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In your photo it seems the female has bigger (or m...

2008-06-11T11:37:00.000-04:00

In your photo it seems the female has bigger (or more) eyes. This would help her to keep an eye on her man and know everything he's up to.

I don't have the answer either, but wanted to toss...

2008-06-10T11:59:00.000-04:00

I don't have the answer either, but wanted to toss in another counter-example.

Isn't the male praying mantis diminutive in comparison to the female?

And, of course, you've got that whole expendable concept in spades there.

Hmmm, I heard that thing about the male spider too...

2008-06-08T10:52:00.000-04:00

Hmmm, I heard that thing about the male spider too.

a. Never know what the male, they may have very large feet in the spider kingdom.

b. Don't believe the expendable thing. I think they're carried off to a beautiful amazon-like world of large powerful females to be worshipped the rest of their life. I think I read that in Nat'l Geographic.

I don't know about that. If you check out the wor...

2008-06-08T10:46:00.000-04:00

I don't know about that. If you check out the world of spiders, which are closer to flies than are birds, you'll see a lot of big honkin' females and itsy-bitsy males. The male's only job in the transaction is to fertilize the female's eggs, then he's expendable.

Plus, if this picture is post-coital, then the male may be all tapped out.

Respectfully,
GDad