March 12, 2010
half cock
Unlike mammals, it’s not hormones that dictate a chicken’s sex. It’s a fundamental property of the cells themselves. But this only became apparent when biologists investigated several odd chickens that were half male and half female, as if a line were drawn down the center of their bodies.
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Inspiration for a new series of drawings: hermaphroditic fowl.
I feel like I am obligated to comment on this.
There. Now I have.