cool lil story

Bartman · 03-04-04, 05:10 PM

I was watching some tv, emergancy vets, and this guy made a call to go see some snakes. They got to a lab kinda place where they do research on mostly venemous snakes. They guy was talking about this one snake hes kept since it was born and it was never with a male its whole life, not once! It gave birth to one baby!! Anyone ever hear about snakes being able to do this, i thought it was awesome!

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Lrptls · 03-04-04, 05:13 PM

i'v heard that can happen every once in a GREAT while, reptiles can some how clone themselves. a female burm in a zoo with no mate had suposedly quite a few babies that were identical to her. very cool and very strange.

Gregg M · 03-04-04, 07:02 PM

I am pretty sure there was a case of a water monitor doing this...... It laid fertile eggs even though it was never with a male........ The best person to ask about this would be John Adragna or Mark Bayless on cybersalvator.com

jay72 · 03-06-04, 05:12 PM

It is a good thing people cant do this.

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bubba · 03-06-04, 05:17 PM

I know there is a record of a timber rattlesnake doing this. It happens once in a great while. The babies are supposed to be exactly like the mother. This may be parthenogenisis (sp) but I'm not sure if it is the same thing. Some whiptails in the US do this. There are no males.

crossley · 03-17-04, 01:42 AM

I have a Bothrops colombiensis that has never been with a male and has given birth on two different occasions to one live neonate,and a number of stillborns. Very interesting situation to say the least.

Bartman · 03-17-04, 03:50 PM

Maybe its like their theory on dinosaurs and how they were all females..jurassic park