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This episode discusses the influence of parenting on sexual orientation, the phenomenon of sleepwalking in animals, and species that can change sex.

Episode 110 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes discussion of whether parenting styles can influence sexual orientation, what sleepwalking is and how other animals “sleepwalk,” and the many other species that undergo sex changes. Social & Websites Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky 00:00 Intro 00:00:14 Question 1 (Parenting and Sexual orientation) 00:05:23 Question 2 (Sleepwalking and other animals) 00:19:20 Question 3 (Sex Changing Species)

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