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RE: ITS A MIRACLE!!

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Posted by: JP at Wed Jun 27 11:48:28 2007   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by JP ]  
   

You sound a little sarcastic. As I stated before, parthenogenisis (virgin births) have been well documented in a wide variety of species. Some species, such as aphids (a tiny insect) females regularly do this as a routine part of their reproductuve cycle. In snakes, several well documented cases have occured in everything from rattlesnakes to pythons. Recently, a couple of documented cases have been observed in sharks at a couple of different aquariums.

Its not a miracle, just a quirk of nature. It's an organism's last chance to perpetuate the species when a suitable mate cant be found. Its not well understood, but happens fairly frequently. Like I said, there is a good opportunity for the original poster to do some pretty cool science to find out if in fact this is what has occurred.

   

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