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A Love Letter To The Ocean (2021)

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The Sex Lives of Cockroaches

In fish, the bigger the female is, the more eggs she can carry. Since sperm is really cheap to make, a small male energetically can make a lot of sperm. He can make enough sperm to fertilize all of a large female eggs. And what's happening is the female is actually sort of doing this psychological warfare.

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