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7 Transgender Animals Subscribe for more videos! NUMBER 1: Up until they reach adulthood, most of the animal kingdom copy traits of the opposite gender. A large majority of male marsh harriers, however, spend their lifespan mimicking their female counterparts - by having co-ordinating plumage. The male marsh harriers in question are up to thirty percent more compact than males who do not possess feminine features. The feminine males use their look to their advantage, and try to initiate intimacy with female marsh harriers. It is unsure if they are successful in mating. There has been a case where a feminine male did try to seduce a female - only for it to be a decoy marsh harrier, planted by scientist to study behaviour. Ornithologists are unsure if his fellow feathered friends mocked the cheeky casanova for his birdie blunder. NUMBER 2: Three types of male bluegill sunfish exist: parentals, satellites and sneakers. The parentals take on the traditionally feminine roles, and they will build nests and look after their offspring. Satellites are incredibly feminine in appearance. So much so, that parentals do not mind them being there as they attempt to procreate. As the satellite slinks around the mating couple, he releases his own sperm, to mix with the parentals'. Despite parentals having the lowest sperm count, they actually are the most successful at inseminating the females. NUMBER 3: Old world monkeys, located in Asia and Africa, co-exist in patriarchally-led clans. Once they reach manhood, lower males are forced to find other suitable male mates. Much like humans, odd things can happen to a males body once they reach puberty. Their anal area swells up, causing them to appear female. Once the olive colobus passes puberty, the inflammation stops. However, in the red colobus, the bulge stays. Rather than eluding the males as they attempt to mate, the bodily strategy is used to pacify them. NUMBER 4: Arguably one of the oddest animals on the planet, is the cuttlefish. They have humungously squishy, round brains, with eyes that can see when it's almost pitch-black. They even have three hearts! Similarly to some of its family, such as squid and octopi, the giant cuttlefish is able to disguise itself, and blend with its surroundings. The ratio of male to female cuttlefish is eleven to one, which is a definite disadvantage if you're the smaller male. To evade being caught in the dominant male's territory, the sneaky camouflaged males mimic the colours of the female. NUMBER 5: There are three types of lizard, with their personality dependent on their throat colour. Topping the hierarchy, is the orange throated lizard; They're the largest of all three, and are the most dominant. Below the orange-throated lizard, is the blue throat lizard, who will willingly protect females from their yellow-throated counterparts, but run away once faced with an orange-throated male. Whilst they are smaller in size than orange-throated males, blue-throated males will team up and defend themselves from their yellow-throated and orange-throated enemies. The hierarchy is: orange over blue, blue over yellow, and yellow over orange. This hierarchy safeguards the continuation of these lizards. NUMBER 6: Thinking that a lady spotted hyena, is in fact a male one, is an easy error. They both possess similar physiques, with both sexes also appearing to have visible male genitalia. To add to the similarities, the female's 'phallus' hardens when she meets with fellow hyenas from her pack. Cleverly, the female hyena's 'penis' is actually a large clitoris, that enables the female hyena to pass urine, have sex through, and even give birth! Both sexes are similar when it comes to penis size, and despite her not actually possessing a penis, they tend to beat the males when it comes to battle of the sizes. This makes the females the more dominant sex. Males tend to worship females, by caressing their faces against their front legs. NUMBER 7: Midshipman fish are found along the North American coastline. They use photophores, which let out glimmers of light, in order to attract their prey. in order to entice females, the males emit a hum. The humming noise is so incredibly loud, that people have reported not being able to sleep, let alone have a normal-voiced conversation, due to the sheer volume! However, there is one kind, the 'sneaker males', that are silent. Midshipman males are known to flitter between genders.