Question

What animals kill their mate?

Answer 1

Sexual cannibalism:

1. Sexual cannibalism means when an animal, usually the female, kills its mate prior to, during, or after copulation.
2. The most common example is praying mantises.
3. Their females often bite the heads of their paramours off after mating.
4. This behaviour is often attributed to ensure the survival of female and its offspring.
5. The practice is also seen in some spiders and because of that, they have been given the name black widow spiders.