Every sperm for themselves!

Comments

• Mothra@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I figured a picture of a marathon vs people on a queue

  source

  • dogsoahC@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Shit, that would have been better.

    source
• Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Isn’t this fairly disprove by science now and sperm fertilising an egg is now seen as more of a group effort?

  source

  • abbadon420@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes, they all boink the shell until it’s boinked enough for one of them to break through. Than that one thanks his mates by shutting and locking the door and leaving them out there to die.

    source

    • Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I also thought that there were support sperm who basically just help other sperm reach the egg.

      source
• flora_explora@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is a dumb meme that is only based on sexist assumptions of gender roles. And it sure isn’t a science meme.

  source

  • dogsoahC@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What.

    source
  • Phineaz@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ll bite: How is this related to gender?

    source

    • flora_explora@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Isn’t this picture of ‘male’ sperms violently competing with each other while ‘female’ oocytes peacefully cooperating anything but a projection of gender expectations?

      source

      • -> View More Comments
• RickAstleyfounddead@lemy.lol ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Which are which

  source
• RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Explains how my X sperm got an SRY gene on it.

  source
• bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And after unsuccessful fertilisation the images are reversed.

  source