Comments on: Bluey, the Transsexual Fish http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/14/bluey-the-transsexual-fish/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:59:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Guest http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/14/bluey-the-transsexual-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1816854 Guest Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:42:39 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/14/bluey-the-transsexual-fish/#comment-1816854 That's hardly unique. That’s hardly unique.

]]> By: linty http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/14/bluey-the-transsexual-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1816801 linty Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:46:28 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/14/bluey-the-transsexual-fish/#comment-1816801 I think this is called ambisexual, but I'm not going to double check by googling that term while I'm at work just in case... I think this is called ambisexual, but I’m not going to double check by googling that term while I’m at work just in case…

]]> By: roxymoron http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/14/bluey-the-transsexual-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1816483 roxymoron Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:30:36 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/14/bluey-the-transsexual-fish/#comment-1816483 o i see what you did there... But for the benefit of the others who be less informed, isn't the fish really called a GROUPER and not a GROPER? I've seen a couple on several dives already but never have I been cupped for a feel on the family jewels... o i see what you did there…

But for the benefit of the others who be less informed, isn’t the fish really called a GROUPER and not a GROPER? I’ve seen a couple on several dives already but never have I been cupped for a feel on the family jewels…

]]> By: dont http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/14/bluey-the-transsexual-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1816331 dont Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:53:41 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/14/bluey-the-transsexual-fish/#comment-1816331 zav's right, lots of fish do this, including the anenome clownfish (like Nemo). The young clownfish are male and the adults are female, so Nemo is just a big lie :) I wish I could remember which fish (I want to say chichlid)only has one fertile male in a group that's a more vivid color than the rest. When the fertile male goes missing, a sterile male (not sure how it knows it's the next up) starts to change color after a few days and becomes fertile after a few more. And those monstery looking anglerfish that live so deep that they never see any light? In some of the species, it's so hard to find a mate that when a male (tiny in comparison to the female) finds a female, he latches on with his teeth until becoming partially absorbed--an appendage--like a little sperm factory that she can seemingly control along with her reproductive cycle to release sperm when needed. Researchers didn't know there WAS a male at all for years, he was unrecognizable as a separate fish. Reproduction is pretty complex for a lot of species, like bees and wasps. We get used to thinking of gender and reproduction in mammalian terms. It gets tough to imagine things like this (and stranger) exist in nature. I find it all fascinating. I wish more people knew about all the variety out there, it seems like it might make people more open minded. zav’s right, lots of fish do this, including the anenome clownfish (like Nemo). The young clownfish are male and the adults are female, so Nemo is just a big lie :)

I wish I could remember which fish (I want to say chichlid)only has one fertile male in a group that’s a more vivid color than the rest. When the fertile male goes missing, a sterile male (not sure how it knows it’s the next up) starts to change color after a few days and becomes fertile after a few more.

And those monstery looking anglerfish that live so deep that they never see any light? In some of the species, it’s so hard to find a mate that when a male (tiny in comparison to the female) finds a female, he latches on with his teeth until becoming partially absorbed–an appendage–like a little sperm factory that she can seemingly control along with her reproductive cycle to release sperm when needed. Researchers didn’t know there WAS a male at all for years, he was unrecognizable as a separate fish.

Reproduction is pretty complex for a lot of species, like bees and wasps. We get used to thinking of gender and reproduction in mammalian terms. It gets tough to imagine things like this (and stranger) exist in nature. I find it all fascinating. I wish more people knew about all the variety out there, it seems like it might make people more open minded.

]]> By: zav http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/14/bluey-the-transsexual-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1816168 zav Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:51:53 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/14/bluey-the-transsexual-fish/#comment-1816168 Many salt water fish do this. Generally the oldest and largest fish in a reef school are female. If the females die, the most mature and largest male, will change to be a female and then get all the lovin. Many salt water fish do this. Generally the oldest and largest fish in a reef school are female. If the females die, the most mature and largest male, will change to be a female and then get all the lovin.

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/14/bluey-the-transsexual-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1815937 ted Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:52:46 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/14/bluey-the-transsexual-fish/#comment-1815937 So when they get old, they become male gropers. Sounds like humans. So when they get old, they become male gropers. Sounds like humans.

]]> By: donny brook http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/14/bluey-the-transsexual-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1815920 donny brook Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:34:14 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/14/bluey-the-transsexual-fish/#comment-1815920 Just wondering, after you do all that groping, do you fish for grouper? Just wondering, after you do all that groping, do you fish for grouper?

]]> By: Tim Giachetti http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/14/bluey-the-transsexual-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1815905 Tim Giachetti Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:18:28 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/14/bluey-the-transsexual-fish/#comment-1815905 Male Female Who can tell under that lemon a butter? Male Female

Who can tell under that lemon a butter?

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