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A male and female brown widow (Latrodectus geometricus)

Daft male spiders prefer females who are more likely to eat them

12 March 2018

Female brown widow spiders become less fertile as they age, and more likely to kill and eat their mates – yet males still prefer them over younger females
Mute male crickets are still trying to serenade females

Mute male crickets are still trying to serenade females

19 February 2018

Male Hawaiian crickets that have lost the ability to chirp still go through the motion of “singing”, even though females can’t hear them

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