*But the dance is still cute ok*

How's that any different from a human relationship?

SCYTHE

lol

PUN JAIL

NOW

ogod it reminds me

I just have to remember not to drop the pun soap.

This summer I saw my first mantis courtship

Or more I should say, the result of said courtship

Uh huh

Oh

Oooh. Was it a romantis thing to watch?

AKA the male body still attached to the female's sexy bits and the female eating his head

STOPPPP

very romantic

EVERY PUN HURTS MY SARCASTIC SOUL

I guess you could say that she's getting head.

@Farunel....yeah that's kinky not romantic

Kink can be romantic.

LOL

I love mantids

This was the day after we rescued one from a parking lot that was being chased by a kitty

Then amount of puns you pull off will make me block ya some day smh

And yeah, kinks can be romantic, but not literally eating someone's head off

That'd be a shame. A real *pun run*, if you will.

Mutual consent is key

Luckily our rescue wasn't the victim of said beheading

I jest.

She was doing her own thing on another one of our plants

Oof

I mean

I wonder if the male mantises know sex is lethal, or if the female just randomly noms on their head afterwards.

He was still attached at the sexy bits

So I think he probably thought it was a win

lolol

Good question

She needs nourishment.

Most jumping spiders have a mating ritual and uh

Stop

Males tend to not be picky about species