jarich
11-14-11, 12:03 PM
Just something I found as I was researching a different topic, but it was so interesting I had to share. Im guessing many of you might have already heard about it, but apparently there is definitive evidence that Boas can actually reproduce viable offspring without mating! Total asexual reproduction of an animal this large and complex has not really been considered so its pretty amazing. Pretty cool article if you want to take a look:
Evidence for viable, non-clonal but fatherless Boa constrictors (http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2010/10/21/rsbl.2010.0793.full)
Evidence for viable, non-clonal but fatherless Boa constrictors (http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2010/10/21/rsbl.2010.0793.full)