In honor of Halloween, how about some Hannibal-themed science?
A common theme in biology… males have to work hard to impress the ladies.
But what if mate choice involved tastiness? This might be the case in sagebrush crickets. During copulation, females snack on the wing flesh of their mate, enjoying the benefits of extra nutrients while the male benefits from spreading his genes (A win-win-win?).
Which reminds me to pitch a great book…. Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation, a Savage Love for some of the most fascinating (and freaky) sex in the natural world.
Johnson, Ivy and Sakaluk. (1999). Behavioral Ecology.
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