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A Seminal Moment for Science

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    George K
    wrote on 16 Sept 2020, 15:46 last edited by
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    https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3azm9y/scientists-discover-100-million-year-old-sperm-preserved-in-amber

    the cells belong to a special class of “giant sperm” that is still observable in modern ostracods, the family to which the extinct Cretaceous crustacean belongs. Whereas most animals produce high numbers of small sperm cells, some make small numbers of huge sperm cells. Modern ostracod sperm can measure up to 4.3 times the length of the male’s actual body.

    Renate Matzke-Karasz, a geobiologist at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich who co-authored the study, pointed out that an equivalent ratio in humans would result in sperm cells that measured about 24-feet long.

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      LuFins Dad
      wrote on 16 Sept 2020, 15:57 last edited by
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      Amber is Aqua’s sister’s stage name.

      The Brad

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        Mik
        wrote on 16 Sept 2020, 16:42 last edited by
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        Life finds a way.

        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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