Eight Forty-Eight takes a …

Eight Forty-Eight takes a …

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Eight Forty-Eight takes a break for the week to bring you Radio Lab: Sperm.

Why so many sperm? The episode turns to the animal kingdom to answer that question, which lands us on a tour of sperm battles in ducks, flying pig sperm, and promiscuous whippoorwills.