Strange Parents

Animals are usually either male or female and behave in a way that is characteristic of their gender. But in nature there are curious exceptions. Female hyenas look and behave like males, and male seahorses actually get pregnant and give birth. Why have these two animals swapped their sexual identit...

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Other Authors: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase.
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2014]
Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (23 min.) : sound, color.
Series: Attenborough's Natural Curiosities ; Series 2.
Natural Curiosities ; Series 2.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Hippocampus
  • (2:16)
  • Aristotle's Observation
  • (2:53)
  • Reproduction Study
  • (3:00)
  • Seahorse Birth
  • (2:28)
  • Early Perception of Hyenas
  • (2:18)
  • William Buckland's Discovery
  • (4:23)
  • Dominance and Aggression
  • (3:34)
  • Credits: Strange Parents: Attenborough's Natural Curiosities, Series 2
  • (0:30)