Experts have revealed that a kind of sperm recently discovered can actually reveal if a woman is cheating on the partner.
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If you think your partner is cheating on you, your sperm is capable of letting you know for sure!
According to clinical sexologist, Dr. Lindsey Doe, up to 40 per
cent of male ejaculate is made up of so-called ‘kamikaze’ or ‘fighter
sperm’ designed to prevent another man’s sperm from fertilising the egg.
When a man suspects that his partner is being unfaithful, the
number of these aggressive sperm increases to tackle the perceived
threat.
Explaining the phenomenon, Doe says, “Researchers have looked
into the microscope and seen that maybe we have what are called kamikaze
sperm; killer sperm; fighter sperm.
“This is because 40 per cent of sperm that is in an ejaculate are actually designed to fight off another man’s sperm.”
This means the fighter sperm isn’t designed to fertilise the egg.
Instead, it’s included purely to prevent another male’s sperm from doing
so.
Dr. Doe describes this method of preventing other sperm from reaching the egg as ‘blocking.’
The fighter sperm use their tails as coils to set up traps by weaving them together to create walls and barricades.
Doe added that some fighter sperm would go and attack any sperm it sees as a threat in order to kill them.
These fighter sperm are referred to as ‘kamikaze sperm.’
When males suspect their partners are not being monogamous, Doe
said, their body will produce more ‘fighter sperm’ as the threat is
perceived to be greater.
This does the job of increasing the level of protection against
sperm from other males; but it can significantly reduce the number of
sperm whose job it is to fertilise the egg and therefore reduce the
chances of the female getting pregnant at all.
However, Dr. Doe did explain that this theory, known as sperm competition, is under debate and some deny happens at all.
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