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minus-squareLeylaaLovee@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoThat’s not how eggs work Some animals do actually do that though, like if I’m not mistaken cats can have eggs fertilized by multiple different sperms. But humans very much aren’t.
minus-squareRozaŭtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoYes, cats can do that. Siblings from the same litter can have different fathers.
minus-squaredontmindme@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoBut in cat litters with multiple fathers, each egg is still fertilized by one sperm only. Human twins can also have different fathers btw (non-identical twins apparently, i.e. from two eggs).
That’s not how eggs work
Some animals do actually do that though, like if I’m not mistaken cats can have eggs fertilized by multiple different sperms. But humans very much aren’t.
Yes, cats can do that. Siblings from the same litter can have different fathers.
But in cat litters with multiple fathers, each egg is still fertilized by one sperm only.
Human twins can also have different fathers btw (non-identical twins apparently, i.e. from two eggs).