Sperm Race: Female Rectal Movement
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Do sperm really race to the egg?

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Millions of sperm swim as fast as they can toward the egg until one wins the race and wriggles into the egg.
Sperm do swim during this process, but the major movement is provided by contractions of the female reproductive tract.
The egg can't swim, so instead tiny hairs called cilia help it along.
Ashley Hamer is a contributing writer for Live Science .
She's the host of the podcast Taboo Science and the former host of Curiosity Daily from Discovery .
Hamer has a master's degree in jazz saxophone from the University of North Texas .
She has also written for the YouTube channels SciShow and It's Okay to Be Smart.
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