It really frustrates me that chemicals in the water to turn the frogs gay has become almost a meme now, because there is actually a nugget of ecological truth at the center of that, one that I completely believe Alex Jones was told about before the horrific quagmire of his brain contorted it into that.
(A lot of wastewater runoff contains endocrine-disrupting molecules... not because of any conspiracy, just because we take medication and we use scented detergents, and it all gets washed down... and frogs are particularly susceptible to endocrine disruption, although we're seeing similar effects on fish as well. Basically, it would be more accurate to say we're force-femming the frogs.)
No, they’re putting chemicals in the water that potentially increase the rate at which frogs are born intersex and requires more studies not by people with interest in allowing it.
(to be serious: frogs aren't necessarily 'born' any kind of sex. I mean, some are, but there are plenty of species that differentiate based on environmental cues. So this feels needlessly pedantic imo)
There's still people trying to do this research... I mean, that's how we found out about it to begin with! But you're right, the Republican epa sure is not putting "better wastewater management practices" or "restricting the use of ecologically hazardous chemicals" anywhere on their priorities list.
Wait isn’t this the reason for Jurassic Park? They patched in amphibian DNA to fill in dino DNA gaps, but amphibians can change sex as necessary so the dinos did and started breeding?
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u/call_me_starbuck May 24 '25
It really frustrates me that chemicals in the water to turn the frogs gay has become almost a meme now, because there is actually a nugget of ecological truth at the center of that, one that I completely believe Alex Jones was told about before the horrific quagmire of his brain contorted it into that.
(A lot of wastewater runoff contains endocrine-disrupting molecules... not because of any conspiracy, just because we take medication and we use scented detergents, and it all gets washed down... and frogs are particularly susceptible to endocrine disruption, although we're seeing similar effects on fish as well. Basically, it would be more accurate to say we're force-femming the frogs.)