Sorry you misunderstand
We are discussing ejaculate - i.e. the liquid squirted out of a man's cock when he cums. That liquid may or may not contain sperm, produced in his gonads. The amount or quality of the sperm is related to a man's fertility and not the amount of ejaculate. Why I, as a sterile man, can still produce and ooze last amounts of cum. The sperm is carried to the ejaculate via the vas deferens. In my case these have been ligated so no sperm, even if my balls produced it, it would not be transferred to the ejaculate.
Since the thread is associated with the quantity of ejaculate, the microscopic sperm produced by the gonads, is of no relevance and hence the size of a man's gonads is irrelevant!
Custer Laststand said:Lifelong,
The Wikipedia article on testicles* includes the following:
Function:
Like the ovaries (to which they are homologous), testes are components of both the reproductive system (being gonads) and the endocrine system (being endocrine glands). The respective functions of the testes are:
(1) producing sperm (spermatozoa)
(2) producing male sex hormones of which testosterone is the best-known.
Both functions of the testicle, sperm-forming and endocrine, are under control of gonadotropic hormones produced by the anterior pituitary:
(i) luteinizing hormone (LH)
(ii) follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
Testicular size
Testicular size as a proportion of body weight varies widely. In the mammalian kingdom, there is a tendency for testicular size to correspond with multiple mates (e.g., harems, polygamy). Production of testicular output sperm and spermatic fluid is also larger in polygamous animals, possibly a spermatogenic competition for survival. The testes of the right whale are likely to be the largest of any animal, each weighing around 500 kg (1,100 lb).
Note the latter paragraph may be relevant to the original question of this thread.
Note also that an important aspect of Baker's book (ref. above) is that men produce several different types of sperm: blocker sperm, to prevent the sperm of competitors from reaching and fertilizing their woman's egg; killer sperm to chemically kill the sperm of competitors, and egg-getter sperm capable of fertilizing their woman's egg (if their woman ovulates at an appropriate time and they manage to reach her egg).
Viewed in combination with Baker's book, these two Wikipedia articles suggest (although they don't say so) that different types of sperm may be produced in the testes and the prostate.
—Custer
* See: Testicle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
We are discussing ejaculate - i.e. the liquid squirted out of a man's cock when he cums. That liquid may or may not contain sperm, produced in his gonads. The amount or quality of the sperm is related to a man's fertility and not the amount of ejaculate. Why I, as a sterile man, can still produce and ooze last amounts of cum. The sperm is carried to the ejaculate via the vas deferens. In my case these have been ligated so no sperm, even if my balls produced it, it would not be transferred to the ejaculate.
Since the thread is associated with the quantity of ejaculate, the microscopic sperm produced by the gonads, is of no relevance and hence the size of a man's gonads is irrelevant!