You of course know that women are cool while men are; no no! Not fool! But hot; ok ok, warm!
Then again I am not writing about the human species!
Apparently the chief thing which determines whether this species would be a male or female is the temperature of incubation!
Mind blown!?
It is not science fiction but a common observation!
Only if Poghat sir had known about this then he would have tried to be cool or warm to get a son! May not work for humans though!
The phenomenon is seen in the GECKOS!
This process is called Temperature-dependent Sex Determination (TSD).
The moment you have a fancy ‘scientific’ name to a phenomenon then you have a GUT feeling that it may be true!
So apparently the ambient temperature the egg experiences during its incubation window dictates whether the hatchling develops as a male or a female!
So if you are ‘incubating’ your pet GECKO you may start taking notes!
For popular pet geckos, like Leopard Geckos, the breakdown is as follows:
Cool Temperatures (26 degrees – 30 degrees ) produces predominantly females. In fact if you manage to maintain a temperature of 26 degrees, you will get nearly 100\% females!
Then you have the Warm Temperatures which is between 32 degrees to 32.5 degrees which produce mostly males!
Like I said before Males are warm! If you go above this temperature then it is HOT and that is again; FEMALES!
Which means that High Temperatures (34 degrees – 35 degrees) producea mostly females (often referred to as the “high-temperature females”)!
You can also call them the super hot models of the Lizard community!
The ‘Scientific’ research from the Tokyo University of Science shows that during a specific developmental window, temperature activates either male-linked or female-linked genes within the embryo!
This is the reason for the embryo to develop into males or females which in this case is dependent on the temperature!
However, temperature isn’t the only factor for all geckos; some species rely on genetic sex determination, and hormones can sometimes override incubation temperatures!
So even if Males can be cool or Hot while females can be just warm! Gecko ones of course!
Then you have the extremely WARM and story rich movies directed by Krishnaswamy Bhagyaraj! It was a pleasure to watch them though sometimes you cannot watch them with the whole family! Story was the key point and how!
Like how Thalaiva Rajni told in some function about the Three ‘Rajas’ who redefined the Tamil Movie industry in the 1980-90s! Bharathiraja, Ilayaraja and Bhagyaraj!
We lost Bharathiraja recently and the loss of Bhagyaraj is a big one indeed. He will me missed. Heartfelt condolences to the legend
Om Shanthi…
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