Animals That Can Change Their Sex
By: EjazUlHaqBhat
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Several animals can change their sex due to certain adaptations and environmental conditions
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Here is a list of six animals that can change their gender
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Clownfish are born male, but can become female as they grow older. This process is called protandrous sequential hermaphroditism
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Bearded dragons can change their gender, specifically through a process called temperature-dependent sex determination
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Butterflies can change their gender, or exhibit a combination of male and female characteristics, in a phenomenon called gynandromorphism
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Green frogs can change sex during their tadpole phase. Tadpoles develop gonads of their genetic sex, but can reverse their sex under certain environmental conditions
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Green sea turtles can change their gender because their sex is determined by the temperature of the sand where their eggs incubate
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Hawkfish are hermaphrodites that start life as females but can change into males when conditions are right. This is called protogyny
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