BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!!

Subject: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!!
From: Sorcha
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 09:50 PM

See it here!!! OK, Emma, what do you know about this? And where have YOU been shopping?

Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!!
From: Rapparee
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 09:53 PM

Dragon's not named "Mary" by any chance?

Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!!
From: Sorcha
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 09:55 PM

Well, they said they aren't naming one Jesus...is that a clue?

Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!!
From: katlaughing
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 10:54 PM

Poor Joseph...:->

Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!!
From: jeffp
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 11:13 PM

To think that we've known about Komodo Dragons for many years, but this ability of theirs is just being newly discovered. I find this fascinating for some reason. It's just amazing, the things we learn after we think we know so much. This is really cool news. And really odd too! That just enhances the enjoyment.

Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!!
From: number 6
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 11:55 PM

Did Nostradamus ever have any predictions of this !?!?

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!!
From: John O'L
Date: 21 Dec 06 - 01:49 AM

The three wise ghekkoes mistook car headlights for the star...

Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!!
From: Leadfingers
Date: 21 Dec 06 - 06:11 AM

That was the ONLY virgin they could find in Chester ?

Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!!
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 21 Dec 06 - 06:13 AM

Why ask Emma, is she an expert on virginity?
Or Dragons??

G


I'm going to hide now!

Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!!
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 21 Dec 06 - 05:15 PM

If the eggs hatch successfully, they will of course be females, so "Jesus" would not be an appropriate name. Unless there's a female version of that name around. I've never heard one.

"Jesusina"?

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!!
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 21 Dec 06 - 07:11 PM

Dave, we may see.

Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!!
From: Bee
Date: 21 Dec 06 - 10:13 PM

Uncle Dave, Komodos are very odd that way: her parthenogenetic babies will be males. Scroll down to 'Parthenogenesis'.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komodo_dragon

I do love Komodos.

Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!!
From: eddie1
Date: 22 Dec 06 - 03:42 AM

Bee
I love Komodos too. I've got a Japanese silk one with a dragon embroidered on the back - I guess that's why they call them Komodo dragons?

Eddie

Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!!
From: Paul Burke
Date: 22 Dec 06 - 04:19 AM

Is a komodo a combination of a kimono and a commode? A bit like a cami- kazy?

Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!!
From: Metchosin
Date: 22 Dec 06 - 05:02 AM

I'm wondering if the fact that the embryos are male has something to do with the temperature at which the eggs were incubated. If I recall correctly, in some reptiles, such as crocs and alligators, the temperature within the "nest" has a direct effect on the sex off the hatchlings. High temperatures = males, lower temperatures = females....or was it the other way around?

Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!!
From: Paul Burke
Date: 22 Dec 06 - 05:13 AM

No, it's just the chromosomes. Reptiles (and birds) are the opposite of us in this respect. We are female if we have the sex chromosome pair XX, and male if XY (YY is I believe unknown).

In reptiles and birds the equivalent chromosome pair gives male if the same, female if different. In parthenogenisis, the YY pair doesn't produce a viable egg, but the XX pair eggs are viable, and all male.

Genetically, a normal human produced by parthenogenisis would be female, unless of course a miracle occurred.

Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!!
From: GUEST, Topsie
Date: 22 Dec 06 - 07:09 AM

From the point of view of the survival of the species, producing female babies would seem to be a better bet.

Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!!
From: Metchosin
Date: 22 Dec 06 - 03:32 PM

Paul I know its chromosomes, although I didn't know it was reversed in reptiles. However, in some crocs etc. temperature of the incubating eggs will at times determine the sex of the offspring. Of that I am fairly certain.

Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!!
From: Cruiser
Date: 22 Dec 06 - 03:48 PM

Metchosin,

You are correct. The same temperature effect occurs with tortoises and other reptiles.