Arachnophobes beware, science’s latest breakthrough may be more than you can take.
Engineers at Rice University in Texas have learned how to manipulate the legs of dead spiders in order to, effectively, turn them into grabbers.
The crew discovered that puffs of air injected into the carcass of the spider can be used to control the open/close function of the legs, and if closed around an object close to or slightly larger than the size of the arachnid, the body can pick it up.
SHUT IT DOWN IMMEDIATELY WTF pic.twitter.com/WfpEqhBcW0
— Jake Coco (@jakecoco) July 29, 2022
While the area of research called “necrobiotics” may be a huge leap forward for science, it’s an equally huge “nope” for many:
Tried the same thing with grandma. Didn’t go over well
— Slapdick Starter (@RockyBinkowski) July 29, 2022
Wait. I thought they wanted us to EAT the bugs, not play with them.
— MostlyPeacefulKaren (@HabbeningNow) July 29, 2022
So are we going to see zombies in the near future ? pic.twitter.com/yX6nhezUdi
— Vibe Tom (@Vibetom) July 29, 2022
And we need this for what, exactly?
FYI: still no cure for cancer but we can reanimate dead spiders to lift tiny things.
— MyLittleMissCleo (@LittleMissCleo) July 29, 2022
bro like … i got fingers that can lift like 130% of my bodyweight if not more and thous don´t need no dead spiders or suringes to work fam
— Peter-Gent (@AdventureTVgent) July 29, 2022
— Kelli (@KelliNBama) July 29, 2022
Imagine the medical uses for getting into hard to reach places in surgery!
“We were able to remove the tiny tumor.
Also, we accidentally dropped a dead spider into your brain somewhere.”
— Myrddraal (@HandOfTheDark) July 29, 2022
I see another 10 billion $ going out the window here.
— Douchant’e (@douchante) July 29, 2022
Investigate the person that thought of this. There is something not right with them
— 乇卂Ꮆㄥ乇 ㄖ千 山卂尺 (@Tommy12005164) July 29, 2022
— Red Rexster (@TungsterL) July 29, 2022
Omg NO!!!! No no no nooo pic.twitter.com/abjc7FlUEv
— (@AmyS_x3) July 29, 2022
the question here is not “how” the question here is “WHY”
— Luis Lobo (@ellobofreak26) July 29, 2022
All I see is fancy claw game
— Jack Bishop (@RealJackDBishop) July 29, 2022
So the field of study is…necro…biotics? Necrobiotics, really? Oh I’m sure anything called necrobiotics will work out swimmingly.
— Eastern Mastery (@easternmastery) July 29, 2022
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