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minus-squareXanthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-210 months agoThat’s how it actually works, right? They have something more akin to a hydraulic system, than a muscular system. I think all the pressure would be stored in the trunk, right? Edit: never mind, I’m thinking of arachnids, not insects. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnid_locomotion Ants have muscles: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/20/science/20qna.html They both use hemolymph but only arachnids use them as hydraulics.
That’s how it actually works, right? They have something more akin to a hydraulic system, than a muscular system. I think all the pressure would be stored in the trunk, right?
Edit: never mind, I’m thinking of arachnids, not insects.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnid_locomotion
Ants have muscles:
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/20/science/20qna.html
They both use hemolymph but only arachnids use them as hydraulics.