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I noticed that a roach on its back starts off with legs extended and moving them around... but as days pass it starts curling the legs inward more and more in the typical "dead bug" pose. But even when in this pose if you flip it over it will run again. What is making the legs contract over days?

by /u/Spam4119 in /r/askscience

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