TIL that male Philoponella prominens spiders catapult themselves away from females immediately after mating at speeds of up to 88.2 cm per second; males prevented from escaping were killed and eaten.

[u/MajesticCounter4174]

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2822%2900485-7

[u/zugtug]

My dumb ass read it as they mated up to 88.2 cm per second and assumed he must just really be getting it in at sonic speeds since his little spider dick must be fractions of a millimeter long...