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No Stinking Rules
During mating season, male hanging flies take gift-giving to a new level. They offer females the corpse of a dead insect. If the female accepts the gift, the couple's genitalia link up and the female maneuvers until she is hanging upside down. During copulation, the female chows on her snack while the male supports her by holding her legs. But males providing insufficient gifts get flung off by the female before insemination is complete.
