WEIRD STUFF

26-year-old has 22 kids

A woman is a mother to 22 children at the age of 26.

Kristina Ozturk, a Russian who lives in neighbouring Georgia, welcomed 21 of the kids via surrogate. Twenty of them were born in the space of a year.

Ozturk claims that she wants 105 biological children with her millionaire husband Galip, 58, -- although he was sentenced to eight years in prison earlier this year after being found guilty of illegal purchase and possession of drugs.

A video on her Instagram account shows that all but two of the children were born in 2020, with the eldest, Victoria, born in 2014 from a previous relationship, and the youngest, Olivia, arriving in January 2021.

The clip shows all of the children reeling off their names and dates of birth.

Ozturk captioned the post: "Meet the Ozturk family!

"You have asked many times to make a video for you with the names and ages of the children. I heard you, I made a video with dates of birth..."

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Female chimpanzees go through the menopause

A new study has discovered signs of major hormonal changes in a group of older wild primates in Uganda.

However, the findings have baffled scientists, as it previously been thought that only humans and certain types of whales lived for many years after losing the ability to reproduce.

The team studied 185 female chimpanzees at the Kibale national park between 1995 and 2016 and found that the probability of the primates giving birth fell after the animals reached the age of 30, with no births occurring at all in those age above 50.

Despite this, 16 females lived beyond that age.

The experts also analysed urine samples from 66 female chimpanzees that revealed hormonal changes with age similar to those seen in humans during the menopause.

Dr Kevin Langergraber, co-author of the study at Arizona State University, said: "It is not obvious how selection can favour the extension of lifespan past the point at which individuals can no longer reproduce."