single - celled, highly perishable, posterity-seeking rocket” • Science: (1) [Egg as] “a dormant bride awaiting her mate;s magic kiss, which instills the spirit that brings her to life” (2) [Sperm by contrast have a] “mission” [to move through] female genital tract in quest of the ovum” (3) [Sperm carry out] “perilous journey” into the “warm darkness” where some fall away “exhausted”, survivors “assault” the egg, successful candidates “surrounding the prize”.
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