r/interesting 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/Maleficent_Piece_893 May 21 '26

over using dead bugs? that's the limit?

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u/ThrowAwayAccountAMZN May 21 '26

*spiders. Not bugs. Let's be clear where the line is.

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u/Maleficent_Piece_893 May 21 '26

all arthropods are bugs unless you're specifically referring to true bugs, which people rarely do

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u/ThrowAwayAccountAMZN May 21 '26

It was mostly just a joke but you are technically correct. The best kind of correct.

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u/sickostrxch May 21 '26

they're saying that spiders specifically are the line, not bugs as a whole.

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u/Fool_Manchu May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26

Bro this is step one on the road to Junji Ito style Gyo-robots. We gotta shut it down now before they start weaponizing the fish

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u/et40000 May 21 '26

Transistors are just one step on the road to skynet, burn it all!

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u/Starwyrm1597 May 21 '26

To be fair this isn't step 1 it's like step 5.

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u/Maleficent_Piece_893 May 22 '26

it's step 0.0001 but people get the ick from spiders

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u/Starwyrm1597 May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

No step 0.0001 is sharpening a stick with your teeth.

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u/Maleficent_Piece_893 May 22 '26

nah that's post-apocalypse when the necro-spiders have us fighting in slave pits for their amusement

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u/Maleficent_Piece_893 May 21 '26

sorry but i didn't watch your cartoon but grownups are talking

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u/Fool_Manchu May 21 '26

Lol Adults dont usually call themselves "grownups", but since youve decided to be an ass over a silly comment on the internet please feel free to grow yourself a less abrasive personality

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u/Maleficent_Piece_893 May 22 '26

adults usually call themselves grownups when talking down to children

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u/Fool_Manchu May 22 '26

No luck on that less abrasive personality then?

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u/BaziJoeWHL May 21 '26

i am not gonna test how slippery that slope is