@ectotherm_aesthetics: A unfortunate occurrence is cannibalism during mating in tarantulas. This video solely demonstrates what can happen during mating in spiders. Disclaimer: it wasn't planned that the female eats the male and wasn't set up to be like that. the female seemed calm. then it happened too fast and there was no chance in saving the male because it has already been bitten in the first seconds, I didn't want to intervene afterwards, in order to not hurt the female. I am expecting a lot of "experts" talking about prevention etc, I had the same discussions on Instagram. You don't know the age and circumstances of the male, and how often he has already been bred. After all it is a natural occurrence that older males often get eaten during mating, especially with Chilobrachys. #tarantula #arachnid #spider #viral