Sexual violence in the animal kingdom is not uncommon, there's black widow spiders (though not 100% of the time) along with several other spiders, praying mantis and other insects, and sometimes blue lined octopuses. The octopus being a clever creature has developed a work around to save themselves from the deadly mating ritual, they bite the female and a small amount of poison paralyzes her for around eight minutes, not enough to cause any lasting harm but enough to copulate without being eaten alive. So much for females being the weaker sex.
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