(July 13, 2011 at 2:40 pm)Moros Synackaon Wrote: Interesting. So hermaphrodites appear less frequently for purposes of specialization, possibly forming of social groups? It does make sense that a hermaphrodite group would spend more energy on a wider spread of actions (like breeding, foraging and defense) while the specialized groupings (males, females) can load balance such actions...
Yes. In addition, hermophrodites also suffer from risk of self-fertilization, sort of incest and masturbation in the same act, which defeats the biological purpose of fertilization.
