Science Daily reports on the sexual habits of redback spiders:
"Courtship between redbacks lasts an average of 50 minutes when males are competing and 4.5 hours for single, non-competing males. Copulation lasts from 6 to 31 minutes, and males are usually injured or killed during the process."
Sedgwickian. Also, the researchers found that smaller spiders make better lovers.
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