Watch: Kinky Male Spiders Tie Up Females to Survive Sex, National Geographic

In some spider species, females are known to cannibalize males after sex. Watch as the male nursery web spider attempts to avoid this deadly fate by tying up the female s legs prior to copulation. Subscribe: About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their worldclass scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to the stories that matter and past the ed