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For the Last Time: Humans Are Not Fish

Stop it. Just stop it

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Eva Kurilova
Jan 26, 2024
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Clownfish, unlike humans, are sequential hermaphrodites.

Last week, X user Ian Copeland sparked outrage across the platform by suggesting that sex is not a binary trait because some species of fish can change sex. The post got ratioed to oblivion (1.1K likes vs. 7.5K replies at the time of this writing) and the controversy even led to Elon Musk himself weighing in to confirm that sex is indeed binary.

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