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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSPOTTED: Half-Male, Half-Female Bird
You don't have to be an ornithologist to know that red northern cardinals are male and brownish-gray ones are female.
But what about a Cardinalis cardinalis that sports red feathers on one side of its body and brownish-gray feathers on the other? Why, that cardinal is half-male and half-female, of course--and just such a rare bird has been observed in northwestern Illinois.
An example of a phenomenon biologists call bilateral gynandromorphism, the bird was observed for more than 40 days between Dec. 2008 and March 2010--and it certainly caught the attention of the scientists who spotted it.
"It was amazing when the bird was viewed from one side it appeared as a normal male and from the opposite side it appeared as a normal female," Dr. Brian D. Peer, a professor of biology at Western Illinois University in Macomb and one of the scientists, told The Huffington Post in an email. "It wasn't until you could see both halves of the bird did you realize it was a truly unique individual."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/30/half-male-half-female-bird-cardinal-plumage_n_6392336.html
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SPOTTED: Half-Male, Half-Female Bird (Original Post)
kpete
Dec 2014
OP
malthaussen
(17,216 posts)1. Now, that's amazing. n/t
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)2. The real tragedy occurred with Harvey Dent, aka Two Face, seized the bird for his criminal liar. nt
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)3. How strange!
I had an albino robin here once. Never heard of this phenomenon though!
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)4. Vatican Excommunicates Transgender Cardinal
Glassunion
(10,201 posts)6. DUzy - You just won the internets!!!
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)7. LOL!!!!!!
IDemo
(16,926 posts)12. I'm giving you the bird for that one
reflection
(6,286 posts)15. greatest post ever.
EVER
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)18. Nicely done...
Happy New Year.
Sid
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)19. WIN
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)22. Winner, winner, chicken dinner.
Hands down winner of the DUzy of the week.
Lochloosa
(16,068 posts)23. Hell..DUzy of the Year!
MFM008
(19,818 posts)24. you got it
Initech
(100,102 posts)26. You owe me a monitor!
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steve2470
(37,457 posts)27. very clever! nt
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)28. I knew it, I just knew they would get that bird!
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)30. Well done.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)31. So the Cardinal was...deflocked?
Goes both ways. I like that bird!
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)8. Oh jeez...can't wait to hear what the Reich Wing has to say about this..n/t
2naSalit
(86,776 posts)11. They'll make up something
about it being spawn of the devil or some stupid sh*t.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)29. That's what gay marriage is gonna do to all of us!
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)9. Caption -
Bird: "What's everybody looking at?"
sarge43
(28,945 posts)10. "I got dressed in the dark. Sosumi." n/t
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)16. "sosumi" HA!
sarge43
(28,945 posts)21. Ancient samurai battlecry
eggplant
(3,913 posts)13. It's commiting the cardinal sin! n/t
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)14. Cool!
My sister is the associate provost at WIU Macomb!
progressoid
(49,999 posts)17. Also ...
?itok=-uZ3Jaok
Octafish
(55,745 posts)20. Like the Riddler on Star Trek.
MadrasT
(7,237 posts)25. WOW that is AMAZING!
How cool.