AA << reinvestigated whether nuptial gifts may function as a shield against female attacks during mating encounters in the spider Pisaura mirabilis and whether female hunger influences the likelihood of cannibalistic attacks. The results showed that pre-copulatory sexual cannibalism was enhanced when males courted without a gift and this was independent of female hunger. >>
Soren Toft, Maria J. Albo. The shield effect: nuptial gifts protect males against pre-copulatory sexual cannibalism. The Royal Society. Biology Letters. Published 18 May 2016.DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.1082
http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/12/5/20151082
Susan Milius.To prevent cannibalism, bring chocolate. The romantic gifts of nursery web spiders will work as self-defense. July 26, 2016 9:00AM
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/prevent-cannibalism-bring-chocolate
FonT: in teoria di sistemi si potrebbe, dopo appropriata analisi delle dinamiche "sottotraccia", esportare questo complesso comportamentale allo scopo di "modellizzare altrove", vale a dire all'interno di contesti altri ...; in tali casi sarebbe opportuno estendere, dilatare oppure sostituire il termine "cannibalism" in funzione delle differenti situazioni testate ...;
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about safety waves ... http://flashontrack.blogspot.it/2016/01/rmx-s-behav-bizzarre-paddle-game-about.html