Sperms : 10 Amazing Facts You Should Know of

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When it comes to sperms, people always seem to have an agenda. While some of us want to buy or sell it, others want to get the sperm cells killed. And, there are some who just fret over their failure to get the job done. t’s little odd that why people like us can’t appreciate sperm for the amazing little wrigglers that they are? After all, without sperm, the world would be a very lonely place.

One thing is for sure. Love it or hate it, you definitely can’t ignore sperm cells as a whole. So, this time we have decided to bring you 10 amazing facts regarding sperms. All the facts were contributed by Dr. Craig Niederberger, professor of urology at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

90% of the sperm in a man’s ejaculate are deformed

Nothing to worry about the above headline. Two heads, two tails, huge heads, pinheads, coiled tails - the list of common deformities is a long one. But it surely does not affect fertilization in any way. According to Dr. Niederberger, the deformity is the price of monogamy. In his words,

For those species where more than one male’s sperm can find itself in a female at the same time, the sperm are much more uniform in appearance.

Fortunately or unfortunately, in human species, Joe and Sam’s sperm don’t usually find themselves in Betty at the same time.

Half a teaspoon is enough. Not to eat, but to fertilize!!

Yes, you have guessed it right. That’s how much a man typically ejaculates at a time. If you think it isn’t much, think again. For better or worse we don’t know, but half a teaspoon of sperms seems to get the job done quite well.

Do not mix Sperm with Semen!!

Semen is a fluid which is a mixture of sperm cells, substances from prostrate glands and a pair of rabbit ear-shaped organs inside the pelvis called the seminal vesicles. So, sperm cells are only a part of semen. Both are not the same thing.

Sperm cells are made in the testicles and need lots of high-octane fuel to whip their tails. Lucky for them (and us), sperm get the fuel they need in the form of sugar fructose, which is supplied by the seminal vesicles. Fluid from the prostate contains chemicals that cause semen to liquefy once it’s inside the female. Without it, sperm would be locked in place and unable to swim.

Sperms have over 200 Million Competitors!

It takes only one sperm cell to fertilize a woman’s egg. But there’s stiff competition for that honor. In fact, the average ejaculate of a man contains 200 million sperm. Best of luck to each of you.

No Holiday for the Sperms

Men produce sperms all day, everyday, throughout their life. As they age, their sperm may become little sluggish and their DNA gets a bit more fragmented. But the factory never closes. It’s eternal spring in your lifetime.

Even Dead Sperm Can Make Live Babies

To fertilize an egg in the old-fashioned way, sperm need to be able to swim. But not so with in-vitro (test tube) fertilization. In fact, when IVF technicians use tiny, robotically controlled glass straws to insert a single sperm inside an egg, they sometimes beat the sperm with the glass until it stops moving. The only thing that matters is the DNA inside the sperm. It doesn’t matter even if the sperm is immobile or in active.

Sperms do not need a road map

Sperms move inside the uterus by whiping their tails. But many have a hard time moving in a straight line. In fact, only about half do. The rest swim around in circles or bob along with the motion of the semen. But surprisingly, despite the presence of hair cells in the tubes connecting the uterus to the ovaries and non-uniformity in motion, plenty of the sperm cells make it to the egg.

It’s the “Y” that matters

Once a sperm fuses with an egg, the chromosomes interchange bits of DNA among each other. It means that each of the cell becomes a mash-up of mom’s and dad’s DNA. But there’s one big exception. The Y chromosome of the sperm cell has no counterpart within the egg’s DNA. And so it’s passed along essentially unchanged from father to son.
In fact, a man’s Y chromosome looks just like his father’s and his father’s father’s, and so on, back through the generations.

Testicles are like little Refrigerators

Sexual pleasures may be hot, but sperms prefer to stay in a cooler side. A temperature in a man’s testicles stays 7 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than ordinary body temperature, which is perfectly right for producing healthy sperm.

There is a myth that wearing brief or crossing his legs causes the temperature of testicles to increase by 2 degree. It is true by the way. But it is also very normal. Loads of guys who wears brief or cross their legs have successfully become dads. According to Dr. Neiderberger, the idea that wearing boxers will help boost fertility, is probably misguided.

Two Months to Make Sperm

In the latest studies. Dr. Neiderberg has found that it takes nearly 2 months to produce sperm cells. He stated that

Sperm are being started all the time, just like an assembly line. You don’t wait for a truck to finish the assembly line before starting to build another, right? But just like an assembly line, it takes time to go from the start to the end.

So our advice to all you guys- get busy soon.
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