The mantis impales the hummingbirdâs chest with its foreclaws. As you can see from the photographs this hungry mantis captured and killed a hummingbird not much smaller than itself. The mantis used its spiny left foreleg to impale the hummingbird through the chest while leaving his right leg free.
Time Frame. The normal time frame for sperm to live inside a woman's body is two to three days. However, sperm can live inside the body for five days as long as the conditions are favorable. For the conditions to be favorable, fertile cervical mucus must be present.
These cells are then sent to the epididymis for maturation which takes about 2-3 weeks. This is also where sperms are stored before they are ejaculated. The life span of a sperm in the male body is about 74 days. If sperms aren't released within this period, they will degenerate and get dissolved into the male body. It's worth mentioning that there are various factors in play, which determine the survival rates of the sperm and their penetrating abilities.