redbird: a two-gendered cardinal, female one side and male the other (two-gendered cardinal)
Redbird ([personal profile] redbird) wrote2009-01-11 07:55 pm
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This is a cardinal that is half-male, half-female (vertically divided). Via [livejournal.com profile] beetiger. The technical term seems to be gynandromorph. I'm assuming it's sterile, but haven't done any reading, just followed the link to the image
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[identity profile] sythyry.livejournal.com 2009-01-12 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
Time to rename your LJ account to 'halfredbird'!
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[identity profile] aquaeri.livejournal.com 2009-01-12 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
Yep, this is one of the more common forms of hemaphroditism (in the biological sense), and also occurs in humans. One gonad becomes an ovary, the other a testicle.
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[personal profile] firecat 2009-01-12 06:54 am (UTC)(link)
Very cool!

[identity profile] moominmuppet.livejournal.com 2009-01-12 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, awesome! I've never seen that in a species where the sex differences are so clear!

[identity profile] amaebi.livejournal.com 2009-01-12 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow, awesome! Thank you so much!

I can't click through to the image, and I'd love to be able to refer to it in future.

[identity profile] mjlayman.livejournal.com 2009-01-13 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
It's a good thing we haven't had any like that because I usually tell the cats "There's a mommy cardinal!" "There's a daddy cardinal!"
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