In a rare process called parthenogenesis, a female komodo dragon has given birth to live young without a male's involvement. picked by xenity7 2 years ago tags virgin birth parthenogenesis komodo dragon komodo dragon rare |
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Its tongue flickers snakishly from a mouth filled with toxic potential while its body boasts the bulk of a crocodile’s. Armed with the lethal weapons of our most feared reptilian counterparts, the Komodo dragon is best left alone. picked by bornbad 6 months ago 0 comments edit related share world |
Lone female in aquarium gives birth to a pup without ever coming into contact with a male. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 9 comments edit related share science |
A British zoo on Wednesday announced the virgin birth of five Komodo dragons picked by Bornbad 3 years ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Was Tidbit the blacktip reef shark the first shark to carry a hybrid baby, or was this another case of virgin birth (parthenogenesis)? picked by VooDooPeacock 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
A British woman has given birth to rare identical triplets in Austria. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Who needs a guy dragon anyway? picked by suebe 3 years ago 5 comments edit related share science |
A species of fruit fly from the Seychelles Islands often lays larvae instead of eggs, UC San Diego biologists have discovered. Clues to how animals switch from laying eggs to live birth may be found in the well-studied species’ ecology and genes. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share science |
A woman gave birth Monday to eight babies in a span of five minutes, only the second time in history live octuplets have been born, doctors said. picked by Bornbad 10 months ago 12 comments edit related share world |
The popular notion is that Komodo Dragons do not have a venomous bite, but that the bacteria transferred from their mouths are toxic. 1 comments edit related share plime.comBiologists studying the bite of the Komodo have found that previously missed venom glands do exist after all. picked by pocksucket 6 months ago |
After giving birth, a woman thinks of many things; chocolate, baby names, how soon she can go home, how soon she can sit down without the help of an inflatable rubber ring, and which breastfeeding bras are the most practical. picked by iamamaniac 8 months ago 2 comments edit related share sex |
A controversial transgender man has given birth to his second child picked by topofall 6 months ago 5 comments edit related share weird |
Florida woman,59, gives birth to daughter's twins, so she can recover from cancer. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Cow on Irish farm gives birth to a 6'2" surprise. picked by Bornbad 11 months ago 5 comments edit related share entertainment |
A 61-year-old Japanese woman has given birth to a surrogate child. She is believed to be the oldest surrogate mother yet recorded in Japan. picked by karenben 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
They call her Mother for a reason. When the five-year Hereford gave birth over and over and over again Sunday, she beat long odds and accomplished what few beef cows do -- she had given birth to quadruplets. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
A woman on a hen night who did not know she was pregnant gave birth while dressed in a bumblebee costume. 19 comments edit related share plime.comDang, no pics... picked by bevissimo 1 year ago |
Victoria Lasiter beat odds of 64 million to one 1 comments edit related share plime.comA mother of triplets has beaten odds of 64 million to one by giving birth to her SECOND naturally conceived set of triplets. picked by xiatethebish 2 years ago |
Galaxies tend to give birth to their stars on the road, while travelling down intergalactic highways towards cosmic cities called galaxy clusters, new Spitzer Space Telescope observations reveal. Galaxies in relatively empty regions of the universe flock towards densely populated galaxy clusters, attracted there by the clusters' gravity. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share science |
An Algerian woman gave birth to seven babies at a public hospital in the capital Algiers. The mother gave birth to a boy and six girls. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
After a six-hour struggle and with the help of four midwives, her son Shaune made his entry into the world weighing an astonishing 14lb 7oz, almost twice the birth weight of the average baby. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 8 comments edit related share plime.com |