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雌螳螂以在性接触或性邂逅(sexual encounter)过程中或之后攻击和吞食雄螳螂而闻名,但越来越多的证据表明,一些雄螳螂也会攻击雌性,赢得一场战斗对成功交配至关重要。
结果取决于谁在前12小时内赢得了战斗。如果雌性赢得了战斗,她总是会吃掉雄性。但如果雄性获胜,交配是最常见的结果。
Male mantises fight females to mate - but they get eaten if they lose
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2265210-male-mantises-fight-females-to-mate-but-they-get-eaten-if-they-lose/
Journal reference: Biology Letters, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0811
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