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Sperm production happens best at a slightly lower temperature than in the body cavity. So nature dangles the testes outside.

In infertility cases, the man is always asked if he wears too-tight (and too warm) underclothing as too much heat damages sperm.




Because anywhere else they wouldn't be able to do their job, and if they could it would be highly inefficient.
Because anywhere else they wouldn't be able to do their job, and if they could it would be highly inefficient.

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Why is impossible to answer. That's just the way we have evolved. For whatever reason, sperm like it a few degrees cooler in order to develop. Why is just random chance.

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