Category Archives: Reptiles
DAWKINS ON PARTHENOGENETIC KOMODOS
February 2007 Following last week’s item about Chester’s parthenogenetic Komodo dragons, Andrew Sinnott (2nd yr) sent in this link, to a recent article by Richard Dawkins on the subject.
DRAGON SISTERS DO IT ON THEIR OWN…
January 2007 Chester Zoo’s female Komodo dragons have been producing their offspring by a form of parthenogenesis. And yet, the offspring are not clones! BBC News video here, brief article from Nature here (Uni/Athens needed to get past abstract).
“SNAKE BURSTS AFTER GOBBLING GATOR”
November 2006 Does what it says on the tin.
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