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20 Dec 06 - 09:50 PM (#1915315) Subject: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!! From: Sorcha See it here!!! OK, Emma, what do you know about this? And where have YOU been shopping? |
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20 Dec 06 - 09:53 PM (#1915318) Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!! From: Rapparee Dragon's not named "Mary" by any chance? |
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20 Dec 06 - 09:55 PM (#1915320) Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!! From: Sorcha Well, they said they aren't naming one Jesus...is that a clue? |
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20 Dec 06 - 10:54 PM (#1915360) Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!! From: katlaughing Poor Joseph...:-> |
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20 Dec 06 - 11:13 PM (#1915371) Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!! From: jeffp 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. |
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20 Dec 06 - 11:55 PM (#1915389) Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!! From: number 6 Did Nostradamus ever have any predictions of this !?!? biLL |
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21 Dec 06 - 01:49 AM (#1915428) Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!! From: John O'L The three wise ghekkoes mistook car headlights for the star... |
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21 Dec 06 - 06:11 AM (#1915538) Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!! From: Leadfingers That was the ONLY virgin they could find in Chester ? |
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21 Dec 06 - 06:13 AM (#1915541) Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!! From: John MacKenzie Why ask Emma, is she an expert on virginity? Or Dragons?? G I'm going to hide now! |
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21 Dec 06 - 05:15 PM (#1916099) Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!! From: Uncle_DaveO 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 |
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21 Dec 06 - 07:11 PM (#1916211) Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!! From: Richard Bridge Dave, we may see. |
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21 Dec 06 - 10:13 PM (#1916338) Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!! From: Bee 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. |
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22 Dec 06 - 03:42 AM (#1916448) Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!! From: eddie1 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 |
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22 Dec 06 - 04:19 AM (#1916466) Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!! From: Paul Burke Is a komodo a combination of a kimono and a commode? A bit like a cami- kazy? |
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22 Dec 06 - 05:02 AM (#1916485) Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!! From: Metchosin 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? |
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22 Dec 06 - 05:13 AM (#1916491) Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!! From: Paul Burke 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. |
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22 Dec 06 - 07:09 AM (#1916564) Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!! From: GUEST, Topsie From the point of view of the survival of the species, producing female babies would seem to be a better bet. |
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22 Dec 06 - 03:32 PM (#1916958) Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!! From: Metchosin 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. |
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22 Dec 06 - 03:48 PM (#1916969) Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Dragon To Give Birth!!! From: Cruiser Metchosin, You are correct. The same temperature effect occurs with tortoises and other reptiles. |