Male Spiders Must Twerk — or Be Eaten

Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 19:30 in Biology & Nature

Miley Cyrus may have made "twerking" a household word, but male black widow spiders are the real masters of the rump-jiggling dance move. These arachnids twerk their abdomens to avoid getting eaten by potential mates.

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