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FE5.1 - Spiders Song (Part 1)

Future Ecologies

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The Differences Between Cats and Spiders

The power for the jumping comes from blood pressure rising quickly and squirting into the legs. The powerful muscles that allow these spiders to jump aren't in their legs, but in their heads. So in order to jump, they clench the muscles in their head, push a bunch of blood into their legs, and off they go.

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