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09-21-2005, 03:10 AM
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how could this happen?
i was reading a post on the venomous forum of this site and someone (i think JS) said that copperheads can have babies without a male. How does this happen
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09-21-2005, 03:12 AM
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It was a cottonmouth owned by BWSmith (PK) and I never said there wasn't a male. There just wasn't a male in the past several years. Pit vipers are notorious for retaining sperm. |
09-22-2005, 01:01 AM
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oh ok i just misunderstood, i was wondering how that happened. ive never heard of pit vipers doing that thanks
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09-22-2005, 01:41 AM
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But it did happen with a Burm. And the babies were all exact clones of the mother.
Here is a link with all the info.
http://www2.rnw.nl/rnw/en/features/s...0224snake.html
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09-22-2005, 02:28 PM
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While PK was Long Term Sperm Storage, the term you are referring to is parthenogenesis. It has been documented several times in Crotalidae. I believe the link Tom posted is the only recorded case of it happening in a boid. The Brahminy Blind Snake actually ONLY reproduces through parthenogenesis.
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09-22-2005, 03:48 PM
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As do a few lizards. All female...all get knocked up with no help from anything named Earl.  |
09-22-2005, 07:42 PM
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Earl????
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09-23-2005, 05:15 AM
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Considering this happened in a Dutch Zoo, and they are hoping to incubate some of the eggs, does that mean we won't have to worry so much about the bulging-one-eyed burm gene?
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09-23-2005, 05:34 AM
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could you imagine if that happened to a pied ball? or another really expensive morph? |
09-26-2005, 05:15 PM
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