The male globe - web spider has a dangerous natural jussive mood . He — the little one on the left — has to have sexuality with the behemoth on the right wing . And she wants to use up him . What ’s a guy to do ? Use his detachable penis to keep her quenched while he scurries off , of course .
The virile Nephilengys malabarensis is equip with two sets of privates love as “ palps . ” These are plan to break off and preserve pump sperms when the male is either eaten or otherwise bail . But why would a male orb - web spider limit himself to pleasing just two lady ?
Daiquin Li , a research worker at the University of Singapore believe it help in the spider ’s chances of breeding . “ About 30 percent of spermatozoon were transferred to the females before the palp breakoff , and about 70 percent of sperm were still left in the broken palp , ” Li told LiveScience . “ In our experiments , it took about 20 minute to change about 85 percent of [ the ] sperm . ” That ’s an impossibly long sentence to be riding something five times your size of it with a hankering for your flesh — like riding a zombi bull for a half hour .
What ’s more , the male will once in a while go off both palps in what ’s known as the “ eunuch phenomenon . ” queerly though , after castration the Male become much more aggressive , defending the female from other likely meal suitors . [ MSNBC ]
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