Sunday, November 8, 2009

You live in a different world to me.

Pixar Lied


Clownfish live in small groups inhabiting a single anemone.

The group consists of a breeding pair, which cohabit with a few non-reproductive, "pre-pubescent", and smaller male clownfish.

When the female dies, the dominant male changes sex and becomes the female.

This life history strategy is known as sequential hermaphroditism. Because clownfish are all born as males, they are protandrous hermaphrodites (pro=first; androus=male).

This is in contrast with another form of hermaphroditism, known as protogyny, in which all fish are born as females but can change to males later.

Calm


Monday, November 2, 2009

Mannequin Injustice

Eighteen percent of the women in Sweden have at one time been threatened by a man.


Forty-six percent of the women in Sweden have been subjected to violence by a man.


Thirteen percent of the women in Sweden have been subjected to aggravated sexual assault outside of a sexual relationship.


Ninety-two percent of women in Sweden who have been subjected to sexual assault have not reported the most recent violent incident to the police.