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Constant Sexual Aggression Drives Female Tortoises to Walk Off Cliffs (www.nytimes.com)
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On a remote island in North Macedonia, male Hermann’s tortoises outnumber females 19 to 1, an imbalance driving the population to extinction.

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[–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Sex determination in some turtles is via temperature. Warming seas are creating too many female sea turtles.

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