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Global warming causing 'feminisation' of turtles: Study
The Economic Times (India) ^
| December 20, 2018
Posted on 12/20/2018 10:09:04 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
LONDON - Up to 93 per cent of green turtle hatchlings could be female by 2100, as climate change causes "feminisation" of the species, according to a study.
The sex of turtle hatchlings is determined by temperature, and at present about 52 per cent of hatching green turtles - one of seven species of sea turtle - are female.
Researchers at the University of Exeter in the UK and the Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre in Portugal found that in warmer temperatures predicted by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IP-CCCP) scenarios, 76-93 per cent of hatchlings would be female.
"Green turtles are facing trouble in the future due to loss of habitats and increasing temperatures," said Rita Patricio from the University of Exeter.
"Our results suggest the nesting population of green turtles the Bijagos Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau, will cope with the effects of climate change until 2100," said Patricio.
"Cooler temperatures, both at the end of the nesting season and in shaded areas, will guarantee some hatchlings are male.
(Excerpt) Read more at economictimes.indiatimes.com ...
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: globalwarming; hoax; propaganda; socialism
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I’m a Turtle (YBYSAIA, if you wish to ask) and I’ve not been feminized by Glo-bull Warming that I know of!
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posted on
12/20/2018 10:42:21 AM PST
by
ssaftler
(From Governor Moon Bat to Governor Gruesome. We're doomed, I tell you!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Transgendered Turtles caused by Global Warming?? I guess boys thinking they are girls are caused by Global Warming!! What BS...
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posted on
12/20/2018 10:43:02 AM PST
by
Deplorable American1776
(Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I wonder if “global warming” is what is causing the feminization of males in this country also.
To: hal ogen
Haha. I was thinking the same thing.
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posted on
12/20/2018 10:51:13 AM PST
by
EdnaMode
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Funny, that wasn’t such a crime when it was planned for White males in the United States.
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posted on
12/20/2018 10:56:46 AM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 $215.71 frm 50% increase in 1.2183 yrs)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
12/20/2018 11:08:48 AM PST
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Now we know why there are so many lib men.
To: MrEdd
Image resized to fit:![](https://www.cafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/jeb-bush-rick-snyder.jpg?w=640")
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posted on
12/20/2018 11:58:07 AM PST
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
To: FrankR
It evidently does NOT cause an increase in IQ.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The left loves it when males go femmy. So this ought to make them happy.
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posted on
12/20/2018 1:04:41 PM PST
by
lurk
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Is that what happened with "Turtle" McConnell???
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posted on
12/20/2018 2:17:13 PM PST
by
Trump_the_Evil_Left
(FReeper formerly known as Enchante (registered Sept. 5, 2001), back from the wild....)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
12/20/2018 3:02:19 PM PST
by
amihow
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
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posted on
12/20/2018 3:04:36 PM PST
by
Leep
(we need a Trump like leader for President 2024!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
And here I thought it was the estrogen-laden vegan soy foods and pharmaceutical birth control pills being peed into the water system.
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12/20/2018 3:52:59 PM PST
by
Albion Wilde
(The word 'racist' is used to describe 'every Republican that's winning' --Donald Trump)
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To: Trump_the_Evil_Left
Bet he’s not used to people yelling back at him.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Is that REALLY MCCONNELL’S PROBLEM?
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posted on
12/23/2018 3:21:12 AM PST
by
ZULU
(Impeach John Roberts for corruption)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
So that’s good, right? Wouldn’t want any of that toxic turtle masculinity, you know. Or is that just hoomans?
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posted on
12/24/2018 8:47:23 AM PST
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
If only James Earl Jones could overdub his voice to this photo
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posted on
12/24/2018 8:59:21 AM PST
by
newfreep
("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" @HOROWITZ39, DAVID HOROWITZ)
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