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Arachnology 节肢动物学 Having a mate for dinner 情人为食 Male spiders make the supreme sacrifice for theirchildren 雄蛛对后代的无私奉献 AMONG spiders, the female of the species really is more deadly than the male. 蜘蛛家族中,雌蛛致命性比雄蛛高得多。交配后将配偶狼吞虎咽地吃掉，雌蛛因此声名在外。 Lady arachnids have a well-deserved reputation for polishing off their suitors, post copula,in a manner that Hannibal Lecter might have admired. 它们的这一行为或许在一定程度上赢得了汉尼拔莱克特的敬仰， But it has never been clear why this happens. 然而其原因一直不为人所知。 Some biologists believe it is simply a mixtureof female hunger and the availability of a meal that is in no position to run away. 一些生物学家认为这仅仅是因为雌蛛饿了，而盘中餐又无力逃脱。 Others suspect that the male is actually sacrificing his life for the good of his genes. 一些生物学家认为雄蛛是为他的基因而牺牲的。 In other words, his becoming a meal for his paramour somehow helps the offspring of theirunion. | 
