[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.

[Steve_Stifler]

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

[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"?

[Cicero]

Ms Bilde called the male's plan - which happened in half the cases observed by the scientists - "death feigning in the face of sexual cannibalism".

What do you want to bet that this is all one word in German? The Germans love to construct long words like that. Schadenfreude is just a minor instance. I recall the word Abendsonnenschein (evening sunshine) from a poem I once memorized, and there are lots of even better ones than that.

[Intolerant in NJ]

But after presenting the gift the male immediately feigns death and collapses at her feet. And as she becomes preoccupied with sinking her jaws into the insect treat, the male revives, creeps under her and begins copulating...and yet some scoff at the idea of intelligent design.......

[knews_hound]

Seen this yet?

Cheers,

the knews hound

http://knewshound.blogspot.com/

[Slings and Arrows]

I thought males were supposed to feign death after copulation.
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