Melissa addresses  sex changing animals who can do it all, condors who have had enough of their male cage mates, lesbian lizards, proposes a Finding Nemo #3, and the myth of the sexual binary.










I got today’s information from
Theresa Thorn of the podcast, "One Bad Mother" (the podcast that saved my sanity while parenting in the early years - profanity laced sanity for parents)
 "It Feels Good To Be Yourself"
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250302953/itfeelsgoodtobeyourself

https://theconversation.com/what-we-learn-from-a-fish-that-can-change-sex-in-just-10-days-129063

The Oxford Dictionary

https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/nature/article/2016/09/29/7-gender-bending-animals-animal-kingdom

https://www.inverse.com/science/animals-can-change-their-sex

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/why-is-same-sex-sexual-behavior-so-common-in-animals/

https://www.google.com/search?q=sea+turltes+climate+change+warm+temparatures&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS773US773&oq=sea+turltes+climate+change+warm+temparatures&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64.6270j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

https://news.berkeley.edu/2010/03/01/frogs/

https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/epa-widely-used-pesticide-atrazine-likely-harms-more-1000-endangered-species-2020-11-05/ 

https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/crops/article/2021/03/09/biden-administration-may-change-epa

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/california-condors-surprise-scientists-with-two-virgin-births-180978983/

 Links as always are in the description of today's episode

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