In jumping spiders in general, the males are not trying to get eaten. They are very much trying to dance successfully, mate and then get out of there to do it again. That doesn't mean that they don't get eaten. The rate of how often they get eaten varies a lot with like, how hungry the female is,. If she's mated before, how much space the male has to getting out of there. And so males, they are very, a, that's the right word, tightly wound. And that if something starts to go wrong, they might just like, hit the eject button. Just jump, like, to get out ofthere as soon as possible.

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