Dr Ann Jones

The wood mouse sperm hooks one sperm to another and forms a sperm train.

It's truly beautiful.

It's truly beautiful.

And is it altruistic?

And is it altruistic?

Is this like the teams of riders that lead the whole Tour de France stage only for some dude who is right in the middle of the pack to appear and blammo fertilise the egg like he did all the work himself?

Is this like the teams of riders that lead the whole Tour de France stage only for some dude who is right in the middle of the pack to appear and blammo fertilise the egg like he did all the work himself?

I always thought of sperm as these henchmen sorts acting without reference to society and only on their own needs and desires.

I always thought of sperm as these henchmen sorts acting without reference to society and only on their own needs and desires.

There's at least one message from the egg that's like, come here, and another that says, go round, go round.

There's at least one message from the egg that's like, come here, and another that says, go round, go round.

These mouse-over literally have better communication than some of my exes.

These mouse-over literally have better communication than some of my exes.

So how does this tally up against the whole sexual conflict, every mouse for themselves thing, when there's elements of teamwork in reproduction?

So how does this tally up against the whole sexual conflict, every mouse for themselves thing, when there's elements of teamwork in reproduction?

Is the battle of the sexes even a thing?

Is the battle of the sexes even a thing?

Or is everyone working towards the survival of the species together?

Or is everyone working towards the survival of the species together?

Oh, it's like the failure of the socialist state, isn't it?