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Cannibalistic female spiders play dead during sex

Por: Newsweek Tech April 05, 2023

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Scientists have discovered that female spiders that usually eat their mates after sex choose to act as if they're dead so that males will trust them enough to copulate.According to a paper published in the journal Current Zoology in March, the females of some species of funnel-weaving spider will pretend to be dead to attract males, despite the male seemingly knowing full well that she's faking it.Funnel-weaving spiders are a large... + full article



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