Message no. 1

From:	Lady Jestyr <s421539@*******.gu.edu.au>
Subject:	Re: New Totem (not necessarily SR related)
Date:	Tue, 19 Mar 1996 20:46:21 +1000 (EST)

On Fri, 15 Mar 1996, Adam Getchell wrote:

> >Not all spiders kill their mates, its not evolutionarily favorable.
> >
> >Nutcracker
>
> Sure, it can be.
>
> The male red Australian outback spider literally backflips onto the
> female's mandibles during mating. Studies have shown that males that are
> eaten by the female after mating spend more time in copulation, and thus
> have a higher chance of passing their genes.

Well what would YOU do? "Either keep going, or be my lunch!" Big choice
there. :)


Lady Jestyr

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