Many simple animals are like little robots in the sense that a particular stimulus triggers a particular response (sort of a 'see-food diet' thing). Spiders and scorpions are particularly notorious for the care they have to take in order to mate. Generally the male wanders around to find a female to mate with, and then he has to signal to her somehow that he's not her lunch, but her mate. This can be tricky! Spiders have all sorts of signals, including visual dances and audible drumbeats or web-plucking guitar solos. Scorpions are similar in that at least some kinds beat out a signal on the ground that the female recognizes as 'not-food', and after the female is calmed down a bit, the male takes her claws in his and leads her around in a romantic little dance for a while. At some point, he deposits a spermatophore (think of it as a little 'sperm-tree') and leads the female over it. She 'sits on' it and is hopefully fertilized. After that, the male skips town as fast as he can, before she decides that she's more hungry than excited. Not all males make it; some females are faster or hungrier than others. Think about that the next time you feel you have it tough in the dating game... (Note - just see from your photo that you're a woman. Um, no offense intended, of course! Women are great! Dating is fun!)
2007-05-03 02:52:06
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answered by John R 7
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I'm not trying to be a smart-@$$, but "scientifically speaking", the correct question would be, "How do they reproduce?". I'm pretty sure 'love making' is a term used by/for humans only/
2007-05-03 02:40:33
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answered by Smoothie 5
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i thought that at some point the male exposes his head to the female if she likes him she would kiss or rub her chin on his head but if she doesn't well i hope he updated his will ;D she will go for the kill and sting him he thought he would have dinner with her but he was on the menu
2016-11-01 12:08:47
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answered by bebo 1
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