Virgin Birth in Chester

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hub2dee · 23/12/2006 07:57

If her pregnancy doesn't drag on, this might be on Christmas day .

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SantaGotStuckUpTheGreensleeve · 23/12/2006 08:07

Wow, so it's true then - the next evolutionary step is the phasing out of males

Gingerbear · 23/12/2006 08:51

I wonder if the Scientologists predicted the second coming would be a Komodo dragon?

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hub2dee · 23/12/2006 09:43

The Handmaid's Kimodo, hey...

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Hallgerda · 24/12/2006 18:20

A number of other reptile species are known to reproduce by parthenogenesis, including a skink that only has females. It is believed that the offspring of the Komodo dragons would have to be male for genetic reasons, though that was also thought of a species of snake that has managed to produce female offspring in a zoo by parthenogenesis.

Lots of insects do it, including greenfly. Turkeys can do it. Komodo dragons may have been reproducing this way for years, unobserved.

NappiesGalooooooooooooria · 24/12/2006 18:24

"Komodo dragons may have been reproducing this way for years, unobserved."
LOL - a bit like the tree falling unobserved makes a sound or not question... of course theyve been doing it for years unobserved. hell, cows probably have meetings about taking over the world when werte not looking...havnt you seen the farside cartoon??

sorry. good post tho!

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hub2dee · 24/12/2006 20:33

Respec to da greenfly.

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