Good Morning NI - I'm here..

[chilly_charly]

Not a crocodile, not a newt, not a salamander, not a fish, not a frog, not a tst...

I think that the temperature effect quoted by waldermar only relates to the egg incubation temperature. Not to the adult. And of course, my question is about adults. And I repeat, the change is effective in a few seconds. I thought that using the power of internet somebody would come back with the answer in a few seconds also...

Try again !.. A bunch of stars for the first who'll find the right answer !..

And stop denying that you don't have any interest for sex (ben, tst..)

CC

edit : typo

Message Edited by chilly charly on 05-11-2005 04:55 AM

[Ray.R]

Well..

some humans were successful in having sex-change operations...

so you can't rule out humans.

There are bi-sexual plants... wait... no.. not "bi"... what's the word in English.. having both sex at the same time... 😉 oh yeah... tst-sexual... I meant trans-sexual??? 😄 😄 😄


No one mentionned birds.. Although unlikely..

😉



😛

[waldemar.hersacher]

CC,

the animals you are seeking for are gastropods. Not all, but some of them have both sex so they can act as male or female within seconds.

Unfortunatly the english version is missing the chapter about this fact so I quote the German page here.

Anders als gern behauptet, sind die meisten Schneckenarten getrenntgeschlechtlich, nur Landlungenschnecken und manche Süßwasserschnecken sind Zwitter (Hermaphroditen).

And more sadly the French page is very short.

Misspelled word corrected

Message Edited by waldemar.hersacher on 05-12-2005 10:43 PM

[chilly_charly]

waldemar, that was a very good trial. But still wrong. Gastropods don't change sex since they have both.
However I will not delete those stars from your List score 😄

So,
Not a crocodile, not a newt, not a salamander, not a fish, not a frog, not a tst, not a bird, not a gastropod...

Try again !
I'll give the answer after releasing the weekly List issue. So you have 48 hours left to list all the animals of the Creation.

CC

[shoneill]

Well well the deadline nears,

In order to narrow things down a bit, I don't think the "higher" animal groups are likely contenders i.e. mammals, marsupials and so on.

I reckon it might be either a mollusc of some sort.

Many seem to think that originally (X million years ago) most organisms were either of both sex or capable of asexual reproduction. There is also much literature which details the fact that even organisms which can reproduce asexually can still benefit from sexual reproduction. Indeed the whole of evolution may be coupled pretty tightly with sexual reproduction. Oh, and an interesting tidbit for any detailed discussions is that the male chromosomes are currently associated with promoting evolution through genetic variations (in humans at least).

Come on CC, give us a clue.

Shane.

[RayFarmer]

Maybe not a frog but Toad!

[chilly_charly]

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shoneill wrote:...Come on CC, give us a clue...

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OK.
As you guessed it is not a large animal. Coud you imagine an elephant changing sex in few seconds ? How amazing ! Of course it's a much smaller animal... I'm surprized none of you thought about insects as potential candidates.

It is an insect...

I think that's a good clue. However since there are hundred of thousands of insect species, you still have some search to do 😄

Which one ?

And forget the caterpillars...

Not a crocodile, not a newt, not a salamander, not a fish, not a frog, not a tst, not a bird, not a gastropod, not a worm, not a toad, not a caterpillar...


CC

edit : forgot the not-a list...

Message Edited by chilly charly on 05-13-2005 01:13 PM

[Ray.R]

Ok.. I did read that's it's an insect.. probably a domestic fly..

but what about clams? do they also have both sex?

Since I don't like insects... it would be nice if they all became males... and sing songs like YMCA!!

😉

[chilly_charly]

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@JoeLabView wrote:
Ok.. I did read that's it's an insect.. probably a domestic fly..
but what about clams? do they also have both sex?
Since I don't like insects... it would be nice if they all became males... and sing songs like YMCA!!

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That was a good one JLV ! :D:D:D
May be I'll add some more stars to your score in the List...

Unfortunately, it's not a domestic fly, nor a clam

Not a crocodile, not a newt, not a salamander, not a fish, not a frog, not a tst, not a bird, not a gastropod, not a worm, not a toad, not a caterpillar, not a domestic fly, not a clam...

[Ben]

Vertibrate or non?

Ben