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Whale and Dolphin Conservation

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Occasionalposter25 · 13/06/2025 20:04

Not sure if the post has now been removed, but I took this screenshot yesterday - about intersex Right Whales...

Whale and Dolphin Conservation
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Toseland · 13/06/2025 22:53

I bet the whales know who are the lady whales and who are the gentlemen whales!😊🐋

Brainworm · 13/06/2025 22:52

Can someone fill me in on what this has got to do with FWR?

Is there an issue with people (or animals) with DSDs not being loved or accepted?

I’ve not actually heard of anyone saying people with DSDs are victimised or oppressed.

I’ve heard people try and wedge DSDs into conversations about trans rights, but these points always lack coherence because people with trans identities and people with DSDs are different!

FinancialWhines · 13/06/2025 22:13

A mummy owl ripped apart and fed her dead baby owl to it's siblings on Springwatch last week. That doesn't say "love and acceptance" to me.

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Occasionalposter25 · 13/06/2025 22:00

JanesLittleGirl · 13/06/2025 21:19

This is known as Klinefelter Syndrome in humans and occurs in about 1 in 650 male births. Why do you think that it is especially interesting?

In terms of the last sentence of the first paragraph... 'Nature teaches us about so much about love and acceptance...'
Really?!

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nocoolnamesleft · 13/06/2025 21:52

XXY in humans is definitely male!

DragonRunor · 13/06/2025 21:49

Let’s hope that anyone working in dolphin and whale conservation knows the importance of sex, and the value of sex disaggregated data.

Grammarnut · 13/06/2025 21:46

Why does everyone think that DSDs mean sex isn't binary in mammals? DSDs are sex specific ffs. Been sent a piece about a Dutch woman with a DSD who has won a literay prize and thanks the trans community for enabling her to get appropriate surgery - I ended up thinking she didn't know what a DSD was (and she called herself intersex).
Here's the link:
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/dutch-london-bryony-gordon-fiction-charlotte-b1232698.html
Article ends with an explanation of DSDs and that they are not the same as gender dysphoria.

Women’s Prize for Fiction ‘greatest honour’ as an intersex woman, says winner

Dutch author Yael Van der Wouden will receive £30,000 and a bronze statuette.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/dutch-london-bryony-gordon-fiction-charlotte-b1232698.html

JanesLittleGirl · 13/06/2025 21:19

This is known as Klinefelter Syndrome in humans and occurs in about 1 in 650 male births. Why do you think that it is especially interesting?

Krakinou · 13/06/2025 21:18

Why is the XXY whale neither male nor female, but the XYY whale is male?

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