Antechinus: The tiny marsupials where males have sex until they die — then females eat their corpses

Name: Antechinus (Antechinus)

Where it lives: Australia

What it eats: Insects, spiders, centipedes and sometimes frogs and small reptiles

Why it's awesome: Antechinuses are little marsupials about the size of gerbils with a bizarre reproductive system: the males have sex until they die from organ failure.

There are 15 species of Antechinus all with the same deadly mating system. Their breeding season is a frenzied period lasting just two to three weeks. During this time, males give up sleep to have as much sex as possible, going for up to 14 hours at a time in the hope of passing on their genes. Once the breeding season ends, all the males drop dead. Read More »

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During more than a decade of American alcohol prohibition, the black economy grew stronger through alcohol smuggling. Secret revelries were opened, and the poorer social strata produced the drinks, which were often of poor quality and dangerous to health, for themselves.

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