Does sperm die when it makes contact with air?

In My Humble Opinion
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I’m sitting here at work with a co-worker (who happens to be crackhead) and she just asked a question. Does sperm die the instant it makes contact with the air? I say no it doesn’t because well look at sperm donors. Do they go into some vacuum sealed rrom to make their contributions? No I don’t think so. Help prove me right!

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I just typed “+sperm +air +die” and I got a lot of hits from advice sites. The consensus is that sperm will survive for several hours as long as it remains in a warm moist environment, so you should always assume that moist semen contains living sperm.

http://www.teenadviceonline.org/archive/11779.html

http://www.sarilocker.com/cur_sex_advice.html

http://www.pphouston.org/answers1.htm

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i hope not, otherwise i’ve been responsible for trillions of sperm deaths in my lifetime :slight_smile:

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Gees i dont know, but I do know you would like to find out sometime wouldnt you :slight_smile: