Thursday, July 14, 2011

The Hermaphrodite Mani Bruce Mitchell


According to GayNZ.com, TVOne aired a documentary featuring the hermaphrodite, "Mani Bruce Mitchell" last week. The documentary is titled, "Intersexion" and it has been difficult to locate online. While searching for this documentary, i managed to stumble upon another documentary featuring Mani Mitchell titled, "Not To Be Invisible" on youtube. At age 40, Mani Bruce Mitchell reveals what life was like growing up as a hermaphrodite:

A True Hermaphrodite Butterfly?


Reportedly, it's the new attraction in London at The Natural History Museum. Many media outlets are identifying this hermaphrodite as the "Great Mormon Butterfly". The left half is male and the right half is female with male and female reproductive organs merged right down the middle:

A stunning butterfly that emerged from its chrysalis as male on one side, female on the other, has astounded curators at the Natural History Museum in London.

The peculiar nature of the freshly hatched great mormon butterfly was spotted when staff noticed a striking difference between its wing colourings and other features.

The insect, which has a 10cm wingspan, is almost black on its male side, but the female side is much paler, with clearly visible flecks of blue, red and tortoiseshell.

A closer inspection revealed the insect to have one antenna longer than the other, a single male clasp on its abdomen, and male and female reproductive organs that had fused down the middle.