The wood-feeding cockroach may be the only known example of a species that practices mutual sexual cannibalism – both male and female nibble each other’s wings after mating Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2267476-cannibal-cockroaches-nibble-each-others-wings-after-they-have-mated/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
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16th-century ritual sacrifice, cannibalism and bloody slaughter revealed in Mexican city
Conquistadors murdered hundreds of Acolhua people, a sister culture of the Aztecs, after members of a Spanish caravan in Mexico were captured, sacrificed and eaten. Source: https://www.livescience.com/mexico-massacre-spanish-aztecs.html
Scientists set up mantis ‘gladiator matches’ to see why some males keep their heads after sex
Male springbok mantises that attack females can sometimes escape cannibalism. Source: https://www.livescience.com/male-mantis-escapes-cannibalism.html
Megalodon shark’s enormous babies ate their siblings in the womb
Megalodons – the extinct giant sharks that lived in most of Earth’s oceans about 3 million years ago – gave birth to babies that were larger than adult humans, scientists say. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/megalodon-extinct-giant-shark-enormous-babies…
Adorable monkeys caught commiting grisly act of cannibalism
Cannibalism is rarely observed among primates, but it’s not unheard of. Source: https://www.livescience.com/first-white-faced-capuchin-cannibalism.html
Capuchin monkeys spotted eating infant in rare act of cannibalism
Cannibalism is extremely rare among the primates living in the Americas – but some capuchin monkeys have now been spotted eating a dead infant Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2260219-capuchin-monkeys-spotted-eating-infant-in-rare-act-of-cannibalism/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
CDC Warns of Increasingly Aggressive Rodents Looking For New Food Sources
New submitter Way Smarter Than You shares a report from The Seattle Times: Humans aren’t the only ones hankering for the days they could dine out at their cities’ restaurants: Some rats that miss feasting on the scraps are becoming increasingly brazen to find new food sources, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Thursday. Amid stay-home restrictions set across…
Wolf spiders may turn to cannibalism in a warming Arctic
Arctic wolf spiders’ tastes in prey might be changing. The changes could initiate a new cascade of food web interactions that could potentially alleviate some impacts of global warming. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/wolf-spiders-cannibalism-warming-arctic-video…
Bright Star Betelgeuse Might Be Harboring a Deep, Dark Secret
A new model suggests that the star Betelgeuse committed an act of cannibalism. Source: https://www.livescience.com/betelgeuse-may-have-been-two-stars.html
Thousands of Ants Trapped in Polish Nuclear Bunker Turn to Cannibalism to Survive
After a group of worker ants became trapped in a sealed nuclear bunker in Poland, they formed a queen-free “colony” that survived through cannibalism. Source: https://www.livescience.com/nuclear-bunker-cannibal-ants.html