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It's late and I am doomscrolling google news before bed and came across this article: https://www.zmescience.com/science/...emale-spider-in-thailand-and-its-fascinating/
It says at the very top "Scientists named the half-male, half-female spider after an One Piece anime character who can change sex at will."
You can imagine my excitement being a former bio major (with an emphasis in zoology) and a HUGE OP fan, thinking oh IVANKOV got a spider named after him? Cool! But wtf the article gets it twisted and they named the spider after the duality that is Inazuma's color scheme and got the shit they said at the top all wrong. Don't think I would be so bothered if it wasn't about One Piece lol as I know a lot of articles are riddled with inaccuracies. In a way they are right to name the spider after Inazuma, I have no issues with that but it is what they say about Inazuma at the top and middle of the article that bothered me. Like motherfucker is it that hard to google the characters and get their abilities correct?
"The researchers named their new discovery after Inazuma, a character from the manga One Piece, who can switch between male and female forms."
Wtf that is like saying WE and ANYONE in the world can switch between genders and forms which we could (not that I'd want to) if we got the right medical treatments. I swear these types of authors are fucking trash.
They should have just highlighted Inazuma's color scheme for the article especially since the researchers only said "The Inazuma style is characterized by bilateral asymmetry, presenting distinct coloration with orange on the left side and white on the right side. This color arrangement closely mirrors the sexual dimorphism observed in this species." Basically indicating they wanted to name the spider after Inazuma because of the color schemes Not because of a sex change at will. That shit was definitely added by the author to bloat the article up. /endrant. This all said, I do recommend still giving the article a read as it is a cool way to be introduced to gynandromorphism in animals, especially in spiders as it is extremely rare. Thanks for reading I guess.
It says at the very top "Scientists named the half-male, half-female spider after an One Piece anime character who can change sex at will."
You can imagine my excitement being a former bio major (with an emphasis in zoology) and a HUGE OP fan, thinking oh IVANKOV got a spider named after him? Cool! But wtf the article gets it twisted and they named the spider after the duality that is Inazuma's color scheme and got the shit they said at the top all wrong. Don't think I would be so bothered if it wasn't about One Piece lol as I know a lot of articles are riddled with inaccuracies. In a way they are right to name the spider after Inazuma, I have no issues with that but it is what they say about Inazuma at the top and middle of the article that bothered me. Like motherfucker is it that hard to google the characters and get their abilities correct?
"The researchers named their new discovery after Inazuma, a character from the manga One Piece, who can switch between male and female forms."
Wtf that is like saying WE and ANYONE in the world can switch between genders and forms which we could (not that I'd want to) if we got the right medical treatments. I swear these types of authors are fucking trash.
They should have just highlighted Inazuma's color scheme for the article especially since the researchers only said "The Inazuma style is characterized by bilateral asymmetry, presenting distinct coloration with orange on the left side and white on the right side. This color arrangement closely mirrors the sexual dimorphism observed in this species." Basically indicating they wanted to name the spider after Inazuma because of the color schemes Not because of a sex change at will. That shit was definitely added by the author to bloat the article up. /endrant. This all said, I do recommend still giving the article a read as it is a cool way to be introduced to gynandromorphism in animals, especially in spiders as it is extremely rare. Thanks for reading I guess.
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