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S2E9:Strange Parents

David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities

18 Mar 2014TV-G

Animals are usually either male or female and often behave in a way that is characteristic of their gender. But, as David Attenborough finds in this illuminating natural history documentary, in nature there are curious exceptions. Female hyenas look and behave like males and male seahorses actually get pregnant and give birth. Why have these two animals swapped their sexual identities?