BBC - Earth News - Mercury 'turns' wetland birds such as ibises homosexual:
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| Gay ibis. Via BBC. |
Although the researchers already knew that eating mercury-contaminated food could affect an animal's development, they were surprised by the 'strange' results of this experiment.
'We knew mercury could depress their testosterone (male sex hormone) levels,' explained Dr Peter Frederick from the University of Florida, who led the study. 'But we didn't expect this.'
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