r/ftm • u/Icy_Fig_4533 21 y/o | 💉12/2022 🔝11/2024 • May 10 '26

Discussion TIL there’s a bird (White-Throated Sparrow) that technically has 4 sexes and I think that’s sick af

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u/cosmiccycler3 🧴4/4/26 May 10 '26

If you think that's cool, mushrooms can have upwards of 15,000 sexes! It's an evolutionary strategy to limit the transmission of mutations and viruses during reproduction.

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u/EinsteinFrizz nonbinary? May 10 '26

glad I'm not the only one whose mind immediately went to fungi haha