Visually distinguishing between a cob (male) and pen (female) is not possible, however you can tell them apart by watching how they raise the youngs. The female incubates the eggs while the male will swim close by to protect the nest from predator.

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Created by M.K.Ravishankar (mk_ravishankar@yahoo.com) on Sat Feb 16 17:15:57 2013