My Fish is a Transsexual!

[Shaula]

I mean WTF? When I left my house my fish was a girl but when I came home a week later she was a dude.

I did some reading later I and found this nugget of information: There is an occasional tendency for a female Swordtail to change sex and develop a "sword" on her tail, especially when old or affected by parasites. She may even attempt courtship with another female, though the majority of the time they are infertile!

 

[ThatsWhatHeSaid]

I thought lots of fish were hermaphroditic.

Apparently all these guys* are.




*girls?

 

[Mort Belfry]

"Malcolm was right, life finds a way."

 

[AOA]

I mean WTF? When I left my house my fish was a girl but when I came home a week later she was a dude.

I did some reading later I and found this nugget of information: There is an occasional tendency for a female Swordtail to change sex and develop a "sword" on her tail, especially when old or affected by parasites. She may even attempt courtship with another female, though the majority of the time they are infertile!

... Or maybe, it's just a 'she' male undercover, and it missed you.

 

[Totenkindly]

Smells fishy to me.

Maybe he'll pull the Thomas Beattie thing and still give birth to lotsa baby guppies.

 

[Atomic Fiend]

"Malcolm was right, life finds a way."

 

[Shaula]

So what do I call it now? A her? A him? I'm so confused.

 

[Atomic Fiend]

You do what everyone else does who never bothers to check the sex of there fish.


My, the, or those fish.

 

[/DG/]

I mean WTF? When I left my house my fish was a girl but when I came home a week later she was a dude.

I did some reading later I and found this nugget of information: There is an occasional tendency for a female Swordtail to change sex and develop a "sword" on her tail, especially when old or affected by parasites. She may even attempt courtship with another female, though the majority of the time they are infertile!

Woah! That's weird.

 

[Lateralus]

So what do I call it now? A her? A him? I'm so confused.

It

 

[Totenkindly]

It

How politically incorrect.
You'll give it, um, her, um, him, a complex.

 

[Athenian200]

First of all, it's spelled "transsexual."

So what do I call it now? A her? A him? I'm so confused.

You could go with "he/she," like they do on certain forms.

 

[JAVO]

I suspect there is something in the water.

 

[Nocapszy]

So what do I call it now? A her? A him? I'm so confused.

You address your fish?

 

[Athenian200]

You address your fish?

Of course you do, how else would the delivery people know where to bring them?

 

[Shaula]

First of all, it's spelled "transsexual."

Well I tried to fix it. But you'll have to get a mod to fix the actual topic title.

You address your fish?

Well 'it' was named Miss Pineapple. And I don't like calling 'it' just Pineapple. :\ Although I have to say 'it' has growth quite an impressive 'sword'. I mean 'its' more well endowed than my other male swordtail was.

 

[Athenian200]

Well I tried to fix it.

It's too late anyway. We've already made jokes about your misspelling in Oberon's parody of this thread anyway. We're all amused by your lack of spelling aptitude.

I would still have been really happy if you had fixed it though. Because I'm really, really pedantic.

Well 'it' was named Miss Pineapple. And I don't like calling 'it' just Pineapple. :\ Although I have to say 'it' has growth quite an impressive 'sword'. I mean 'its' more well endowed than my other male swordtail was.

What if you just called it Mister Applepine?

Are you telling me you actually take the time and effort to measure the size of swordfish genitalia? I wonder if you're conducting any kind of experiments on these fish?

 

[Shaula]

Are you telling me you actually take the time and effort to measure the size of swordfish genitalia? I wonder if you're conducting any kind of experiments on these fish?

No, I was referring to the actual tail itself. A female swordtail has a rounded tail while a male swordtail's tail looks like a sword. I was commenting on the fact that I was impressed by the amount of tissue my fish had grown in such a short period of time versus its male counterpart.

 

[Athenian200]

No, I was referring to the actual tail itself. A female swordtail has a rounded tail while a male swordtail's tail looks like a sword. I was commenting on the fact that I was impressed by the amount of tissue my fish had grown in such a short period of time versus its male counterpart.

That is impressive, actually. You don't typically see fish growing a lot of tissue after reaching adulthood.

 

[Shaula]

My Fish is a Transsexual! and my hovercraft is full of eels

You know, I'm done with this. My sense of humour has been lost.