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Video shows how male insects fight off sexual cannibalism – Inverse
A new study reveals a gruesome detail about sexually cannibalistic mantis species. The female tries to eat the male, while the male fights back to reproduce.
Finding a suitable partner
can often feel like a life-and-death struggle. But sometimes, the stakes are really that high.
The Springbok Mantis (Miomantis caffra) has acquired a particularly brutal reputation for sexual cannibalism. The female mantis consumes the male prior to, during, or after copulation.
In a study published Tuesday in the journal Biology Letters, scientists provide a gruesome update on this mechanism’s evolutionary purpose.
Prior to this study, scientists didn’t understand…
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