As far as I know most of these are true to some extent, though there are always exceptions. The praying mantis one, for instance, is true in some cases, but it's not necessarily the norm. The female will only eat the male if she hasn't had a substantial meal prior to mating. She does this basically because she needs extra protein for the eggs. The bombadier beetle one is very true, so is the one about the slave-making ants. The one about army ants is true if you're a baby or a small animal, but it's not likely that they'd be able to take down an adult person, or that they would even bother to try. The scorpion one I don't know about, but I have heard of scorpions stinging themselves to death so I suppose there could be some truth to it. I've never done much research into that, though. Anyway, I love this song. I'm studying entomology in school right now and I've always loved this kinda stuff so this song definitely increased my liking for Tom Waits quite a bit :)
As far as I know most of these are true to some extent, though there are always exceptions. The praying mantis one, for instance, is true in some cases, but it's not necessarily the norm. The female will only eat the male if she hasn't had a substantial meal prior to mating. She does this basically because she needs extra protein for the eggs. The bombadier beetle one is very true, so is the one about the slave-making ants. The one about army ants is true if you're a baby or a small animal, but it's not likely that they'd be able to take down an adult person, or that they would even bother to try. The scorpion one I don't know about, but I have heard of scorpions stinging themselves to death so I suppose there could be some truth to it. I've never done much research into that, though. Anyway, I love this song. I'm studying entomology in school right now and I've always loved this kinda stuff so this song definitely increased my liking for Tom Waits quite a bit :)