Basically the Title. How are our body’s so good at regulating how much males and females are born, if they aren’t aware of the Balance at all?
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It isn’t always the case. Many species have evolved so one gender, usually female, is entirely over-represented. In fact, there’s a species of lizard that has (recently) evolved to reproduce without males; the species is in a transitional period between sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction, with some females seeking mates and some just doing their own thing. Then there are anglerfish, with which the females are many times larger than the males, and there are many more males than females. That’s because when a male finds a female, he bites her body (about anywhere) and stays latched on like a parasite. Eventually their bodies grow together, and his fins and non-essentials atrophy, leaving only his reproductive system to fertilize the female. Female anglerfish have often been found with multiple males attached.
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