Clever Spider Mating Strategy.

By Alex in Animals & Pets on Oct 6, 2005 at 10:50 am
The male nursery spider faces a dilemma – the female spider is much bigger and likes to eat male suitors while mating.

So, it develops a clever strategy: it brings a dead insect to distract the female spider, then it plays dead. Then when the feame is busy munching on the gift, it revives, creeps under her and begins mating.

Link(via Aberrant News)


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  1. Nina
    Oct 7th, 2005 at 2:34 pm

    I hate spiders!!!!

  2. Rocky Rook
    Nov 12th, 2008 at 9:48 pm

    That is one smart spider!


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