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://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/
Links as always are in the description of today's episode
Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2. Additional music provided by Pixabay and Freesound.org
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