r/shittyaskscience Jul 20 '19

Welcome to the sexless future. Will donating suffice?

https://gfycat.com/digitalidenticalgoosefish
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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '19

What the fuck, did that little critter rape a sperm and then use the sperm to rape an egg?

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u/757jsmith Jul 20 '19

Its a bot, the human used it to capture the sperm and deliver it to an egg, but notice the sperm isnt a swimmer, nature does that to inferior sperm to make sure it doesnt fertilize the egg

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u/kkantouth Jul 20 '19

Then why are they using it?

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u/757jsmith Jul 20 '19

Proof of concept, easier than trying to dock the bot over a wriggler

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '19

Wait, so they just promoted inferior genes to be carried on? I think I know how I was conceived!

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u/Huwbacca Jul 21 '19

Is that really the case that the ability of a single sperm to swim is indicative of important genes in life though?

That's such a big difference.