World Biggest Sperm Bank Shows Redheads to the Door
ABC News' Mikaela Conley reports:
Gingers may not be feeling the love these days. Cryos International, the largest sperm bank in the world, has closed its door to redheads - at least for the moment, according to a report in the International Business Times.
"I do not think you chose a redhead, unless the partner, for example, the sterile male - has red hair, or because the lone woman has a preference for redheads," Ole Schou, director of Cryos International, told the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet. "And that's perhaps not so many, especially in the latter case."
The bank has reached its capacity of 70 sperm liters, with 600 donors on its waiting list. While ginger swimmers sell "like hotcakes" in Ireland, Schou said few people outside the Emerald Isle are as eager to have a redheaded baby.
Demand for sperm is everywhere, Schou told the Danish newspaper, particularly from men who are tall, with brown eyes and dark hair are the biggest sellers. Much of the demand for tall, dark and handsome comes from southern Europe, including Spain, Italy and Greece, Schou reported. But many Scandinavians also demand the look, in hopes of veering away from the typical blonde and blue-eyed Danish baby, Schou told the newspaper. Indian sperm is also reportedly in high demand and short supply because sperm is not allowed to be legally exported outside of India.
The only continent where sperm has not been sent is Antarctica. Depending on the quality of the sperm, men can make 250 to 500 kroner in Denmark… that is, as long as he's not a redhead.
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