Spider fooled into sex by drop-dead male

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 10/5/05 | Roger Highfield

[saquin]

""It is important at what time in the process of copulation you get eaten"

Words to live by, my friends.

[softwarecreator]

Even worse, some males are eaten before they have the chance to mate.

Been there.

[SoDak]

Alway buy 'em dinner first.

[pcottraux]

I'm afraid this is one where I very much did not want any pictures along with the thread.

[GOP_Party_Animal]

"And as she becomes preoccupied with sinking her jaws into the insect treat, the male revives, creeps under her and begins copulating."

YOWZA! I never thought I'd get so horny reading Free Republic!

[SittinYonder]

I've had to do something very similar to this.

[VeniVidiVici]

This is where the tradition of giving roses to your wife or girlfriend comes from.

[mattdono]

the male revives, creeps under her and begins copulating."

Talk about a wham-bam-thank-you-maam.

Though I suppose it is better than wham-bam-damn-I-got-eaten-man!

[twhitak]

Spider evolution is driven in part by a battle between the sexes: males make so many sperm that they can seek many partners through which to pass on their genes

Evidence that Bill Clinton is a spider in disguise? You decide.

[softwarecreator]

offer a prospective mate a gift that will help her make eggs

A skillet?

[SmithL]

It's obvious that they've never studied a submarine sailor on liberty. Otherwise, they would never wonder at what a male would be willing to do in the presence of a female.

[ElkGroveDan]

I'm afraid this is one where I very much did not want any pictures along with the thread.

Aw c'mon. Not even a picture of the giraffe's devouring each other?

[fizziwig]

"Even worse, some males are eaten before they have the chance to mate."

These also include the Clintonus Lewinskius species of spider....aka as the "beejay" spider.

[Steve_Stifler]

Charlotte "the Mankiller's" Web doesn't quite have the same ring to it, does it?

[pcottraux]

Um...

[txroadkill]

the male feigns death later reviving to begin copulation

See, that's why my marriage failed, we had it backwards...my ex-wife always feigned death.

[Servant of the 9]

You buy her dinner.
Then you fake feeling 'unwell' and take her back to your place for just a bit while you recover your equilibrium.
She has a few drinks and starts watching a chick DVD she loves, and you nail her.

Sp0

[rockrr]

I used to use this ploy with my 3rd wife (with predictable results ;'}

[Perdogg]

let write this down.....okay...token....copulations...

[Sterco]

Are these female spiders "Valley Girls"?