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josefrichtertoday at 9:24 AM2 repliesview on HN

What about testicles outside the body? Every man has a painful story why it’s not a good idea..


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ameliustoday at 2:20 PM

Yeah, it makes more sense to put all the fragile body parts in one place. For instance, the face.

xg15today at 9:27 AM

I read this does have a functional reason: Sperm cells have to be kept at slightly lower temperature than the body temperature, so if the testicles were inside the body, the sperm wouldn't survive.

Of course you could ask why sperm is so temperature sensitive in the first place...

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