Did you know that Groupers are known for their unique ability to change gender? 🌈 Many grouper species are protogynous hermaphrodites, starting life as females and later transforming into males. This fascinating adaptation helps maintain a balanced population […]
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October 26, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Did you know that Groupers are known for their unique ability to change gender? 🌈 Many grouper species are protogynous hermaphrodites, starting life as females and later transforming into males. This fascinating adaptation helps maintain a balanced population […]
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The Kingmere Marine Conservation Zone south of Littlehampton & Worthing is one of the most important Black Sea Bream spawning sites in the UK. All Black Sea Bream are born female. They're protogynous hermaphrodites, so they change to male when they reach 30cm.
October 22, 2026 at 9:30 AM
The Kingmere Marine Conservation Zone south of Littlehampton & Worthing is one of the most important Black Sea Bream spawning sites in the UK. All Black Sea Bream are born female. They're protogynous hermaphrodites, so they change to male when they reach 30cm.
"the Asian sheephead wrasse is sequentially hermaphroditic. Specifically, they are protogynous, meaning that individuals of this species are always born female and only change sex when they grow older [...] the sex change does not always happen, and reversion is impossible."
October 8, 2026 at 11:25 AM
"the Asian sheephead wrasse is sequentially hermaphroditic. Specifically, they are protogynous, meaning that individuals of this species are always born female and only change sex when they grow older [...] the sex change does not always happen, and reversion is impossible."
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September 26, 2026 at 4:58 AM
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its so irritating as a nerd all this stuff is based off egregious misconceptions of mammalian social behaviors because this kind of premise is just a really lame version of leks, intentional gatherings of displaying and courting male animals while females pass by and check them out and pick out
August 22, 2026 at 7:28 PM
its so irritating as a nerd all this stuff is based off egregious misconceptions of mammalian social behaviors because this kind of premise is just a really lame version of leks, intentional gatherings of displaying and courting male animals while females pass by and check them out and pick out
The moon wrasse, Thalassoma lunare
Moon wrasses are protogynous hermaphrodites: all individuals start life as females & some later change sex to become males
Sex change can be rapid (a few days days) & is associated with social structure
Moon wrasses are protogynous hermaphrodites: all individuals start life as females & some later change sex to become males
Sex change can be rapid (a few days days) & is associated with social structure
January 12, 2026 at 11:51 AM
The moon wrasse, Thalassoma lunare
Moon wrasses are protogynous hermaphrodites: all individuals start life as females & some later change sex to become males
Sex change can be rapid (a few days days) & is associated with social structure
Moon wrasses are protogynous hermaphrodites: all individuals start life as females & some later change sex to become males
Sex change can be rapid (a few days days) & is associated with social structure
WOKEpedia has gone too, i can’t even read about skunk cabbage without being confronted by freaking he-she hermaphrodite propaganda 🤬
![passes through the leaves of the trees above. On the forest floor, this usually makes it difficult to observe them.!?
Eastern skunk cabbage flowers have both male and female reproductive organs, making them perfect.
Dichogamy, or the division of gender expression into two temporal periods, is a common feature of blooming plants and serves to avoid self-fertilization. Because the flowers are protogynous,
the pistils, which are the female reproductive components, reach sexual maturity before the male parts do (stamens). (11] The flowers are inconspicuously crowded on the spadix. The](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zwzdh6ahggby23ciowd77wbt/bafkreibvmggaoxvjgrv2enat5prvipw45c5ysekdhagcbpv66zrjwoyjg4)
February 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
WOKEpedia has gone too, i can’t even read about skunk cabbage without being confronted by freaking he-she hermaphrodite propaganda 🤬
WOKEpedia has gone too, i can’t even read about skunk cabbage without being confronted by freaking he-she hermaphrodite propaganda 🤬
February 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
WOKEpedia has gone too, i can’t even read about skunk cabbage without being confronted by freaking he-she hermaphrodite propaganda 🤬
"protogynous hermaphrodites"
Man, bluesky is so cool. Love it here.
Man, bluesky is so cool. Love it here.
May 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"protogynous hermaphrodites"
Man, bluesky is so cool. Love it here.
Man, bluesky is so cool. Love it here.
"Asian sheephead wrasse is sequentially hermaphroditic... protogynous, meaning that individuals of this species are always born female & only change sex when they grow older...the sex change does not always happen, & reversion is impossible. After the transition, the fish gains a bulbous forehead"
🔥 This unique-looking fish is an Asian Sheepshead Wrasse with bulbous forehead
June 17, 2026 at 9:43 AM
"Asian sheephead wrasse is sequentially hermaphroditic... protogynous, meaning that individuals of this species are always born female & only change sex when they grow older...the sex change does not always happen, & reversion is impossible. After the transition, the fish gains a bulbous forehead"
here's a fish 🧪 Tiger grouper, Mycteroperca tigris. A mid-Atlantic grouper that grows to about 40" / 22 lbs. Reef-dwelling ambush predators that can change colour quickly to match their surroundings, they are thought to be protogynous hermaphrodites: starting life as females, & becoming male later 🏳️⚧️
June 13, 2023 at 6:20 PM
here's a fish 🧪 Tiger grouper, Mycteroperca tigris. A mid-Atlantic grouper that grows to about 40" / 22 lbs. Reef-dwelling ambush predators that can change colour quickly to match their surroundings, they are thought to be protogynous hermaphrodites: starting life as females, & becoming male later 🏳️⚧️
Lil poster for the pride parade today, gotta get those protogynous skunk cabbages in there somewhere
June 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Lil poster for the pride parade today, gotta get those protogynous skunk cabbages in there somewhere
That let us talk about gender.
My example: how many of you know about clownfish?
MANY hands go up, allowing me to pass the baton on this term.
2/3
My example: how many of you know about clownfish?
MANY hands go up, allowing me to pass the baton on this term.
2/3
April 20, 2026 at 3:28 PM
That let us talk about gender.
My example: how many of you know about clownfish?
MANY hands go up, allowing me to pass the baton on this term.
2/3
My example: how many of you know about clownfish?
MANY hands go up, allowing me to pass the baton on this term.
2/3
It is absolutely wild and a few other plants do the same or similar things. Avocados are hermaphrodites with bisexual protogynous flowers. The dimorphism is in the timing of flower opening so some plants present pollen in the morning and receive it in the afternoon; the others vice versa.
December 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
It is absolutely wild and a few other plants do the same or similar things. Avocados are hermaphrodites with bisexual protogynous flowers. The dimorphism is in the timing of flower opening so some plants present pollen in the morning and receive it in the afternoon; the others vice versa.
Ascarina lucida flowers, details in ALT.
March 5, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Ascarina lucida flowers, details in ALT.
‘Pseudanthias Squamipinnis’
A shoaling kind of bass
The sparkling lad you’re seeing now
Was once a lovely lass
Protogynous hermaphrodites
Is what the Anthias are
But girl or guy, you can’t deny:
Sea Goldie is a star ⭐️
Sea Goldie (currently male), Red Sea, Egypt, ‘22
A shoaling kind of bass
The sparkling lad you’re seeing now
Was once a lovely lass
Protogynous hermaphrodites
Is what the Anthias are
But girl or guy, you can’t deny:
Sea Goldie is a star ⭐️
Sea Goldie (currently male), Red Sea, Egypt, ‘22
May 31, 2025 at 11:44 PM
‘Pseudanthias Squamipinnis’
A shoaling kind of bass
The sparkling lad you’re seeing now
Was once a lovely lass
Protogynous hermaphrodites
Is what the Anthias are
But girl or guy, you can’t deny:
Sea Goldie is a star ⭐️
Sea Goldie (currently male), Red Sea, Egypt, ‘22
A shoaling kind of bass
The sparkling lad you’re seeing now
Was once a lovely lass
Protogynous hermaphrodites
Is what the Anthias are
But girl or guy, you can’t deny:
Sea Goldie is a star ⭐️
Sea Goldie (currently male), Red Sea, Egypt, ‘22
Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) A vernal understory species. Protogynous flowers favor early pollinators; rupturing seed pods expose developing embryos. Found in mixed woods at Sparrowhawk Primitive Area, OK (35.9223°N, 94.8876°W). 🌸🌿🌎 #Plants #Oklahoma #Nature #Flowers #Ethnobotany #Chahta
May 2, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) A vernal understory species. Protogynous flowers favor early pollinators; rupturing seed pods expose developing embryos. Found in mixed woods at Sparrowhawk Primitive Area, OK (35.9223°N, 94.8876°W). 🌸🌿🌎 #Plants #Oklahoma #Nature #Flowers #Ethnobotany #Chahta
I read that as Grouper at first. But that kinda works too in a way too. Especially in reproduction where they are protogynous hermaphrodites.
September 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I read that as Grouper at first. But that kinda works too in a way too. Especially in reproduction where they are protogynous hermaphrodites.
Hageman has a rare protogynous mutation which facilitates gender switching under duress, explaining her misogynistic insults.
March 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Hageman has a rare protogynous mutation which facilitates gender switching under duress, explaining her misogynistic insults.
the slippery dick wrasse is a protogynous hermaphrodite species, which has three life stages - juvenile stage, initial stage (the fish becomes female) and terminal stage (the fish then becomes male). All i can say is, good for them.
December 28, 2024 at 11:48 PM
the slippery dick wrasse is a protogynous hermaphrodite species, which has three life stages - juvenile stage, initial stage (the fish becomes female) and terminal stage (the fish then becomes male). All i can say is, good for them.
7/ Now, when I say "flower", the proper word would be "inflorescence"; they contain a outer spathe, which is actually a modified leaf, and an inner spadix, which contains numerous flowers, sometimes male above and female below, and generally protogynous: female receptive before male.
June 11, 2023 at 10:39 AM
7/ Now, when I say "flower", the proper word would be "inflorescence"; they contain a outer spathe, which is actually a modified leaf, and an inner spadix, which contains numerous flowers, sometimes male above and female below, and generally protogynous: female receptive before male.
Nature is #LGBT complex: #SexReversal happens in ricefield #eel (monopterus albus), the only protogynous #hermaphrodite freshwater fish, with warm temperature inducing the expression of male sex determination genes in ovarian tissues.
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Warm temperature promotes sex change in ricefield eel, a protogynous hermaphrodite freshwater fish
Sex reversal happens in the ricefield eel (Monopterus albus), the only protogynous hermaphrodite freshwater fish. Warm temperature induces the expression of male sex determination genes in ovarian tis...
outragemag.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Nature is #LGBT complex: #SexReversal happens in ricefield #eel (monopterus albus), the only protogynous #hermaphrodite freshwater fish, with warm temperature inducing the expression of male sex determination genes in ovarian tissues.
outragemag.com/warm-tempera...
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🪸Tricky Taxon Thurday: Labrus mixtus🪸
This colourful Cuckoo Wrasse may is actually a protogynous hermaphrodite, they are born female and transition to males when it is necessary (when the dominant male dies), gaining a bright blue colour🐟
Check out over 5,000 records👉 www.dassh.ac.uk/dasshmapper
This colourful Cuckoo Wrasse may is actually a protogynous hermaphrodite, they are born female and transition to males when it is necessary (when the dominant male dies), gaining a bright blue colour🐟
Check out over 5,000 records👉 www.dassh.ac.uk/dasshmapper
March 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🪸Tricky Taxon Thurday: Labrus mixtus🪸
This colourful Cuckoo Wrasse may is actually a protogynous hermaphrodite, they are born female and transition to males when it is necessary (when the dominant male dies), gaining a bright blue colour🐟
Check out over 5,000 records👉 www.dassh.ac.uk/dasshmapper
This colourful Cuckoo Wrasse may is actually a protogynous hermaphrodite, they are born female and transition to males when it is necessary (when the dominant male dies), gaining a bright blue colour🐟
Check out over 5,000 records👉 www.dassh.ac.uk/dasshmapper
Fun challenge: find elegant alternate terms for “female” & “bisexual” in a grant to study a plant whose florets are protogynous: they bear female parts (stigmas), then male parts (anthers); in between they bear both female & male florets. And the first dates of these phases r my dependent variables.
July 3, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Fun challenge: find elegant alternate terms for “female” & “bisexual” in a grant to study a plant whose florets are protogynous: they bear female parts (stigmas), then male parts (anthers); in between they bear both female & male florets. And the first dates of these phases r my dependent variables.
#FishADay Sparisoma aurofrenatum Redband Parrotfish. Coral reefs in Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Protogynous hermaphrodites--start female, finish male. Females live in groups w/ one dominant male. Scrape suffocating algae from corals, but also eat coral polyps. mexican-fish.com/redband-parr...
Redband Parrotfish | Mexican Fish.com
mexican-fish.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
#FishADay Sparisoma aurofrenatum Redband Parrotfish. Coral reefs in Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Protogynous hermaphrodites--start female, finish male. Females live in groups w/ one dominant male. Scrape suffocating algae from corals, but also eat coral polyps. mexican-fish.com/redband-parr...