Finding Nemo is a Hermaphrodite!

Tweet: http://bit.ly/NemoTweet FB: http://bit.ly/NemoFB Download 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea for FREE http://bit.ly/AudibleSED More info! ⇊ Click below for more links! ⇊ This blew my mind. I'm told that lots of people knew this already. I heard it for the first time on the Great Barrier Reef! Official comment thread on Reddit here: http://bit.ly/SlP53Z (I participate in this discussion) Watch these fish lay their eggs on this video on the Ocean's IQ page: http://www.oceansiq.com/#!anemonefish/clxz A huge thanks to my dive partner Dr. Jamie Seymour, a world renouned venom biologist at James Cook University. He's a top notch guy who helped me open my eyes to the wonders of the ocean. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Seymour Also, the beautiful footage was taken by "Shark Dude" Richard Fitzpatrick. Richard is the man. more on him later. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dar1x4fiG2I Music "Manta" by A Shell In The Pit. You know Gordon's music by now. It's all good. http://ashellinthepit.bandcamp.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GET SMARTER SECTION Clownfish are "sequential hermaphrodites" which move from male to female (Protandry). Most sequential hermaphrodites move from female to male (Protogyny). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequential_hermaphroditism ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following was made possible by Patreon Donations: Rough Draft editing of RAW footage by Ben Linderman. http://www.one29.com/ Awesome clownfish animation elements by Graphic Designer Emily Weddle http://emilyweddle.com/ AfterEffects animation made by: Mr. Per Hoelhttp://perhoel.org/ NOTE: I am aware that Hermaphroditism is a real condition. No disrespect is intended to any hermaphrodites who may be watching this video. In fact, thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoy getting Smarter Every Day with me! Tweet ideas to me @SmarterEveryDay If you like what I do and want to support my efforts to create Smart kids and Smarter Every Day Here are a couple of links you can use to help: Patreon Support Link: http://www.patreon.com/smartereveryday Subbable Support Link: http://subbable.com/smartereveryday Warm Regards, Destin