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The Material World

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Mating with a hungry female can be deadlyfor male spiders. Even with prevention tactics immobilising the female in silk threads, presenting herwith a beautifully-wrapped fly, or even biting off one of their own reproductive organs - in certain cannibalistic species the male is devoured after copulation. Join Quentin Cooper as he weaves his way through the web of spiders' sexual behaviour. Producer Martin Redfern

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Quentin Cooper
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Martin Redfern

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