Ohhh, that explains it. Thanks, Marek. It also sheds light on a mating behavior of humans -- the way men take women out for dinner BEFORE other mating activities, especially in the early stages of getting acquainted before the woman is lulled by hormonal attachment. When spiders get that one figured out, their evolution will leap forward.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" wrote: > > Hey, Ispiritkin. I wouldn't know since I just found > that on Youtube, but I've watched other spiders > doing their mating thing and since the issue for the > male is how to procreate without being consumed, what > I've observed (and what I think that little jumping > spider dance video also supports) is that the male > does a kind of hypno-dance that mesmerizes the female > into inertness. Most (all?) male spiders carry the > sperm on what appear to be two, smaller front legs > called pedipalps and they have to get pretty close > to transfer it to the female. With luck, the female > is too dopey to realize that her little love morsel > has fled. > > Ah, love. > > Marek
