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Old November 16th, 2007, 02:52 PM posted to alt.support.diet.low-carb
Aaron Baugher
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Default A nice little afternoon snack

"Roger Zoul" wrote:
Don't the sperms from the same male compete, each tying to be the
"seed"?


"Cubit" writes:
In same males it seems to be a horse race. With different males there is
actual combat between sperm, if I remember the PBS special correctly.


That's my understanding too, although from other sources than PBS: that
something like 90% of sperm aren't designed to fertilize eggs, but are
built for combat with foreign sperm. I don't know if it's the case with
all animals, or just humans. I just picked up the book "Sperm Wars,"
which I think gets into this in detail, but it's still in my to-read
pile.



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