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Sexual selection and spiders

To pass his genes on to the next generation, a male must succeed in mating with a female. The accomplishment of this task can involve elaborate physical ornamentation, complex courtship displays and sometimes huge risks, as Oliver Wearing explains

Sexual dimorphism is particularly exaggerated in many spiders, as illustrated by this male (right) and female (left) of the same species

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