courtship displays
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Male Brown Widow Spiders Prefer Cannibalistic Older Females For No Apparent Reason
Scientists in Israel have observed a strange behaviour among brown widow spiders: When given the choice, the males of this species prefer to have sex with older females even though they’re less likely to bear offspring. More problematically, these older females are also more inclined to devour their partners after mating, making the males’ preference…
