Reveal the male spider's cause of eating mates

Masaryk University researchers in the Czech Republic have recently discovered the male spider of Micaria Sociabilis that kills and eats the spider meat because . age.

Masaryk University scientists have come to this conclusion after studying Micaria Sociabilis spider mating behavior within 2 years.

In fact, the spider species kill and eat the same kind of meat is not strange, but so far this phenomenon is only the default for the spider 'Black Widow' , while the male spider eats the spider mite then this is the first time .

Micaria sociabilis males are ready to kill their mates
do not like "face" and age. (Photo: natureworldnews.com)

By forcing male spiders to mate female spiders with many sizes, age, different mating status, 2 experts Lenka Sentenska and Stano Pekar discovered the cause of this "murder" action. the part is because of the female spider's shape, and most of it is due to the age of the female spider (Micaria Sociabilis male spider will kill the partner is the big female because that means that the female is old) .

Springer, one of the participants in the study, said that this phenomenon means that male spider Micaria Sociabilis has the right to choose a partner and it will not be afraid to eat mates just to show dissatisfied with your partner.

'Our research has taken a new look into the unusual system of animal mating. In this system, males, not females are allowed to choose partners, and it is allowed to show their grievances in a cruel, deadly way, " Springer said.