Men's Ability to Taste Linked to Fertility?

Image by  צביה   from Wikipedia Researchers found that two proteins that govern the ability to taste sweet and savory profoundly influenced sperm development. This surprising connection between taste and male fertility occurred when the gene encoding the taste receptor proteins TAS1R3 (part of savory taste receptor) and GNAT3 (converts oral taste signal to a nerve signal) were modified in mice allowing for selective knockout with the drug clofibrate. When these genetically modified mic…

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Squid Ejaculates Into Woman's Mouth

It happened in June 2012... A South Korean woman was eating a half-cooked squid when the squid apparently ejected its sperm bag into her tongue causing... "pricking and foreign-body sensation in the oral cavity. Twelve small, white spindle-shaped, bug-like organisms stuck in the mucous membrane of the tongue, cheek, and gingiva..." [ link ] Of course, she immediately spat the squid portion out, but required surgical excision of affected mucosa. Bizarre but true... Source: …

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