Check out this amazing looking jumping spider, who can jump more than 50 times its body length. The weird thing about him is none of his legs has enlarged muscles. This little interesting dude's power to jump comes from a fast contraction of muscles in the front part of the body increasing the blood pressure, which causes the legs to extend rapidly much as the hydraulics in a low-rider car.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
He's a cute little sucker...
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