Can dragons change gender?

Pogona vitticeps dragons can produce females through genetic sex determination, where chromosomes determine sex, like humans do. But they can also go through temperature-dependent sex reversal, when a male embryos' chromosomes are overridden when incubated at high temperatures to produce a female.

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Can dragons switch genders?

SEX SWAP Australian bearded dragons (one shown) have two chromosomes that determine their sex. But high incubation temperatures during development can override that information, turning genetically male dragons into functional females.

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Are dragons gendered?

When a dragon is never observed to have laid eggs, this is taking as proof that it must have been male. However, according to Barth and Maester Aemon, dragons have no fixed gender, but are “now one and now the other, as changeable as flame”.

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Are dragons always female?

Dragons don't technically have genders. Having said that, dragons in history have been referred to as male and female ("she-dragons").

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Are dragons in Game of Thrones unisex?

“Dragons are neither male nor female, Barth saw the truth of that, but now one and now the other, as changeable as flame.”

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What gender is Rhaegal?

Rhaegal is a male dragon belonging to Daenerys Targaryen. He is the brother to Drogon and Viserion. Green and bronze in color, he is the middle sibling of the three dragons and while not as fierce as the larger Drogon, he is still quite dangerous...

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Do dragons reproduce asexually?

Miller: Female Asian water dragons can reproduce sexually or asexually—with or without a male. This is called facultative parthenogenesis, and it comes in handy when an animal is trying to repopulate an area and cannot find a mate.

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Can male dragons give birth?

Seahorses and their close relatives, sea dragons, are the only species in which the male gets pregnant and gives birth. Male seahorses and sea dragons get pregnant and bear young—a unique adaptation in the animal kingdom.

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What is Dragongender?

Dragongender is a xenogender identity in which one's gender is reflected by dragons.

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Can dragons lay eggs without a male?

Yes, even a female bearded dragon that lives alone can lay eggs. This may be because it recently spent time with a male bearded dragon or simply because it is not uncommon for female bearded dragons, and other types of animals, to lay infertile eggs without ever having been with a male.

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Can all dragons lay eggs?

Dragons have been known to lay eggs in a clutch of up to at least five, and a dragon may lay several clutches during its lifetime. Although the subject of dragon mating habits is debatable, some maesters believe that if a dragon never laid an egg in its lifetime, it must be male.

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Are female dragons bigger?

Male bearded dragons are larger than female bearded dragons, have two hemipenal bulges compared to just a single bulge in females, and are much more territorial and aggressive compared to females.

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What is the female version of dragon?

In Greek mythology, a drakaina (Ancient Greek: δράκαινα) is a female serpent or dragon, sometimes with humanlike features.

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Can one person have two dragons?

No rider has ever ridden two dragons, but the possibility exists that they could have. When Prince Viserys Targaryen's dragon Balerion died, according to George R. R. Martin, "[Viserys] did not take a second dragon", leaving the possibility that, had Viserys desired a new dragon, he could have attempted to claim one.

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Can a female bearded dragon become male?

This is attributed to a warming planet. The bearded dragon, the most popular reptile kept as a pet, has the capability to change sex via two different sets of genes, either via sex chromosomes or via hot temperature, according to a study in the PLOS One journal.

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Would Drogon lay eggs?

Although Drogon is a male dragon there is an ancient myth dragons are able to change their sex. This means if the dragon is able to reproduce, he may not be the last of his kind. Fans are suggesting he may be laying eggs to produce more dragons.

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Are Chinese dragons male?

Dragons were also described as male and female. Male dragons had two wavy horns on the top of their heads, whiskers around the nostrils, and a luminous pearl imbedded in their chins or necks. Female dragons had no horns but were said to wear necklaces of huge and priceless pearls.

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Are half dragons infertile?

Reproduction. Like many hybrids, half-dragons are apparently sterile and can not reproduce with other races.

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What animals give birth asexually?

Animals that reproduce asexually include planarians, many annelid worms including polychaetes and some oligochaetes, turbellarians and sea stars. Many fungi and plants reproduce asexually.

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Do dragons mate for life?

A few dragon varieties are monogamous, mating with the same partner every cycle. Greens, blues, silvers, golds, and browns often display this behavior. Others have multiple partners throughout their lives and retain little emotional attachment to former mates.

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What is the hybrid of a dragon?

Hybrid dragons are dragons that have two or more elements. Some hybrid dragons have opposite elements; those dragons can be more difficult to breed.

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Was Drogon a girl dragon?

Drogon is a male dragon belonging to Daenerys Targaryen and the eldest brother of Rhaegal and Viserion. He is the largest of her three dragons, as well as the most spirited and aggressive.

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Whose child is Drogon?

Drogon is one of the dragons born in the Dothraki sea. Commanded by Daenerys Targaryen, he is named for her late husband, Khal Drogo. Drogon is believed by some to be the reincarnation of Balerion the Black Dread, but Daenerys decides to give him a new name for his new life.

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Is Drogon the only dragon?

He was also Daenerys's personal mount. With the deaths of Viserion and Rhaegal, Drogon is currently the last of his brothers, hence the only known living dragon in existence.

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