Antarctic molluscs 'switch sex'

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/19543557



Antarctic bivalves have surprised scientists who have discovered that the animals switch sex.

The reproduction of Lissarca miliaris was studied in the 1970s and the species was first described in 1845.

But their hermaphrodite nature had remained unknown until they were studied by scientists from the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton.

Researchers suggest the molluscs could switch between the sexes to efficiently reproduce in the extremely cold ocean.

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1. These mollusks are some kind of deviated preverts

R&K

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2. PREEE-VERT!11 nt

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5. I felt the purity of my bodily fluids threatened just reading this

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3. Immaculate conception in snakes, transvestite mollusks, what's next xcrome! n/t

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4. gay penguins. nt