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20-12-2006, 06:55 PM
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| | | Komodo dragon virgin birth!
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20-12-2006, 07:21 PM
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20-12-2006, 07:26 PM
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| | | Re: Komodo dragon virgin birth!
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Originally Posted by badgerwatcher | Yes. Brill. I did watch it. fascinating aren't they and I went to do a job for some one once and she had this enomous 4 foot Monitor Lizard (related the the comodo) out and free in the lounge. I had to aske her to put it away.  |
20-12-2006, 07:39 PM
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20-12-2006, 09:32 PM
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Must be the time of the year
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20-12-2006, 11:43 PM
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Blimey ! i hope they hatch ! thanks for the link.
Im desperate for kids myself....and as i have no gf or wife? ....hmmm...i wonder?. |
21-12-2006, 03:18 AM
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Saw that article last night on TV. Two were born and they look fine. They did say that they will inevitably have some DNA missing, so don't know what the eventual outcome will be.
It will interesting to follow their progress.
Males-watch out. You may be made redundant yet. 
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21-12-2006, 07:10 AM
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Mother nature is wonderful, what a lovely story, thanks for posting it |
21-12-2006, 09:13 AM
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I read another article on this subject which said that the young would all be male and would eventually mate with the mother. Then presumably any females of the resulting offspring. In the wild of course.. not in a zoo environment.
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21-12-2006, 09:36 AM
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That's really weird! 
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21-12-2006, 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Dan Salter Blimey ! i hope they hatch ! thanks for the link.
Im desperate for kids myself....and as i have no gf or wife? ....hmmm...i wonder?. | Sorry Dan but I think you are of the wrong gender for parthenogenesis.
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21-12-2006, 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by wildone Sorry Dan but I think you are of the wrong gender for parthenogenesis. | He would be one rich daddy if he managed it wildone!
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21-12-2006, 12:01 PM
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Males-watch out. You may be made redundant yet.
Julie | That happened long ago when the rampant rabbit was invented ! |
21-12-2006, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan Salter Blimey ! i hope they hatch ! thanks for the link.
Im desperate for kids myself....and as i have no gf or wife? ....hmmm...i wonder?. | You can buy them on tinternet, wives, kids, the lot
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21-12-2006, 09:21 PM
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I heard this on background breakfast TV this morning before going to work but didn't quite catch all the details.
Amazing story .... thanks for the link badgerwatcher.
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