What dictates the sex of a green sea turtle?
Correct answer: Incubation temperature
tvtriv
Okay...below 82 degrees, male and above 88 degrees, female...what happens between 82 and 88 degrees, a little bit of both??
JayJay
So interesting 👍
toothless beachrat
tvtriv,
turtles with identity crisis issues, unfortunately.
Apai
tvtriv, gender fluid turtles?
Ken
biodiversity is the key.
Player #23222557
so what happens when the temp is 85,, are they bisexuality??
BenThomWood
This makes sense from a species population point, 1 male could mate with several females to continues the species. Genetic diversity being sacrificed over the population continuation.
Player #25874027
It wouldn’t work for polar bears and penguins