Tarantulas' personality determines whether they copulate with males or cannibalize them

Sexual cannibalism in spiders – the attack and consumption of males by females before or after copulation – is very widespread. A new investigation analyses the reason behind such extreme behavior, at times even before the females have ensured the sperm’s fertilization of their eggs.

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