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Bearded Dragon: 3 Amazing Facts About This Gender-Bending Lizard

Scientists have recently documented a shocking discovery. In a study published in the journal Nature, a particular species of lizard known as the Australian bearded dragons are found to exhibit sex reversal in the wild. A team of researchers from the University of Canberra have determined that sex chromosomes are not always the determinants of a reptile’s gender. They also observed that at high temperatures, bearded dragons in the wild that have male chromosomes, exhibited outwardly female characteristics.

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'Reptile Rescuer' Great-Grandmother Revives Bearded Dragon

Sherrie Dolezal, a self-described 'reptile rescuer', revived her bearded dragon with CPR.

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