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Biodiversity is a term used to describe the enormous variety of life on Earth. It can be used more specifically to refer to all of the species in one region or ecosystem. Biodiversity refers to every living thing, including plants, bacteria, animals, and humans. Scientists have estimated that there are around 8.7 million species of plants and animals in existence. However, only around 1.2 million species have been identified and described so far, most of which are insects. This means that millions of other organisms remain a complete mystery.

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Rare intersex spider among new species discovered in Thailand (phys.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago by solo@slrpnk.net to c/biodiversity@mander.xyz
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Gynandromorphs are rare organisms that are half-male and half-female, where each side of the body presents differently, split right down the middle. Gynandromorphs are distinct from hermaphrodites in that hermaphrodite organisms still have bilateral symmetry and naturally have both sex organs. Hermaphroditism is common in some organisms, while gynandromorphism is much rarer.

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[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

[–] Sidhean@piefed.social 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't get it :(

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I dont like to reinforce stereotypes but the pattern detecting part of my brain does notice a big one in this post title.

Does that help?

[–] Sidhean@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Are there a lot of ~~spiders~~ intersex people in Thailand?

I feel like I've heard of a trans sex worker stereotype related to there, but that's the closest I can think of.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Damn woke spiders! Nowhere is safe these days!

[–] deikoepfiges_dreirad@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

ok but why does it have 5 female and 3 male legs?

[–] towerful@programming.dev 10 points 2 weeks ago

There's a joke about wage gaps here

[–] msage@programming.dev 5 points 2 weeks ago

Thailand got it

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Its not really a species of gynandromorphs though. They just found one amongst the new species. Which is still incredibly rare, but the title makes it sound like the entire species consists of gymandromorphs.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Sucks itself out after it sucks itself off.