A deadly dance off 🕺 It’s dance or die for this peacock spider. In order to mate and avoid being killed, he needs to pull out all the stops to impress this female spider. If not, it’s murder on the dance floor. | BBC Earth

A short scene showing the courtship dance of the as yet unnamed species from the southwest of Western Australia. These dances go on for quite a while, one of the scenes I filmed lasts for over 15 minutes. Often these encounters end with the female attacking the male but I have not seen a single male being injured, they seem quite comfortable with whatever the females are throwing at them. In one of the scenes I captured the male even munches away on an insect while courting the female. There is

Courtship dance of the peacock spider. | Animals Videos

6.5K views · 286 reactions | "Dance like no one’s watching" Meet the peacock spider, they’re only found in Australia and are about as small as a grain of rice! The male spiders perform a mating ritual with their colorful bodies to persuade females to mate with them. If, however, the female rejects the male’s offer, she may end up eating him! Read more here: https://www.mayexterminating.com/6-surprising-facts-about-peacock-spiders/  Unknown | Roar Wildlife News | Facebook

1.8M views · 2.6K reactions | Check out the amazing peacock spiders. They're only 3 to 5mm long, incredibly colourful, are "like dogs or cats" in their behaviour and found all over Australia – and now seven new species of these beautiful performers have been discovered. | Guardian Australia | Facebook