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In mammals, the testes are placed in the scrotal sacs. Give reason.

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Scrotal sacs provide optimum temperature for spermatogenesis. In man the optimum temperature for spermatogenesis is `32-35^@`C. The body temp perature of man is `37^@C`.
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