As if Mother Nature was short of wonders, a new study shows us how animals are able to swap genetical material more efficient. Slipper limpets can change sex through touch, thus concludes a new marine study which focuses on the reproductive behavior of sea slugs. Unlike other creatures, the slipper limpets, also known as Crepidula marginalis, are born with male genitalia, … [Read more...]
Sea Snails Have a Touch-To-Change-Sex Trigger
A new biology study points out that we don’t know everything about snails. Sea snails have a touch-to-change-sex trigger, meaning that a snail can change its sex simply by touching another snail. In the past, many sea critters have been seen changing their sex while reaching a certain level of sexual maturity. This sex-change intervention would have occurred if the … [Read more...]
