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[–] 54 points 1 year ago
[–] 109 points 1 year ago (8 children)

If anyone is curious (as I was):

In real life Nemo's dad would have become female after mommy got eaten. https://evolution.berkeley.edu/fisheye-view-tree-of-life/gender-bending-fish/

"of all the animals, fish are sexually the most fluid" - https://www.bbcearth.com/news/fish-are-the-sex-switching-masters-of-the-animal-kingdom

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Salmon change sex too if I recall correctly.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I don't think salmon change sex to be honest. It seems from the stuff I could find that sex determination for salmon is mostly chromosomal but with divergence at certain temperature during development (or exogenous hormonal influence obviously).

    The coolest paper I found while searching was this:

    Natural sex change in fish - ScienceDirect - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0070215318301145

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)
  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    No, this is just saying that they have the chromosomes that usually produce male salmon but they have female salmon genitalia. I read that one. Unless I misread they haven't seen these salmon be male and then later female (like the clown fish do).

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  • [–] 53 points 1 year ago (3 children)
  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago

    She's awesome. They also did some Pride crafts and while her two co-workers made those Polaroid picture frames with slogans she made a big angler fish hat. Because she thinks they are awesome (she's right).

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Then there's the eyes of flounders.

    Wikipedia

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Should've looped on the big screens that recent clip of the two whales "mating". 🤌🏼

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    Does trans fall into the term gay now? Honest question. I understood the former to be about gender and the latter to be about sexual orientation.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    The aquarium staff hoist the trans flag, and explain that "some fish change gender". The people complaining bring up "gay", but don't seem very well informed about human or aquatic cultures.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Do they change gender or sex though? I found that confusing. I know some species can change sex.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Fish changing sex is the most common, with pronounced physical sex changes. But they also usually simultaneously change gender, starting to behave in the manner associated with their new sex.

    And there is some interesting examples of changes that seem to be more gender based. This study discusses behavior changes in wrasses where "male-typical behaviors such as courtship and aggression" start being seen in certain female fish, leading to changes in social status, before any noticeable changes to gonadal organs (the glands that produce many of the sex hermones).

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Not trying to answer the question, but the only party that suggests that in the original post is "the haters".

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago*

    “Gay” as a blanket term inclusive of all alternative lifestyles and peoples. Like how saying “you guys” is inclusive of all genders.

    …or using the term “Man” to refer to all of humankind.

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