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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Reverse-Sex Insects

    In other bug news, an international team of entomologists announced last week that they discovered a cave insect where females have male-like genitalia and visa-versa. It’s perhaps the first example of reversed sex organs in any animal.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    In other bug news, an international team of entomologists announced last week that they discovered a cave insect where females have male-like genitalia and visa-versa. It’s perhaps the first example of reversed sex organs in any animal.

    The full episode

    5 of 6
    POM Wonderful at the Supreme Court, Urban Insects & Sex Ed
    1. 0:00POM Wonderful Suit
    2. 7:13Airplane Stowaway
    3. 14:32Spoiler Alert
    4. 24:18Urban Insects
    5. 32:24Reverse-Sex InsectsYou’re reading this
    6. 40:34The State of Sex Education
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Marlene Zuk

      University of Minnesota

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    The full episode

    5 of 6
    POM Wonderful at the Supreme Court, Urban Insects & Sex Ed
    1. 0:00POM Wonderful Suit
    2. 7:13Airplane Stowaway
    3. 14:32Spoiler Alert
    4. 24:18Urban Insects
    5. 32:24Reverse-Sex InsectsYou’re reading this
    6. 40:34The State of Sex Education
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand