{"id":5885,"date":"2024-10-15T08:50:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T08:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guardna.wpenginepowered.com\/secondary-sexual-characteristics\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T10:54:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T10:54:43","slug":"secondary-sexual-characteristics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardna-educ.com\/fao\/secondary-sexual-characteristics\/","title":{"rendered":"Secondary sexual characteristics"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Physical characteristics that indicate the sex of the organism but are not directly related to reproductive system. They are developed later in life when organism reaches sexual maturity. Secondary sexual characteristics usually have a role in securing a mate and reproduction. Some examples are antlers in stags, peacocks\u2019 long tail, tusk in narwhals, or hood of the hooded seals.   <\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/guardna-educ.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Sec-sex-char.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 566px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 566\/566;width:500px;height:auto\" class=\"center lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\" style=\"font-size: 15px;text-align: center;\">Different examples of secondary sexual characteristics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Physical characteristics that indicate the sex of the organism but are not directly related to reproductive system. They are developed later in life when organism reaches sexual maturity. Secondary sexual characteristics usually have a role in securing a mate and reproduction. Some examples are antlers in stags, peacocks\u2019 long tail, tusk in narwhals, or hood [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[227,115,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-13-15-years-fao","category-glossary-fao","category-s-fao"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Marina Metic","author_link":"https:\/\/guardna-educ.com\/fao\/author\/marinam\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardna-educ.com\/fao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardna-educ.com\/fao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardna-educ.com\/fao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardna-educ.com\/fao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardna-educ.com\/fao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/guardna-educ.com\/fao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5885\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardna-educ.com\/fao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardna-educ.com\/fao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardna-educ.com\/fao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}