[SubGeniusX]

And I for one welcome our new serpent overlords...

[sbMKE]

V.

[allmendream]

There is an entire species of lizards that do parthenogenesis. They are all female “clones” of the original lizard that started doing this, almost no genetic diversity, and evolutionarily a set back; but rather successful for all that.

The funny part (for me) is that they do “mate” each other, they are lezzie lizards and will only stimulate a pregnancy after getting frisky with a sister lizard.

[JoeProBono]

Snakes without fathers: one of the unusual baby boas

[Homer1]

It’s Satan

[taxcontrol]

Scientists are shocked to find out that God is able to out smart them once again.

[katana]

The offspring share only half the mother's genetic make-up

I followed along right up to this point and then went to read the entire article. Where did the other half of the offspring's DNA come from? The article goes into some good detail. Do female vertebrates carry around a store of extra RNA strands from birth? It will be interesting to see if these "new" snakes can breed or are a sort of genetic dead end.

Unfortunately, they don't look anything like my favorite reptile:

[DannyTN]

"Henry Wu: You're implying that a group composed entirely of female animals will... breed?"

"Dr. Ian Malcolm: No, I'm simply saying that life, uh... finds a way. "