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Introducing Genetics Unzipped
Big Biology
Why Do You Sacrifice Yourself for Spider Lings?
The spider mothers regurge their own body organs, liquefying themselves from the iside. After feeding her babies, has reduced her to a hollow hustate, her children swarm on top of her and eat whatever remains. This extreme behaviour makes sense when you think about it from the jean's point of view. These spiders only lay one clutch of eggs in their lifetime. And so know categorically that they're not tending t their own young. Why on earth would you benefit from sacrificing yourself for some one else's kids? The answer is in breeding.
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