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meco03211@lemmy.world 2 months agoBiology doesn’t give special consideration for humans. We’re simply animals like the rest of the animal kingdom. Within the animal kingdom there are absolutely species with more than two sexes including more than two gamete sizes.
powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
You’re probably confusing sex with mating types. Sex is binary because there’s exactly two gamete sizes, eggs and sperm. Other species have gametes that are the same size, but those are called mating types and work very differently than sex.
meco03211@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Nope. There are animals with more than two gamete sizes. Egg and sperm are not sizes.
powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
What animals are those?
meco03211@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Arctic foxes and fruit flies. And before responding, be sure to educate yourself on the difference between what constitutes size and “egg and sperm”. Those are entirely different concepts.