andros_rex@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoRare intersex spider among new species discovered in Thailandphys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1161arrow-down14
arrow-up1157arrow-down1external-linkRare intersex spider among new species discovered in Thailandphys.organdros_rex@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squarevenusaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·10 days agoThat’s amazing. It looks fake. Bizarre that it would be split down the middle instead a mixture of the two.
minus-squarefaythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·9 days agoWeirdly enough, it’s super common for intersex animals to be split right down the middle like that. There’s other types of chimerism like what you described tho, if you want to go down that particular rabbit hole of nerdery.
minus-squareandros_rex@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·9 days agoGynandromorph birds sometimes exist too.
That’s amazing. It looks fake. Bizarre that it would be split down the middle instead a mixture of the two.
Weirdly enough, it’s super common for intersex animals to be split right down the middle like that. There’s other types of chimerism like what you described tho, if you want to go down that particular rabbit hole of nerdery.
Gynandromorph birds sometimes exist too.