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7. Then what about ...

Fri Oct 24, 2014, 11:30 AM

Oct 2014

"New DNA evidence, published in July in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, revealed that Thelma is the sole parent"

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World's Longest Snake Has Virgin Birth [View all] n2doc Oct 2014 OP

But is raising snakes without a father good for snake society? shenmue Oct 2014 #1

She looks kind of bored. NV Whino Oct 2014 #2

Um, wait ... **SIX** virgin births ? All female ? eppur_se_muova Oct 2014 #3

Thousands of species snakes are viviparous, i.e. live bearers. ladjf Oct 2014 #4

Then what about ... FiveGoodMen Oct 2014 #7

Then the baby snake would have DNA other than its mother's. FiveGoodMen Oct 2014 #9

You should really know when to fold Xipe Totec Oct 2014 #11

They are professional scientists .... who do this for a living ... brett_jv Oct 2014 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author ladjf Oct 2014 #14

Then the DNA wouldn't be a match to just the mother NickB79 Oct 2014 #17

Well, here goes the scientific explanation. ladjf Oct 2014 #18

The Messiah has been born PeoViejo Oct 2014 #5

The offspring must be a deity then phil89 Oct 2014 #6

I thought zombies reproduce by biting humans? Thor_MN Oct 2014 #15

I am so old we did not have zombies in my day Yo_Mama Oct 2014 #16

I wish I could find a parthenogenetic chicken NickB79 Oct 2014 #19

Chicks are cute and fluffy, so thus no parthenogenesis Yo_Mama Oct 2014 #20