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Heat 'messing with sex of Aust lizards'

A STUDY of Australian Bearded Dragons has shown that hotter temperatures are making genetically male lizards hatch as females.

Hotter temperatures are messing with the gender of Australia's bearded dragon lizards.
Hotter temperatures are messing with the gender of Australia's bearded dragon lizards.

HOTTER temperatures are messing with the gender of Australia's bearded dragon lizards, a new study finds.

DRAGONS that are genetically male hatch as females and give birth to other lizards.

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