Karamjit Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 It's all because of climate change and global warmingIt's no news that climate change and global warming are reshaping the world as we know it. Polar ice caps are melting, sea levels are rising, and there's even talk that a mass extinction is upon us. As it turns out, these phenomena need also be blamed for the fact that male bearded dragon lizards living in the Australian wilderness are turning into females. Females sporting all the right anatomical particularities allowing them to breed and lay eggs, that is.In fact, it appears that these males-turned-females make better mothers than the natural born lady bearded dragon lizards in that they are more fertile and produce more eggs, researchers with the University of Canberra write in a paper in the journal Nature.“We found that sex-reversed mothers - females who are genetic males - laid more eggs than normal mothers,” explains study author Clare Holleley, as cited by Science Daily. “So in a way, one could actually argue that dad lizards make better mums,” the specialist further argues.Why exactly are male lizards becoming females?Interestingly, scientists have for some time now been aware of the fact that male bearded dragon lizards can, under very specific circumstances, turn into females. In a series of laboratory experiments, it was shown that this happens when they are exposed to extreme temperatures.What with climate change and global warming progressing at a rapid pace, it appears that such shifts are now becoming quite common in the wild. Thus, having captured and studied several such reptiles, researchers found that, although female, they carried male chromosomes.Further, the scientists say that, when the undercover males were introduced to normal ones, they had no trouble mating and giving birth to a new generation. What this means is that climate change is affecting the demographic of this population of reptiles to a greater extent than assumed.Efforts are now underway to better understand how and why exposure to extreme temperatures causes male bearded dragon lizards to turn into females. The goal is to try and gain a better understanding of how climate change and global warming will transform global biodiversity.“The more we learn about them, the better-equipped we'll be to predict evolutionary responses to climate change and the impact this can have on biodiversity globally,” says researcher Clare HolleleySource Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Male Dragon Lizards in Australia Are Turning into Females - General News - nsane.forumsWhy Australia?Have observed some females turning into male lizards, right here — at nSane. :sneaky: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Prey god (though I don't believe in her existence) it doesn't happen to humans.Imagine waking up one day and your better half has 'turned'....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VileTouch Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 well that explains it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallon Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 “The more we learn about them, the better-equipped we'll be to predict evolutionary responses to climate change and the impact this can have on biodiversity globally,” says researcher Clare Holleley.It was already known that crocodile eggs hatch, as male or female depending on temperature in the nest (below 31.7 degrees Celsius females. Above 31.7 until 34.5 degrees Celsius, males).For predictions, learning about bearded dragon lizards sounds wonderful. These people love their jobs. Maybe the budget should also cover 'Family Planning of the insignificant species Homo Sapiens' and the impact this could have on biodiversity globally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballistic Gelatin Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 As Arnold Schwarzenegger would say, "Those are girly male lizards." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npo33770 Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Life always find a way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CODYQX4 Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 :sui: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
212eta Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 It's a gay thing... :secret: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flash48 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I wonder if there are more gays in the tropics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arachnoid Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Its the next evolution of Dinosaurs getting ready to take over the world the moment homosapien performs self extinction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flypaper Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Life always find a way :clap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
212eta Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 I wonder if there are more gays in the tropics.Makes me wonder, too... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MA₨ Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 It's all because of climate change and global warming“The more we learn about them, the better-equipped we'll be to predict evolutionary responses to climate change and the impact this can have on biodiversity globally,” says researcher Clare Holleley:lmao: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeMasteR Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Anyone remembers Lizard Squad? :ermm: :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galaxyquestor Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I really wish this were funny - but it isn't. Sorry - these were funny comments - but the lizards - the death of pollinating insects across the world - the uncounted effects of seawater pollution and warming coinciding with millions of starfish of every type literally "melting" on the sea beds (arms trying desperately to break off and survive - divers have seen dead starfish for as far as they can see in clear water), suicide beaching of whales, dolphins, and other intelligent sea life, massive amounts of birds just falling dead out of the sky, and hundreds of signs - show (or should be showing) all of us that we are in REAL trouble.There is in process the largest die-off of species we have ever witnessed, and it's speeding up, not slowing down. These creatures are the "canaries in the coal mine" the earth has become, and should be warning us as a species to look, listen - and change.But we're too busy, evidently, believing it couldn't possibly REALLY happen to us, and we joke, and laugh, nervously in some cases.The human population is also feminizing - we drink birth control pills thrown by women by the multiple billions down the toilet every day, (most cities recycle their water - but chemicals like this slip right through - anti-depressants, speed, every type of chemical medicine combined into a witches' brew of poison). We drink water from plastic containers, which contain chemicals that leach into it and force the production of massive amounts of estrogen - in men and women. So yes, at the top of the food chain it just takes longer to affect top predators like humans - but the changes are genetic.Has anyone noticed, for instance, that the ability of men for the last three generations to produce full beards is decreasing by the generation?Exceptions, yes, but overall, and cumulative.Too much estrogen - less male hair, violently decreased sperm count, infertility... Less and less motile sperm being produced. Everywhere, across the world.Time to wake up? Nah, let's just laugh it off.We don't have that much time left, anyway.The human race refuses, for some reason, as a collective entity, to look in a mirror and recognize that yes, this species could go extinct, too. Sorry to interject seriousness, carry on. Just a thought - I love the human race, and believe - in spite of the evil it has done, that it is a species worth surviving - but we will have to choose survival.Welcome to the jungle - we never really left it. Go to war with the bio-system of the Earth, and you will lose every time.It's suicide, because this planet will not allow us to kill it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.