Scientists have used dead spiders to create 'necrobot' gripping tools, which are able to lift an object 1.3 times their body weight.
Mechanical engineers at Rice University in Texas pumped the spider cadavers with air to get their legs to unfurl, and then grip around objects.
A video - best avoided if you're an arachnophobe - shows what looks creepily like a spider coming back to life as it's used to move an object from one spot to another.
