Making a meal of it: Praying mantis cannibalism explained
When a female praying mantis bites the head off her sexual partner, it is probably not out of anger.
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News tagged with sexual cannibalism
Male orb-weaving spiders cannibalized by females may be choosy about mating
In a colonial orb-weaving spider, Cyrtophora citricola, females often eat the males after mating, but it is often the males that choose their mates, according a study published June 1, 2016 in the open-access journal PLOS ...
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Jun 1, 2016
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Mantis males engage in riskier mating behavior if deprived of female access
Male praying mantises are more likely to engage in risky mating behavior if they have not had recent access to females, as reported Apr. 25 in the open access journal PLoS ONE. Female praying mantises are known for their ...
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Apr 25, 2012
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NYC cannibal case tests lines of fantasy, threat
(AP)—In Internet chats as breezy as they were bizarre, a New York City police officer accused of plotting to kidnap and eat as many as 100 women was once cautioned not to be wasteful when cooking a victim because "there ...
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Female sex cannibals not angry, just picky, spider study finds
The female raft spider – often accused of indiscriminate aggression for cannibalising her potential suitors – is actually testing the worth of her mates, a new study suggests.
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Dec 15, 2015
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Researchers find gender bias in sexual cannibalism papers
(Phys.org)—A trio of biologists, Liam Dougherty, Emily Burdfield-Steel and David Shuker from the U.K.'s University of St Andrews, School of Biology, have found that when researchers write papers that are published in scientific ...
Personality determines whether tarantulas copulate with males or cannibalize them
Sexual cannibalism in spiders – the attack and consumption of males by females before or after copulation – is very widespread. A new investigation analyses the reason behind such extreme behaviour, at times even before ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 23, 2014
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Female animals portrayed as 'femme fatales' by researchers
Female animals are unfairly sexually stereotyped by researchers, according to experts at the University of St Andrews.
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Mar 1, 2013
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Male spiders maximize sperm transfer to counter female cannibalism
When sexual conflict results in reproductive strategies that only benefit one of the sexes, it may result in evolutionary arms races. Male spiders have evolved behavioral mating strategies to improve their chances of mating ...
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Aug 16, 2022
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From monogamous termites to male-eating spiders, an ecologist explains
The Conversation organised a public question-and-answer session on Reddit in which James Gilbert, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Sussex, explained weird and stunning insect reproductive strategies.
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