17 November 2001, 08:50
RR16 Point Whitetail
Just read in the paper about a hunter in Ontario who shot a 16 point deer . He went over to where he shot it and it was a doe with a rack. Maybe its the world record hermaphrodite.
RR
17 November 2001, 09:20
AquavitActually, Jamie Lee Curtis still has the record hermaphrodite rack
I read an article detailing research by some G & F department in the US and they found a particular area where up to 7%(I think) of the deer there were hermaphrodites.
The turkey I shot this spring was a 17lb hen with an 11 1/4 inch beard - and nubs/spurs. I thought something was a little strange as her head wasn't bright blue or red when she came by. I clearly identified a beard, and I blasted her. You hear about this quite a bit with turkeys, but I wonder how prevalent it is among deer.
17 November 2001, 11:20
D HumbargerActually, Jamie Lee Curtis still has the record hermaphrodite rack;
Man don't tell me that!
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17 November 2001, 13:28
<Gary Rihn>quote:
Originally posted by Bear Claw:
Actually, Jamie Lee Curtis still has the record hermaphrodite rack;
Man don't tell me that!
Sorry, that's been the rumor for a long time. I know, I know....
17 November 2001, 15:20
<Don G>Sheesh, I won't be able to sleep for a week!
Don
17 November 2001, 16:30
<R. A. Berry>Actually, that lovely woman is a case of testicular feminization. Although she is externally a perfect female, not a hermaphrodite, she is an XY (male) chromosomally, not an XX (female).
Some endocrinology professor told me this somewhere along the way, so I cannot cite a reference on it.
We all start off as females embryologically. At some point the gonads decide to become testicles and start the process of masculinization. In a testicular feminization case, the gonads of the XY individual go on acting like ovaries instead, and a perfect though sterile female can develop.
She is quite a babe nevertheless.
Hyenas suffer a deficiency in aromatization of sex steroids, on a biochemical level. They have trouble making female hormones, but they are able to make some. That is why the female hyenas look like hermaphrodites routinely, I believe. I am no expert on this, though that old endocrinology professor was. Yeah, he was kind of wierd too. He found this stuff fascinating.
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Rifles And Bullets r us: RAB
18 November 2001, 08:58
<JK>How did that info get out on Jamie Lee Curtis? Well, if she's externally a perfect woman........I don't think anyone of us is going to kick her out of bed!
19 November 2001, 09:47
BBBrucequote:
Originally posted by JK:
Well, if she's externally a perfect woman........I don't think anyone of us is going to kick her out of bed!
As long as her beard doesn't tickle yer nostrils?
20 November 2001, 04:47
JDAmazing what you can learn on AR.
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JD
27 November 2001, 17:59
TGetzenDid you see a picture of it? I have seen pictures of several antlered does, and without exception, they all had spindly, mis-shapen racks, even though a couple had a decent number of points -- not 16 though.
Just curious.
Todd
27 November 2001, 19:42
Frank NowakowskiHell with the deer........Jamie Lee Curtis!!!! Really!!! More information Please.
28 November 2001, 15:50
<Wolverine>It is a widespread rumor. As far as I know, it has not been verified with any credible evidence.
I would like to know how that professor got a hold of her medical records.
[This message has been edited by Wolverine (edited 11-28-2001).]
29 November 2001, 08:28
<R. A. Berry>I have no other information on this. I would rather just think of the anatomically perfect female aspect of it. Just put it to bed. Pun intended.
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RAB