stevenidlett
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someone posted the other day that a female can lay eggs without even being mated?????? how is that possible and how does that work?
laying eggs?
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pohchunyee
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It is equivalence to a female human being's menstrual cycle!!
Kent67
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Komodo dragons can do it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6196225.stm
The New Mexico whiptail lizard only does it that way. There are no males. Females lay eggs and the babies are genetic clones of their mothers.
The New Mexico whiptail lizard only does it that way. There are no males. Females lay eggs and the babies are genetic clones of their mothers.
Sepioteuthis
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In captivity female chameleons will produce eggs even if they haven't been mated, however these eggs won't be fertilized and therefore won't hatch.
For as far as I know this has not been observed in the wild and I would be surprised if it does happen in the wild since it is a huge waste of energy and a huge risk for the female.
I think it happens in captivity because the animals are always well fed and even overfed, so maybe their reproductive system goes in overdrive. (very quick and dirty explanation of what I think is happening, but I hope it get's the point across)
For as far as I know this has not been observed in the wild and I would be surprised if it does happen in the wild since it is a huge waste of energy and a huge risk for the female.
I think it happens in captivity because the animals are always well fed and even overfed, so maybe their reproductive system goes in overdrive. (very quick and dirty explanation of what I think is happening, but I hope it get's the point across)
The reason chickens now lay unfertilized eggs on a daily basis is because of many centuries of selective breeding by farmers.
