by Mariëtte Le Roux PARIS, France (AFP) — Whenever the “widow” spider is mentioned, people tend to sympathise with the hapless male — best known for its tendency to end up as a post-coital snack. Well, pity them no more. Widow spider males have developed a rather gruesome method of saving their own skins, scientists revealed on Wednesday. To avoid becoming the lunch of adult females, some males have taken to inseminating juveniles which have no […]





