2008-12-10

urbpan: (Deer?)
2008-12-10 05:46 am

Transgendered animals on the increase

From [livejournal.com profile] anais2

A variety of different chemicals are found to disrupt hormones in vertebrates, affecting mostly male animals:

"Half the male fish in British lowland rivers have been found to be developing eggs in their testes..."
"...Research at the University of Florida earlier this year found that 40 per cent of the male cane toads ... had become hermaphrodites in a heavily farmed part of the state..."
"...Two-thirds of male Sitka black-tailed deer in Alaska have been found to have undescended testes and deformed antler growth..."
"It is calculated that 250,000 babies who would have been boys have been born as girls instead in the US and Japan alone."


(I didn't think I'd ever get to use my "transgendered animals" tag again."
urbpan: (Soylent Screen!)
2008-12-10 06:34 pm
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New Soylent Screen Up!

Oh yes it is! And unlike last time, when I reviewed the fourth Indiana Jones movie, this is entirely different, since I reviewed the fourth Alien movie. I didn't say so in the review, but I was most excited that it was directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and included Ron Perlman, from Jeunet's "City of Lost Children" and Dominique Pinon from Jeunet's "Delicatessan." Also it was written by Joss somebody or other.

Read all about it here.