http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/06/18/prehistoric-crustaceans-produced-sperm-larger-than-the-animals-themselves/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:04:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/06/18/prehistoric-crustaceans-produced-sperm-larger-than-the-animals-themselves/comment-page-1/#comment-24039 Really Big Sperm « I Heart Guts Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:07:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/06/18/prehistoric-crustaceans-produced-sperm-larger-than-the-animals-themselves/#comment-24039 [...] Apparently a type of ancient crustacean produced sperm that was not shrimpy at all — the manly cells were even bigger than the full grown adult version of itself. Sounds like a hell of a sea monkey to have to give birth to. [Via [...] [...] Apparently a type of ancient crustacean produced sperm that was not shrimpy at all — the manly cells were even bigger than the full grown adult version of itself. Sounds like a hell of a sea monkey to have to give birth to. [Via [...]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/06/18/prehistoric-crustaceans-produced-sperm-larger-than-the-animals-themselves/comment-page-1/#comment-23997 Albert Bakker Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:07:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/06/18/prehistoric-crustaceans-produced-sperm-larger-than-the-animals-themselves/#comment-23997 We learn from fruit flies that making love hurt aids multiplication, just like banana's. The lesson we learn from extinct ostracods is don't try to produce more sperm than yourself, espescially when you look like one. We learn from fruit flies that making love hurt aids multiplication, just like banana’s. The lesson we learn from extinct ostracods is don’t try to produce more sperm than yourself, espescially when you look like one.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/06/18/prehistoric-crustaceans-produced-sperm-larger-than-the-animals-themselves/comment-page-1/#comment-23996 QUASAR Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:47:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/06/18/prehistoric-crustaceans-produced-sperm-larger-than-the-animals-themselves/#comment-23996 That's one big amount of sperm! That’s one big amount of sperm!

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