Braingle: 'Creepy Wager' Brain Teaser

Creepy Wager

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Puzzle ID:	#18415
Fun:	(2.74)
Difficulty:	(2.17)
Category:	Science
Submitted By:	spookboy0

One day, John and Sue were out hiking. They saw a few tarantulas on the way. This gave John an idea to win some money. "Sue," he said, "I'll bet you five dollars that the tarantula over there can crawl without using its own leg muscles." Sue thought that she would win, but she didn't.

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Comments

kalliann Aug 03, 2004	well that was a creepy little trivia fact
MrIxolite Aug 05, 2004	Bet you found it on the Web
spookboy0 Aug 05, 2004	not really. i got it from a little nature book.
pianofox Aug 13, 2004	Cool, but even I knew the answer and i'm only 11.
spookboy0 Aug 13, 2004	well, ain't that a kick in the nuts(this statement is not meant to offend nebody, so please, dont take it offensively. thnk u)
Rashad Aug 14, 2004	I don't know y the difficulty rate is too high cuz i found it very easy Maybe because i love science
shandela May 02, 2005	doesn't something have to have an internal skeleton in order to have muscles?
onlyeeyore Jun 07, 2005	I'll give myself half credit for knowing that spiders don't have muscles but not the way they really move their legs. Full credit to you for a good teaser!
puppygirl1213 Jun 14, 2005	That is a little strange
haldir Aug 24, 2005	I'm not sure about tarantulas but most spiders only EXTEND their legs by pumping blood(that's is why dead spiders often have their legs curled in. They pulled them in and could'nt get them out)
bookworm91 Nov 10, 2005	cool. didnt no that!
calmsavior Feb 24, 2007	i didnt know that... creepy indeed
Hungrygit Dec 07, 2007	More trivia than a quiz. I suspected that they might not use muscles to move their legs, but you either know the answer or you don't. Nice test of knowledge though.
AndrewWalker Jul 02, 2008	ew i hate spiders!!!!