Wednesday, February 21, 2007

"Hermaphrodite"

Her·maph·ro·dite. In zoology and botany, a hermaphrodite is an organism that possesses both male and female sex organs during its life. In many species, hermaphroditism is a common part of the life-cycle, particularly in some asexual animals and some plants. Generally, hermaphroditism occurs in the invertebrates, although it occurs in a fair number of fish, and to a lesser degree in other vertebrates. On very rare occasions, such a hermaphrodite can even impregnate itself, but this will result in complications.

Some readers may recognize this example of Hermaphrodism:

2 Comments:

Blogger Pin-gli said...

...cf. parthenogenetic

6:34 pm  
Blogger hers said...

Who could mistake the legendry bearded lady of Guildford, what a woman! Rock on Brenda!

6:57 pm  

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