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Post by Tyrannosaurus on Feb 23, 2012 0:36:48 GMT -5
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Feb 23, 2012 0:44:55 GMT -5
Cool. I knew about komodos, whip tailed lizards and some amphibians but I didnt know birds and mamals were capable.
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Post by Tyrannosaurus on Feb 23, 2012 0:49:29 GMT -5
Humans are capable. Technically. That wasn't the point of the experiment(they were pretty certain it was possible, it's well established that all animals can do it), it was for stem cell research. Still, it's proven.
The asexual lizards surprised me, I knew it existed but i didn't think whole vertebrate species did it.
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Feb 23, 2012 0:53:53 GMT -5
It is amazing that the whole species does it. Honestly it makes sense for Komodos given the fact that they only live on a couple small islands, there population can be devestated by a single natural disaster.
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Post by Tyrannosaurus on Feb 23, 2012 0:59:12 GMT -5
Yeah. I always thought it to rare to be a viable defense mechanism, but that was before I knew about the New Mexico Whiptail. I wonder if you could make a male NMW by adding a chromosome from some closely related whiptail species. Are the females still capable or motivated for mating?
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Post by Tyrannosaurus on Feb 23, 2012 1:03:22 GMT -5
Lol apparently they are, they're lesbians! Hadn't read that far.
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Feb 23, 2012 1:05:57 GMT -5
Yes they take turns dry humping each other to stimulate pregnacy.
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Post by Tyrannosaurus on Feb 23, 2012 1:08:23 GMT -5
I wonder if they can breed with the two other whiptails. Says they're a crossbreed between the two.
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Feb 23, 2012 1:12:30 GMT -5
I believe Its actuall fairly common for whip tails to hybridize in the wild.
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Feb 23, 2012 1:13:39 GMT -5
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Post by Tyrannosaurus on Feb 27, 2012 1:57:54 GMT -5
Y'know, when people hear about virgin births they think of Jesus. But Jesus was a man, so... still not scientifically explained.
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