I've posted before about the cannibalistic mating habits of various insects but we have more research which proves where a male keeps his brain and how females can multi-task though anything.
Take one sex-crazed praying mantis. His mission is to jump onto a female's back, grip hard, get his rocks off and jump to safety. Unfortunately all too often in a giant FAIL, he'll slip right into the female's mandibles and get his head ripped off for an appetizer.
In some mantid species, getting your head ripped off also loses the system of nerves that tells you to stop copulating. The nerves that keep copulation going are in your abdomen and remain intact.
So, while Madam is munching and lunching upstairs and re-designing the leaf and twig penthouse, the headless wonder is still going strong in the basement.
You'll notice, not one snigger during this serious blog post.
"snork"
"Bwahahahahhahahha"
Bug porn! Well I never....!
ReplyDeleteHa Ha! That's probably why she does it. Otherwise he might be a 30 second wonder and she'd never be satisfied.....
ReplyDeleteAin't nature grand!!!
ReplyDeleteOnly the LitterLockett would have thought that.
ReplyDeleteRiver, apparently if the females get a bit too voracious, word gets around and they're given a wide berth.
Thank you Tagskie, you will soon be infected by teh madness.
Therese, for a moment there, I thought you wrote, ain't nature grilled. I have to stop staring at bugs.