Channel: New Scientist

Category: Science & Technology

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Description: To escape sexual cannibalism, some animals or even play dead – but male orb-weaving spiders have developed another approach: after copulation, they rapidly catapult to safety. Learn more ➤ newscientist.com/article/2317295-watch-male-orb-weaver-spiders-catapult-off-females-to-escape-death Subscribe ➤ bit.ly/NSYTSUBS Get more from New Scientist: Official website: bit.ly/NSYTHP Facebook: bit.ly/NSYTFB Twitter: bit.ly/NSYTTW Instagram: bit.ly/NSYTINSTA LinkedIn: bit.ly/NSYTLIN About New Scientist: New Scientist was founded in 1956 for “all those interested in scientific discovery and its social consequences”. Today our website, videos, newsletters, app, podcast and print magazine cover the world’s most important, exciting and entertaining science news as well as asking the big-picture questions about life, the universe, and what it means to be human. New Scientist newscientist.com