How big is a whales sperm?

The sperm whale or cachalot is the largest of the toothed whales and the largest toothed predator. It is the only living member of the genus Physeter and one of three extant species in the sperm whale family, along with the pygmy sperm whale and dwarf sperm whale of the genus Kogia.

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How big is a whales sperm cell?

Amazing, whales have some of the smallest sperm of all mammals. They vary from 50-75 microns, whereas human sperm are 40-90 microns long. It is thought that whales have such small sperm because the female reproductive tract is so large that having longer sperm doesn't give a male any extra advantage.
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How small is whale sperm?

Well, sperm cells are actually really tiny. In fact, they are some of the smallest cells in the human body, and measure just 0.005cm.
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What animal has biggest sperm?

Drosophila bifurca is a species of fruit fly. Males of this species are known to have the longest sperm cells of any organism on Earth—an impressive 5.8 cm long when uncoiled, over twenty times the entire body length of the male.
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How big is a blue whale sperm load?

Each ejaculation is believed to contain around 20 litres of semen. The blue whale's genitals are proportional to its imposing size, which can reach up to thirty metres long or so. The animal's penis measures an average of 2.4 m.
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Who has the smallest sperm?

Sperm is the male reproductive cell. Smallest sperm is found in crocodiles and Amphioxus (. 02 mm).
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What animal has the smallest sperm?

Sperm length varies by several orders of magnitude across species, from the tiny sperm of the porcupine (0.0003 cm) to the gigantic sperm of the fruit fly (6 cm), which is more than 20 times the length of the fly.
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What is a giant sperm?

The researchers say that while most animals produce huge numbers of tiny sperm, there are still animals that exist today that produce so-called “giant” sperm. Some modern ostracods and species of fruit flies produce sperm many times longer than their bodies.
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What is the size of a male sperm?

Sperm are tiny. Like really tiny. The average sperm measures just 4.3 micrometers (μm) long and 2.9 μm wide .
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How large is a sperm?

Sperm Are Tiny

Each one measures about 0.002 inch from head to tail, or about 50 micrometers. Of course, what sperm lack in size they more than make up in sheer numbers. If a guy could coax all the sperm in one ejaculate to line up end to end, they'd stretch six miles. That's a lot of sperm.
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Why is my sperm so thick?

Thick semen usually results from a higher than normal concentration of sperm in a typical volume of semen, or from having a high number of sperm with an irregular shape (morphology). High sperm concentration often indicates that you're more likely to impregnate a female partner.
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How big is a blue whale poop?

A blue whale can excrete up to 200 litres of poo in one bowel movement.
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How big is a blue whale testicle?

It turns out that one fin whale testicle weighs around 7-8 kilos and is the size of a basketball. The fin whale is also called the finback whale, razorback or common rorqual and is the second largest animal after the blue whale, growing to 27,3 metres (89,5 ft) long and weighing nearly 74 tonnes.
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How long does it take for a man's balls to fill back up?

Your body produces fresh sperm every day, and your sperm supply gets replenished at least every 64 days.
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Is mouse sperm bigger than elephant sperm?

However, a study conducted by researchers from the Universities of Zurich and Stockholm now reveals that the size of the animals also matters. The larger the animal, the more important the number of sperm is relative to sperm length. That's why elephants have smaller sperm than mice.
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Do flies have sperm?

Female Drosophila bifurca flies have an organ to store sperm (right) that male flies compete to fill, crowding out rivals. You can't help but notice that Scott Pitnick has a big tattoo. It's a sperm with a long tail that winds down his right arm.
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How big is a fruit fly sperm?

One extreme example of this is the fruit fly. Some species of these flies can produce coiled-up sperm more than 2 inches long, which is 20 times the length of their own body. That's a thousand times as long as than human sperm.
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Is mouse sperm the same size as human sperm?

Asian elephant sperm measures about 56 micrometers (0.002 inches), while mouse sperm is about 124 micrometers (0.005 inches). Although mouse sperm is much larger, mice only release 9.5 million of them — compared to more than 200 billion sperm ejaculated by an elephant.
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Can animal sperm fertilize human egg?

A half man/half dog wouldn't get very far past a single cell (assuming the egg and sperm could even come together!). This is because dogs and people have very different sets of instructions in their DNA. Their genomes are simply too different to come together and make something that will live.
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Is sperm made of blood?

Not literally, but in a way yes. Actually, blood brings oxygen and nutrition to the testicles. In fact, everything in our body (both in males and females) gets oxygen and nutrients from blood. So, while blood should not present in the semen, it is responsible for the sperm production process.
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Do all sperm look the same?

Most people probably think of sperm as the microscopic tadpole-like things wriggling around in human semen. But there is an astonishing amount of diversity in the size, shape and number of sperm produced by male animals.
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What color is whale sperm?

The Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) is the largest of all toothed whales and is the largest toothed animal alive, measuring up to 18 metres (60 ft) long. The whale was named after the milky-white substance spermaceti found in its head and originally mistaken for sperm.
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How big are elephant balls?

Testicles. The elephant's testicles - about the size of a "respectable globe" - are located under 2 inches of skin, 12 inches of muscle, 4 inches of fat, and an extremely thick 69 inches of hair. Consequently, elephant vasectomies are extremely difficult to perform anal sex.
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Can whales fart?

The short answer is yes; whales do fart, flatus, or pass gas, depending on how you like to phrase it. In fact, whales, dolphins, and porpoises are all marine mammals belonging to the cetacean species, and they are all known to fart.
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What is whale vomit used for?

Whale vomit has been used in some expensive perfumes as it allows the scent to last longer. Amberin, an odourless alcohol, is believed to make a perfume's scent last longer. On exposure to a certain type of activated oxygen, amberin creates fragrance compounds that are lighter and more volatile.
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