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PARIS A male Springbok praying mantis looking for a hook up doesn t have to worry about a female stealing his heart away.
There is, however, a very good change she ll bite his head off, and he knows it.
Indeed, 60 per cent of sexual encounters between Springboks one of nearly 2,000 mantis species across the globe end in males being eaten as snack. Males play Russian roulette whenever they encounter cannibalistic females, explained Nathan Burke, an entomologist at the University of Auckland and an expert on mantis mating rituals.
All male mantises show extreme caution when approaching a prospective partner. Hard to blame them.