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5 weird mating rituals of the animal kingdom

by JoAnna Wendel

Female Cyrtophora citricola spiders eat their male partners after copulation.

Female anglerfish are enormous compared to their male companions. When a male is ready to mate, he fuses to his sweetie and spends the rest of his days as a living sperm sac.

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