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How the male mantis keeps its head during rough sex – Yahoo News Australia
A male Springbok praying mantis looking for a hook up doesn’t have to worry about a female stealing his heart away.
A male Springbok praying mantis looking for a hook up doesn’t have to worry about a female stealing his heart away.
There is, however, a very good change she’ll bite his head off, and he knows it.
Indeed, 60 percent of sexual encounters between Springboks — one of nearly 2,000 mantis species across the globe — end in males being eaten as snack.
“Males play Russian roulette whenever they encounter cannibalistic females,” explained Nathan Burke, an entomologist at the University of Auckland and…
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