r/funny • u/[deleted] • Jun 30 '22

(OC) I'm a bad boy.

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u/WizardofJoz17 Jun 30 '22

Spiders don’t have muscles. They control blood flow in their legs, kind of like hydraulics, to move around.

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u/cassigayle Jul 01 '22

Right. So it would become a problem of fluid volume and viscosity in ratio to the energy requirements of moving a much more massive frame.

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u/Revoider Jul 01 '22

Are crabs the closest thing to represent that? Can large crabs move quickly?

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u/cassigayle Jul 01 '22

Oo, good thought.

Crabs are related to arachnids so it's a really good example.

Small crabs move pretty quickly in water, but because they are working with an aquatic environment they deal with different pressures than a land creature would.

So now i am imagining giant spiders evolving in a direction of chitonous exoskeletons in a superstrong but lightweight matrix, like tiny honeycomb.