How do insect legs work, do they have something like muscle?
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Even cooler, hydraulics. They fill the chambers of their limbs with fluid and that’s how bugs hippy hop so strongly and flippy flap so quickly
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While on the topic, what causes a bugs legs to curl up when it dies?
Edit: nvm. I just got the brilliant idea to read the other comment in this post.
Grasshoppers, for example have muscles and they work very similarly to mammalian muscles
https://ib.bioninja.com.au/higher-level/topic-11-animal-physiology/112-movement/muscles.html
I read the title “incest legs” and got confused, so I went to read the comments to know what that is. I started reading and found bugs, hydraulics, legs curling up and I got even more confused. I re-read the title and I must say I’m now more relieved.
Not all insect legs work the same way.
Most insects have muscles, but they are on the inside of the exoskeleton.
some insects, and most spiders, use fluid pressure (hydraulics) to extend (straighten) their legs, and muscles to flex (bend) their legs.
And many insects have spring-loaded legs, so they use muscles to flex, and the springiness of their exoskeleton to extend their legs.
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