July 29, 2003

Procreating once

The Scientist :: Frontlines | Wham, Bam, Now I'll Die, Ma'am, Jul. 28, 2003. Have you ever met some people and thought to yourself, "and you have kids?" Some guys should only have the chance to procreate once, if at all. If they happened to be spiders, it's quite possible. The male Argiope aurantia spider literally dies after copulation, and stays "in the female" when he's dying and dead -- a unique way to prevent the female from receiving sperm from other males, "turning themselves into whole-body mating plugs." That's one f**ked up way of leaving this world -- pun intended.

Posted by johnvu at July 29, 2003 11:32 AM
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