Sure, love can break your heart. But if you’re a male praying mantis, it can literally eat you alive. During mating, the female bites off his head… and then devours his corpse for nourishment.In fact, of the species that exhibit cannibalism of their mates, studies have shown that the females make a meal out of the males between just 13 and 28 percent of the time.
Sure, love can break your heart. But if you’re a male praying mantis, it can literally eat you alive. During mating, the female bites off his head… and then devours his corpse for nourishment.In fact, of the species that exhibit cannibalism of their mates, studies have shown that the females make a meal out of the males between just 13 and 28 percent of the time.