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SNAKE DANCE: An Austin-Peay State University student captured video of this "snake mating dance" with three Cottonmouths at a pond in Alabama. (Video courtesy of Claire Ciafre) DETAILS: https://on.nc5.co/2XIZAnr | NewsChannel 5 Nashville

Snake mating is....different. | Discovery

When male jumping spiders flirt with females, they are often risking their lives. What you see here is a mating dance, and unfortunately this poor guy gets rejected. Lucky for him he escapes with his life, because often females will eat their rejected partner! 🕷 📹: @ EstradaWildPhotography #JumpingSpiders #Spiders | Animal Planet

Footage by Shichang Zhang After mating, male orb-weaving #spiders catapult from the scene to avoid being cannibalized by their female counterparts 🕷️ This maneuver occurs at a speed too fast for a human to see with the naked eye and was captured using a high speed macro camera. | Discovery