Virgin birth and Komodo Dragons?

This is weird to me. I know some reptiles have the ability to self-fertilize eggs, but this is the first time the phenomena has been documented with Komodo Dragons.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070124/ap_on_sc/britain_virgin_birth

Does this mean the ability to self-fertilize is an evolutionary response to declining population in certain species? Interesting possibility.

* After reading the article once again I realized that it has been documented in one other Komodo Dragon. Still strange, as these eggs were fertilized.

Interesting article. Ty for posting

I've got a better theory- someone has been a naughty Komodo dragon...:mmokay:

Just kidding lol... thats amazing though! Subhannallah... reminds me of those fish that can switch between male and female. :uuh:

What is with the thread name btw... I thought for a moment this was going to be about Jesus pbuh...

God is the most creative......:happy:

Malaikah said:

I've got a better theory- someone has been a naughty Komodo dragon...:mmokay:

Just kidding lol... thats amazing though! Subhannallah... reminds me of those fish that can switch between male and female. :uuh:

What is with the thread name btw... I thought for a moment this was going to be about Jesus pbuh...

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That was the name of the article on Yahoo, so I just copied that heading. Perhaps it would have been better to call it virgin fertilization.

I know certain species of frogs can change sex in single-sex environments, but I've not heard of asexual amphibians or reptiles.

Apart from Godzilla in the crappy remake.

Parthogenesis is fairly common in the lower animal kingdom. It occurs in some lizards, a bit more common in amphibians even more common in fish. by the time you get to mollusks it is the rule and not the exception.