A study of 82 bacula, the bones found in the penis of most male mammals, suggests that they may be used to displace sperm from another male already in a female’s reproductive tract Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2256974-some-animals-may-use-their-penis-bone-to-scoop-out-a-rivals-sperm/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
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Oldest animal sperm found in 100-million-year-old female seed shrimp
Scientists have discovered the oldest animal sperm inside the reproductive tract of a 100-million-year-old female seed shrimp – and it’s nearly as long as the animal that produced it Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2254557-oldest-animal-sperm-found-in-100-million-year-old-female-seed-shrimp/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Coronavirus Found In Men’s Semen
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: The new coronavirus can persist in men’s semen even after they have begun to recover, a finding that raises the possibility the virus could be sexually transmitted, Chinese researchers said Thursday. A team at Shangqiu Municipal Hospital tested 38 male patients treated there at the height of the pandemic in China, in January…