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WhileNotLurking t1_iryl3pi wrote

Reply to comment by jimihughes in Cooperative sperm outrun loners in the mating race. In simulated reproductive tracts of animals like cattle and humans, the behavior increases the chances that groups of cooperative bovine sperm will outpace meandering loners as they race to fertilize a female egg cell, physicists report. by MistWeaver80

That or bovine are heard animals from before birth. You would need to replicate this in non-herd / non-pack / non-social creatures to validate that hypothesis

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InappropriateTA t1_irymqx8 wrote

Herd. I mean, they’re also heard if they make noise and someone is close enough to hear them…

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