For these spiders, the right wedding gift can save a groom's life
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 - 14:31
in Biology & Nature
During courtship, males of the spider Pisaura mirabilis offer a prey wrapped in silk to the female as a nuptial gift. It sounds awfully chivalrous, but researchers say the behavior is not as selfless as it sounds. Scientists have hypothesized that nuptial gift-giving proves a male's fitness as...