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News Release 12-111
Pre-Father's Day Live Chat About Varied Animal Fathering Styles on June 14
NSF-funded scientists will answer your questions about fathering styles and bonding styles between parents in the animal kingdom
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Seahorses are veritable "gender benders," because their intense fathering responsibilities include many of those usually assumed by mothers--including undergoing pregnancy and giving birth to their offspring. Fathers carry their unborn babies in a stomach pouch.
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