Rabbi Avigdor Miller, tz’l said that Chazal never said anything arose by “spontaneous generation”. And Rabbi Miller adds that there is no such thing as spontaneous generation. He said that what Chazal were referring to was asexual reproduction which does not fall under the category of Pruru v Rivu. I am not knowledgable enough to discuss this further, but I heard R’ Miller say this in response to a question in his Thurs night series. I heard it (on tape) just a few days ago.
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