@reptiliatus: Cute but deadly! Here is one of my regal jumping spiders (Phidippus regius) enthusiastically taking a cricket I offered him. Don’t worry, he landed on the side of his enclosure and climbed back up to eat 😂👍🏼. Jumping spiders can jump many times their body length, to pounce on prey from a great distance. However, spiders don’t have extensor muscles which means they cannot extend their legs completely with muscles the way we can. So how do they extend their legs to jump? When a jumping spider has locked onto its target and is ready to jump/ambush, it uses a sudden change in hemolymph (blood) pressure to launch itself in the direction of its prey. The controlled increase of blood flow to the legs forces them to extend rapidly, resulting in the full extension that launches them into the air! So cool! 🦗💥🕷 music by the incredible ✨ @sza • #jumpingspider #phidippusregius #regaljumpingspider #foryou #viral #tiktok #cute #spider #reptiliatus #animal #arachnid #pet #PetsOfTikTok #cuteanimals

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Friday 24 March 2023 14:54:53 GMT