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>Male and female wood roaches are one of the few insect couples suspected of truly mating for life. The secret to one species' long-lasting love? A bit of mutual cannibalism.

>In a revelry of post-coital bliss, mating cockroaches (Salganea taiwanensis) have been filmed chowing down on each other's wings for days on end, taking turns to eat and be eaten.

>What's more, out in the field, over 99 percent of roach parents appear to possess chewed stumps for wings, which suggests the practice is common.

>Collecting wild specimens in the woods of Japan, researchers have now filmed 24 pairs of insects over the course of three days to figure out what these creatures are doing and why.

>Most of the time after mating, the roach being eaten in the footage remained entirely motionless. Just over a third of the time, the recipient "violently shook its body left and right", which would sometimes get its mate to stop. In half the couples, the feasting continued until all four wings were completely gone.

Would you let your oshi eat your limbs?