Why are females more expensive?

[simplechamp]

Correct but look at it this way if females only gave one or two eggs they'd be cheaper. But take for example my last clutch 11 eggs 8 of which are spiders. Now who was more important the male that pass 1/2 its genetic material to each offspring or the female that produce the 11 off spring. If it was the male could secure a certain number of baby's they'd cost more. But since the female determines the number of baby's they are the greater part of the puzzle. From a business and cost stand point

Now we are really going into a "which came first the snake or the egg?" question! The female would never be able to produce offspring without the male, and the male couldn't pass his genes without the female.

A male can be responsible for helping producing 5 11 egg clutches, a female can be responsible for producing 1 11 egg clutch.

We better stop before we create a paradox logic loop that creates a wormhole and sucks us into another universe

I gotta go have some breakfast before my brain explodes!