Why are some insects sooo resistant?

Question

One time, I wanted to see what an insect goes through when crushed, so I set a huge grasshopper on my scanner, and pressed him quite hard with my hand, enough to crush him flat, lots of popoing and squirts, hahah. Anyway, it took a minute to scan the image, and when I picked my hand up, the guy was completely flat, but then he started vibrating, and inflating again, looked like he was breathing really hard with its abdomen pulsating. So then I repeated the same process, more pops and squirts. Anyway, I did this five times, and the thing was still alive! I don´t think that bugs actualy feel, but I´m sure it wasn´t fun.The picture turned out really cool though. I scanned him smashed right side up, upside down, on one side, on the other side, etc. I was truely amazed. Perhaps the military can design something based on the body structure of such an insect. They also jump blindly and crash... alll the time! Perhaps you can share some experiments you´ve done with bionic bugs. Thanks.

Answer 1

Evolution. Natural Selection. Strive for fitness and survival.

Those pretty much explains itself....

Answer 2

Right....anyway just because you have fatally wounded the organism as a whole you have NOT necessarily, and likely have not, killed and ceased function within every cell of the organism. As such, while some cells remain rather inert and their normal life functions are not seen, others upon continued funtion will cause movements within the animal as a whole.

On a side note I believe what the OP is truly asking falls more along the lines of "Hi, though still young and my ability to cause harm is still rather underdeveloped, I seem to find it rather enjoyable and wish for someone to refer me to a decent psychiatrist so as to ensure my tendencies don't turn towards animals and then one day humans along with an inevitable llama fetish." To that end I regretfully inform you I am unable to answer your question at this time.  

Answer 3

The reason they can do this is because they have a tough exoskeleton (skeleton on the outside of their body). it is designed so that it can resist a great amount of pressure from the outside. Since insects don't have the complex bodies that we do, they have different compartmentalized interiors that "pop" because the coeloms (compartments) are bursting under the pressure.

hope that help