This bird might look like a holiday ornament, but it is actually a rare half-female, half-male northern cardinal
“Researchers have long known such split-sex “gynandromorphs” exist in insects, crustaceans, and birds. But scientists rarely get to extensively study a gynandromorph in the wild; most published observations cover just a day or so. Observers got to follow this bird, however, for more than 40 days between December 2008 and March 2010.”
Learn more at Science.
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#bird #biology #neat #didn’t know birds could do that #I think previously I’ve only seen pictures of gynandromorphic butterflies and dragonflies
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