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Male Black Widows Flip Sexual Cannibalism - chairman - 05-06-2013
Black widow spiders get their names from the belief that the female devours her partner after sex. But this gruesome ritual doesn't always happen after mating and sometimes, the roles are even reversed, researchers say.