> "This is a quite a unique situation, and I think the young female has a keen eye to actually spot it," [Chris Newman, director of the National Centre for Reptile Welfare, said]

What an odd thing to say.

Why so? It seems both things are true.

I believe the odd part is "young female" phrasing. And I agree, it is odd.

I agree that it is odd, but it is unfortunately a natural consequence of the dilution of the term woman to include people in their 50s that up until yesterday were men.

We need a new term, kind of like how Thailand is handling the situation for so long. It is clear that there cannot be just two genders.