Antechinus males drop dead after breeding, poisoned by raging hormones. Some also get eaten by their own

When males die from sex-fuelled exhaustion, still-living members of the species are known to feast on fallen comradesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastIf you are exploring our beautiful Australian wilderness this year, keep an eye out for animals behaving in interesting ways. You never know what you might see, as our research team discovered.In 2023, our colleague from Sunshine Coast council, Elliot Bowerman, took a two-night trip to New England national park - its 1,500-metre-high mountain peaks are some of the loftiest on Australia's mid-east coast.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...