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Nursery Web Spider

Spider's Creepy Offering To Mates Spotlighted In New Study

| Posted 04.24.2012 | Science
Read More: Video, Spider, Insect Behavior, Animal Psychology, Bugs, Insects, Animal Behavior, Animals, Gifts, Nursery Web Spider, Science News

Nothing says love like chewed-up body parts—at least for nursery-web spiders (Pisaura mirabilis). In some populations of these European arachnids, ...

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Better Gifts, More Sex?

Posted 11.15.2011 | Women
Read More: Kathleen D. Vohs, Sex, Sexual Economics, Animal-Study, Mating, Animals, Animal Mating, Sex Study, Nursery Web Spider, Gender Roles, University of Minnesota, Women News

If you've ever felt that it is not just the thought that counts, you're not alone, according to a new study. Female spiders expect decent gifts, too. ...

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