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Surviving Sex: Black Widow Males Can Smell Potentially Cannibalistic Mates Coming
It's no secret that for spiders and many other predator bugs, reproduction can quite literally involve courting death. The black widow, infamous as its own widow-maker, is one of the most iconic cannibal spiders around. Now a new study has revealed that male black widows have a fighting chance. They can smell if a female is hungry, helping them decide if courting her is worth the risk.
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