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A Cardinal That's Half Male, Half Female
Category: Religion & Spirituality
Duration: 00:01:42
Publish Date: 2024-07-18 07:00:00
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In Texas, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere, people have reported seeing Northern Cardinals that are red on one side and brown on the other, indicating that a bird is half male and half female. This anomaly occurs in other species of birds, as well, not just cardinals. Insects, too! Scientists call these bilateral gynandromorphs.

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