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Moles

In the section on moles, it states

"It has also been recorded that certain species of mole will 'rape' new borns of their own species, the biological advantage to this is that when those moles mature and become fertile, they will become pregnant with the sperm of the mole that had mated with them at a very young age."

The problem i see is that can the sperm survive inside the newborns for long enough to them to mature? I am by no means an expert on the subject, and found nothing at a quick glance on the cycle of maturation on moles, but to the best of my knowledge seminal fluid can only sustain the sperm inside the female body for 40 or so hours. That of course as a result of the natural reaction of the female body to destroy the semen immediatly after it enters the vaginal cavity.

As I said, i am no expert on the subject, so I may be far off here, I'm not going to touch it, I'll let someone who knows what they are doing do that, but I felt the need to point this out.

Under polygyny

“ As polygyny is the most common form of polygamy among vertebrates (including humans, to some extent)

Um wat. I was halfway through slapping a citation needed on the claim in parenthesis, and then questioned if I shouldn’t just delete it entirely?

Input appreciated UsersLikeYou (talk) 08:09, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what you're objecting to. Human polygyny is historically widespread, among everyone from the Jews during ancient times to Hawaiian kings to Mongolian rulers. Polyandry (women having multiple husbands) is much less common. IAmNitpicking (talk) 15:25, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]