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“The octopus behaves the same way whether or not the eggs are fertile, and female octopus senescing while caring for unfertile eggs is a situation that also naturally occurs in the wild,” Jaros said.

These invariably involve Reform taking seats on the regional lists - which were fertile ground for the Conservatives in 2021, returning 26 of their 31 MSPs.

“This is a fertile ground for architecture anyway, and always has been.”

Professor Allan Pacey, an expert in male fertility, said research shows men over the age of 40 are "about half as fertile" as men aged 25, making the rise even more interesting.

This is the terrifying terrain we now occupy, where the loss of critical consciousness has created fertile ground for the spread of cruelty and control.