Froggy fan mail – gay frogs?

Thank you to all my followers for their fan mail, calls, texts, e-mails and gifts. Froggy would love to reply to all of his fans individually but alas it’s not always possible. Occasionally, Froggy feels compelled to reply to, or acknowledge particular communications.

Today I received an e-mail from a concerned follower enquiring what Froggy’s opinion on homosexuals was and whether or not Froggy was gay.

Women who dispose of old birth control pills by flushing them down the toilet have been releasing hormones into the water supply. This has been found to alter the sexual characteristics of certain species of frogs. Some have interpreted this as being the cause of turning frogs gay.

However, more accurately, it seems they are actually causing a medical condition called intersex which also occurs in humans – click here for intersex definition. Some are confusing this with actually turning frogs gay.

Water Pollution Impact – live science.com

The body of a fish or a frog reacts to EE2 as if it were a natural estrogen, “demasculinizing” male animals and creating a condition called intersex that interferes with an animal’s ability to reproduce, Jobling said. Intersex males often produce eggs in their testes.

Froggy says:

Frogs are not gay. People are.

Froggy smiles and croaks. Thanks Dean.

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