Spider Love Is a Battlefield | Deep Look

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In order to mate, a male long-jawed orb weaver spider has to hook his huge jaws into those of a larger female. If he doesn’t get it right, he could become her next meal. Is you miss former Deep Look host Laura Klivans' voice, check out her science reporting for KQED public media: https://www.kqed.org/author/lklivans 👉 JOIN our community on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/deeplook SIGN UP for Deep Look’s newsletter, Nature Unseen: https://bit.ly/NatureUnseenSignUp SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/kqeddeeplook?sub_confirmation=1 DEEP LOOK is an ultra-HD (4K) short video series created by KQED in San Francisco and presented by PBS Digital Studios. See the unseen at the very edge of our visible world. Explore big scientific mysteries by going incredibly small. ---+ Find a transcript on KQED Science: https://www.kqed.org/science/1996740/these-spiders-hook-up-with-enormous-jaws ---+ More great Deep Look episodes: Creepy Crawly playlist https://youtu.be/C2Jw5ib-s_I?feature=shared 4 Tiny Romances That Are Almost Too Freaky to Share https://youtu.be/4qKbI2NR_XE?feature=shared This Jumping Spider Trains Itself to Kill https://youtu.be/soBeDiifEAY?feature=shared Why the Male Black Widow Is a Real Home Wrecker https://youtu.be/NpJNeGqExrc?feature=shared ---+ Shoutout! 🏆Congratulations🏆 to the following fans on our Deep Look Community Tab for correctly answering our GIF challenge! Male spiders produce sperm in their testes, which are in their abdomen, and deliver it to females with their pedipalps. @MoltedFeathers @waffletoast1 ---+ Thank you to our top Patreon supporters ($10+ per month)! Lily, Vinny, Izzy Altschuler H.M. Andrew Edgar Betancourt Levi Cai Jack Conklin David Deshpande Elizabeth Ann Ditz Stephanie Dole Jessica Duplechin Jamie Edwards Chris B Emrick Rachel Fenichel Kristy Folsom Susan Fuhs Daisuke Goto Elia Gourguechon-Buot Noreen Herrington Jessica Hiraoka Burt Humburg Jellyman Titania Juang Julia Ma Eric Marsh Carrie Mukaida Louis O'Neill Hank Poppe Cristen Rasmussen Karen Reynolds Mehdi Salarkia El Samuels Jeff Schumacher Darby Sullivan Wade Tregaskis Walter Tschinkel Oliver Wakeling Kristine Wee Roberta K Wright Brigitte Xia ---+ Follow Deep Look and KQED Science on social: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@deeplookofficial Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/deeplook Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kqedscience/ Twitter/X: https://www.twitter.com/kqedscience ---+ About KQED KQED, an NPR and PBS member station in San Francisco, serves Northern California and beyond with a public-supported alternative to commercial TV, radio and web media. Funding for Deep Look is provided in part by PBS Digital Studios and the members of KQED. #orbweaver #deeplook