NZ males endangered species

Jim Hopkins ruminates on the news New Zealand men’s sperm count is in decline:

Mainly because they’re as daft as the blokes who produce them. You see, what happens is that sperm get so overexcited at the prospect of hurtling to oblivion that millions of them actually beat themselves to death with their own tails.

It’s true! They wiggle so hard they kill themselves. Which doesn’t really advance the argument for intelligent design but is a nigh perfect metaphor for most male behaviour.

“Oh, wow! This must be fun. It really hurts!!!!”

The rest of his column is here.

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