Inbreeding isn’t worth dying for, even in a spider species where males routinely pay for sex with their lives.
DANGER A male spider (the smaller one) is maneuvering into position for a potentially fatal mating with a cannibalistic female. She’s supersized, as is typical for the species, Argiope bruennichi.
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