These Spiders Hook Up With Enormous Jaws | Deep Look
For long-jawed orb weaver spiders, love is a battlefield. In order to mate, a male hooks his huge jaws into those of a larger female. If he doesn’t get it right, he risks becoming her next meal.
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?Congratulations? to the following fans on our Deep Look Community Tab for correctly answering our GIF challenge! Male spiders produce sperm in their testes, which are in their abdomen, and deliver it to females with their pedipalps.
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