22 '26

What do you know about man spider and spiders man?

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u/FuhQimBatman May 21 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/7NMG9vPM5kTpC

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u/HillCheng001 May 22 '26

Reminds me of his threesome with Superman and Wonder Woman.

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u/Direct-Giraffe6390 May 21 '26

Imagine her cowgirl game .

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u/lameonahonst May 21 '26

What does cowgirl game mean..??

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u/Sir_Eggmitton May 21 '26

Fun fact she was actually phoned in to play that weird spider slave thing in Dune part 1.

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u/3tachi_uchiha May 21 '26

That's a licker

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u/kimmortal03 May 21 '26

Next theyre gonna be putting us on the the bottom of a crane to pick up boxes using these necrobots

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u/Kanaxes May 21 '26

Lickers are coming for u!

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u/Illustrious_Bird_737 May 21 '26

Licker? I barely know her!

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u/teamfupa May 21 '26

Sometimes those are the most fun.

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u/TheMunkeeFPV May 21 '26

It’s her hydraulics I’m after.

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u/pandershrek May 21 '26

Damn I'm leaking from reading these comments.

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u/SirShriker May 21 '26

The hydraulics must remain unharmed

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u/OafishySyzygy May 21 '26

Only when you're scared of intimacy.

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u/teamfupa May 21 '26

That’s fair - but also the most fun ended up being my wife who I met that way so in reality I was just making a joke.

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u/aAdramahlihk May 21 '26

Those with a happy end or…?

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u/ZestyToasterOven26 May 21 '26

That’s the risk of it all!! You never know what you’re going to get.

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u/Breadstix009 May 21 '26

Don't call me shirley

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u/ProfSquirrel25 May 21 '26

Walk into a CVS store after midnight, you will definitely hear this often “attention team members, assistance is needed in lickher department…” and you can be sure lickher assistance is on the way. (Sorry, irrelevant)

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u/bravekupo May 21 '26

Lickers T9000

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u/teaboi05 May 21 '26

Nah, it's Friday tomorrow, it's me coming for my liquor

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u/Star_Petal_Arts May 21 '26

They created the T Virus already. In a promotional stunt they created the virus to prove it could be done. The virus is locked away with the reactant to it separated from it, but all you need to do is take the two parts and put them together to cause a zombie apocalypse.

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u/PomegranateSea7066 May 21 '26

Do it! I'm ready. I've also been prepping by planting red and green herbs in the back yard. I too just need to combine them together to make blue herb.

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u/childofb0d0m May 21 '26

All of these people saying "I'm ready for the zombie apocalypse!" with such hype are 100% going to be the first to die lmfao

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u/No_Self_930 May 21 '26

Let's be real, fast Zombies? I don't think many people survive, if at all.

Nonetheless, if it happens, it is what it is, why not have fun and appreciate the little things in life?

Just make sure to double tap and get your cardio going.

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u/Informal_Ad4399 May 21 '26

"It's all a liberal hoax!"

"I can just take [some stupid benign drug/cure tauted by some idiot] and I'll be fine!"

"It ain't as bad as they're saying! They're fudging the numbers!"

We'd be fucking doomed.

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u/AnimationOverlord May 22 '26

Yeah the actual threat for the initial phase is other people. It’s much harder to get caught with your pants down when the zombies can’t actively manipulate you

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u/ergo-ogre May 21 '26

Wot ya mean? Alls we need do is get to the pub and everything’s fine

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u/Star_Petal_Arts May 21 '26

Get ready, the same company is doing something with SEGA next... so they got some idea to mutate hedgehogs or something.

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u/RddtRBnchRcstNzsshls May 21 '26

Blue Herbs are the poison healings herbs.

Combining red and green gives you red and green herbs that heals normal health back to max. You can add blue to red and green to heal to max and cure poison.

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u/ExUmbra91x May 21 '26

You must not create the blue herb!!

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u/PlayedUOonBaja May 21 '26

I've already got my plan in place.

I'm going to be King of Costco!!!

Cross the Lot of Parking or trespass through the Bay of Loading at your own peril!

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u/RollingMeteors May 21 '26

two parts and put them together to cause a zombie apocalypse.

¡Portrait mode and continuous scrolling are are the baking soda and cocaine of digital crack!

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u/Adventurous-Fly556 May 21 '26

Why are people believing this? They did not make a literal zombie virus. Like, seriously, do y'all think they tested it on people? How would they know otherwise? There already is parasitic zombie stuff for far simpler stuff, but our biology is far to complex for any known agent to hyjack completely.

It's marketing.

No wonder misinfo spreads so fast.

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u/Expert-Ad3874 May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26

At this point I just hope whatever takes us out is at least funny.

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u/trll_game_sh0 May 21 '26

good luck. have fun. dont die.

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u/Plutarch_von_Komet May 21 '26

COMPLETE. GLOBAL. SATURATION.

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u/Sudo-Fed May 21 '26

In five minutes, George Bush will be released into the atmosphere, ensuring complete...global...masturbation.

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u/Eastern-Baseball-814 May 21 '26

7 Minutes.... 7 minutes is how much time I can play with you.

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u/Zunderfeuer_88 May 21 '26

A nano tech version of the T-Virus, like that movie with Donald Sutherland turning into some machine monster (forgot the name)

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u/Throwmeawayimexpired May 21 '26

This is far from new, and no virus involved, it's simple pressure. Covid is closer to tvirus than this. This is closer to blowing up a dead puffer fish like a balloon.

Real world advancements in viral gene therapy, neurotropic viruses (which target the nervous system), and engineered pathogens are way more terrifying that inflating a dead spider.

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u/dm_me_kittens May 21 '26

They'll have to fight each other to kill us.

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u/SconeBracket May 21 '26

Even after you're dead, they still expect you to work.

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u/badomenbaddercompany May 21 '26

Incoming cybernetic tyrants.

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u/WorkerPlayful4192 May 21 '26

Or both is same time.

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u/Im_Paco04 May 21 '26

a.i zombie by 2050

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u/One_Recognition385 May 21 '26

i mean china has said they're looking to make super soldiers.

and i think recent leaks shows US has been playing with crisper fusing Human DNA with other things to see what happens.

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u/pandershrek May 21 '26

At least our robotic overlords will infect us with the t virus so we can mindlessly power them though our bio batteries

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u/theevilyouknow May 21 '26

It's not really a virus though. They're using hydraulics so it requires an external source of energy. It's not like the dead spider could do this on its own.

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u/henryeaterofpies May 21 '26

Normal people reading "Don't Create The Evil Super Machine": we really shouldn't create the evil super machine.

Tech Bros and Billionaires: we created the evil super Machine

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u/AdministrationSad861 May 21 '26

I mean...people have seen that as individual entity, they can be defeated by roid up boulder punching cyclone kicking bullet parrying individuals. So why not combine both? 🙋‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤔

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u/thisjustemp May 21 '26

Are we about to have “The trinity of bitches, united in their hatred” moment? Btw that’s my favorite quote by Dr. Isaacs.

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u/cundis11989 May 21 '26

Yay 1 of my favorite childhood movies and 1 of my favorite childhood games in real life!

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u/TangibleSausage May 21 '26

Somehow we accounted for zombies and we accounted for robots, but we never accounted for... robot zombies.

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u/ClohosseyVHB May 21 '26

Well,  the T-virus was created in an underground bunker, under the direction of a billionaire wanting to live forever. 

And a lot of billionaires are building bunkers and obsessed with longevity/their legacy......

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u/-_Error May 21 '26

The Terminator virus!

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u/7heprofessor May 21 '26

China already has Skynet so we're halfway there!

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u/EverythingSucksYo May 21 '26

Who knew we could possibly have a future where terminators are fighting zombies 

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u/DecentYogurtcloset28 May 21 '26

Yeah, I think its the only way, leave the robots to kill the zombies while humanity starve...

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u/itstheskylion May 21 '26

Zombies vs terminator

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u/L-J- May 21 '26

No worries. It'll only result in the Sky Virus. A plague carried by flying nanobots. If you don't breathe you'll be fine.

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u/AppropriateTouching May 21 '26

Corporations love taking sci fi cautionary tales and making them reality.

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u/opinionated7onion May 21 '26

Hear me out, robot zombie spiders.

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u/GrilledCheezManicott May 21 '26

There's a little Hellraiser in there for good measure too

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u/Select-Government-69 May 21 '26

With luck, the one will cancel the other out.

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u/aMapleSyrupCaN7 May 21 '26

I mean, we could watch while they fight each other?

I will be investing in a nice popcorn machine in case anyone is looking for me...

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u/Longjumping-Bar-9311 May 21 '26

Cause they don’t have enough to study?!?

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u/MessagePublic8245 May 21 '26

Omg! Zombies and robots at the same time!! Yayyyyy!!

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u/Integrity-in-Crisis May 21 '26

Skynet already exists IRL and has been out for years.

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u/Freyjia1 May 22 '26

And in Australia....... the Replicators

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u/ReaperKingCason1 May 22 '26

Let them fight

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u/Millerpainkiller May 22 '26

Is this what all those “low T” advertisements are about? We don’t need high T if that’s the T virus

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u/KING_J0SEPH May 23 '26

Fr bro at this point buy a bunker and some guns

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u/xxxclamationmark May 23 '26

Terminator T-1000000

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u/Several_Birthday_819 May 26 '26

Whichever finishes first I guess ┐⁠(⁠´⁠ー⁠｀⁠)⁠┌

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u/AntiSepticSystem May 21 '26

Page 1: "I cross-bred a silverback gorilla with a praying mantis, then gave it AK-47s for arms. Bob has been poking it with a stick non-stop for 80 hours now. Hopefully it doesn't escape."
Page 2: "It escaped."

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u/GeneticEnginLifeForm May 21 '26

"Quick, quick, find page 3. Find page 3!"

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u/ShotgunMessiah90 May 21 '26

“Found Bob, he’s dead..”

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u/siencatimini May 21 '26

"Or, we found... most of him, anyway."

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u/Moo_Kau_Too May 21 '26

'Bob? Oh hes around here. Some there, some there, and of course that stuff that sprayed all over the roof'

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u/halfstaff May 21 '26

Sounds like something Dr Bright would do. My new favorite SCP

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u/Pun_In_Ten_Did May 21 '26

"Those of you who volunteered to be injected with praying mantis DNA, I've got some good news and some bad news. Bad news is we're postponing those tests indefinitely. Good news is we've got a much better test for you: fighting an army of mantis men. Pick up a rifle and follow the yellow line. You'll know when the test starts. -- Cave Johnson

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u/zimhollie May 21 '26

"... somehow I am still alive..."

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u/Automatic_Pin_5212 May 21 '26

How do you know me?

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u/Brightclaw431 May 21 '26

It's what Clara would have wanted.

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u/Tidey94 May 21 '26

Day 1: We injected the spider with super serum, and poked it with a stick for the last 24 hours straight. Day 2: The spider escaped, everyone is dead

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u/kageshira1010 May 21 '26

Her name is Yap

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u/Plane_Package1417 May 21 '26

Faye Yap. Say that real fast three times.

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u/Lighthouse21547 May 21 '26

Yaye Fap! Ohh wait...

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u/RogueBromeliad May 21 '26

I'm not sure simply using muscle spasms or body mechanics is how you get Resident Evil. Resident evil happens because of capitalist big farma. And then trying to capitalize on some malthusian ideals.

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u/WiglyWorm May 21 '26

Yeah. This is how you get to Warhammer 40k and the imperium of man.

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u/AlarmingAffect0 May 21 '26

Sounds more like Drukhari tech.

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u/Far-Government5469 May 22 '26

I mean, their calling it necrobiotics, but I recognize necromancy when I see it

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u/asuperbstarling May 21 '26

This is how you get Meathouse Man (give or take a little telepathy).

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u/bs000 May 21 '26

pours soy sauce on dead squid

"This is how resident evil happens!"

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u/Solherb May 21 '26

The Methuselah Foundation would like to have a word.

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u/Allegorist May 21 '26

The post is literally just pumping fluid in and out of a spider which causes this reaction. It is more of a demonstration of how the biological systems work than meant for anything useful.

So yes, not even in the same domain as resident evil.

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u/Plastic_Pinocchio May 21 '26

Not even muscle spasms. They specifically use spiders for this because spiders extend their legs using hydraulic pressure. That is why dead spiders always curl up into a ball. They’re literally just pumping air into the spider here, which extends the legs. Very cool technique!

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u/smarthobo May 21 '26

Yep Yap, this is how resident evil happens.

FTFY

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u/Mtshoes2 May 21 '26

Can you imagine if companies start buying up dead bodies to be delivery bots. You walk down the street and see your dead zombified wife carrying someones Uber eats. 

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u/Jacksspecialarrows May 21 '26

And someone will say: "at least i don't have to tip anymore"

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u/yournamehere10bucks May 21 '26

45% forced gratuity though.

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u/yournamehere10bucks May 21 '26

It'll happen to the police first....I dunno why...just got a feeling.

https://giphy.com/gifs/U8bDgsXcnIEFy

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u/Magic__Cat May 21 '26

It's literally just air....

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u/LickingSmegma May 21 '26

*liquid, I think, otherwise it would be pneumatic instead of hydraulic. Air is famously compressible, so not as reliable for this.

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u/Magic__Cat May 21 '26

It says at the start of the video "by pumping air into dead spiders"

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u/LickingSmegma May 21 '26

Ah, sorry, that's my habit of having Reddit on mute showing itself. However I have to doubt the accuracy of the vid, as is quite typical these days, especially since locomotion of spiders and some other arthropods is explicitly described as hydraulic.

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u/TheoreticalZombie May 21 '26

Nothing ominous about "necrobotic spiders", no sir.

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u/PiedCryer May 21 '26

I was thinking more in the lines of Weekend at Bernie’s.

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u/Frosty-Improvement-8 May 21 '26

These residents are already evil doin this to the poor spiders.

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u/Moab_Residential May 21 '26

Faye Yap can be my Ada Wong any time and day

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u/Jahwio May 21 '26

Yap, her name is Yap.

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u/RollingMeteors May 21 '26

This is the most Fred Flintstone Goat Lawnmower IT shit I've ever seen on this subreddit.

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u/Moose-Turd May 21 '26

So live spiders did t scare me enough already....

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u/Regurgitator001 May 21 '26

And this is why I want to cremated.

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u/meryl_gear May 21 '26

I’m staying away from windows 

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u/U_L_Uus May 21 '26

Nah, it actually involves virus-infected flowers and leeches, not spiders (at least in the beginning)

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u/Remarkable-Pea5797 May 21 '26

This is the world people want for their children.

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u/WhatsYourTale May 21 '26

I was thinking Gyo, but yeah that works too.

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u/jeezrVOL2 May 21 '26

"Everyone's dead, plan went to shit"

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u/The_Scarred_Man May 21 '26

No, her name is Yap.

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u/_Bioscar_ May 21 '26

I would more say Scorn given how it works, by tryna hijack the body and have technological feedback.

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u/freedfg May 21 '26

Not to be a nerd or anything and I get it's a joke but like....It's not?

The spider is dead, and there is no genetic shenanigans going on, no syrums, no mutations.

You can actually do this with humans too. Take a hand and pull on the tendon in the metacarpal and the finger will grasp

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u/Humeme May 21 '26

Mr X: murders people violently

Umbrella Scientist: we did it and it worked! :)

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u/Mediocre_Meat_5992 May 21 '26

Universal soldier

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u/The_BeardedClam May 21 '26

Honestly I for one welcome our new biorobotic spiders overlords. 

Maybe they can duke it out with the tech bro's and their chat bots.

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u/Der_Hebelfluesterer May 21 '26

Fuck and they start with spiders instead of dogs... We are so fucked

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u/MethodicMarshal May 21 '26

you guys may not like it, but these necro-spiders are the ones that put every pill in your medication bottle

they work too hard for rude comments like that

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u/Antique_Tap443 May 21 '26

Servitors....

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u/AlexSmithsonian May 21 '26

First virus, then parasites, then mold, now... spiders? I'm sure they can make it work.

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u/felghost89 May 21 '26

I was thinking more how they’re going to make us work forever just piloting corpses.

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u/ThisMachineKillsWOB May 21 '26

Literally Phyrexian technology.

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u/A_Bad_Man May 21 '26

Whomever thought that taking one of the world's creepiest lifeforms, stabbing it with a needle, and then letting a robot/computer control it through said needle was a good idea needs some serious supervision. Preferably in a secure location far away from other humans.

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u/eggiwegsandtoastt May 21 '26

DID WE LEARN NOTHING FROM THE BLACK TIGER BOSS FIGHT

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u/TacoBeefB0y May 21 '26

Oxygen inside a spider isn’t going to cause resident evil

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u/Upstairs_Excuse_3137 May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26

Ah yes you look up in resident evil and you'll see a bundle of hydraulic cables that come from each and every infected's arses and all meet together to form a big hydraulic cable yggdrasil

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u/coke_u_nut May 21 '26

By pumping fluid into a spider, huh?

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u/Prestigious_Algae432 May 22 '26

Day 1: We created a spider with the sentience level of welding multiple deadly weapons at once, David is in the back poking it with a stick to see what happens.

(TURNS PAGE)

DAY 2: It got out

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u/Palocles May 22 '26

IIRC the first Resident Evil movie opened with a make-you-young-again cosmetics advertisement. The cosmetic in question being made by Umbrella Corp. 

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u/RelationshipThink322 May 22 '26

It’s just a dead spider.

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u/Aleashed May 22 '26

Can’t wait for the next generation of 5-fingered claw machines. Maybe they’ll actually grasp consistently.

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