Nature has devised ways for species to survive that we never even imagined!
To have a child, you need a man and a woman. But it turns out nature has an amazing “backup plan.” Meet the Central Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps). Native to the dry forests and deserts of central Australia, these lizards can miraculously transform from male to female.
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In some reptiles, such as many snakes and lizards, sex chromosomes cause embryos to develop into males or females. In other animals, such as crocodiles, alligators, and sea turtles, sex is determined by temperature. Bearded dragons represent a third way. In other words, a kind of evolutionary transition between the two. A laboratory study revealed that of 131 lizards caught by a group of researchers during a hot summer, 11 females did not have the “correct” set of chromosomes. They were genetically male and had metamorphosed into females.
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