The alpaca (Vicugna pacos) makes use of a reproductive method by no means confirmed in some other mammal
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Alpacas are the one mammals recognized to science by which males deposit sperm instantly into the uterus. This uncommon reproductive technique inflicts small inside accidents that will assist enhance the probabilities of being pregnant.
Patricia Brennan at Mount Holyoke School in Massachusetts and her crew examined and dissected the reproductive methods of 10 feminine alpacas that have been euthanised inside 24 hours of mating. They discovered bloody abrasions all through the entire reproductive tract, suggesting that the male alpaca’s…
