To be devoured by his mate,
So, adaptations quite complex
Evolved, to insure his safe sex.
Some species, to shun complications,
Tie up their mates before copulation,
And, after mating, leave their mate
Before she herself can extricate.
A biologist proved that this was so,
When she deprived the hapless beaus
From spinning silk, and although smitten,
By their lovers they were eaten,
While those who used their silky thread
To tie the females' legs instead,
Escaped from their mates' abuse
This clever trick again to use.
Thus nature evolved clever means
To propagate some species' genes...