fossilesqueM to BiodiversityEnglish · 1 year agoA striking and extremely rare half female, half male bird has been spotted by a University of Otago zoologistwww.otago.ac.nzexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down11cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1144arrow-down1external-linkA striking and extremely rare half female, half male bird has been spotted by a University of Otago zoologistwww.otago.ac.nzfossilesqueM to BiodiversityEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square14fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoIs it hermaphroditic or is it just the plumage colors are usually one color for males another for female and this bird has both colors? What’s in the bird’s pants?
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThe article mentions double fertilisation, so I guess it’s hermaphroditic?
minus-squareAqarius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIf it’s like the chicken I read about previously, it’s literally half one, half the other, as if you split two birds in half lengthwise and mixed up the pairing when you put them back together.
minus-squaretegs_terry@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIt probably has a cloaca, so externally nothing
Is it hermaphroditic or is it just the plumage colors are usually one color for males another for female and this bird has both colors?
What’s in the bird’s pants?
The article mentions double fertilisation, so I guess it’s hermaphroditic?
If it’s like the chicken I read about previously, it’s literally half one, half the other, as if you split two birds in half lengthwise and mixed up the pairing when you put them back together.
It probably has a cloaca, so externally nothing
DOES IT HAVE A PECKER?