Re:Ants Seem to Defy Biology: They Lay Eggs That Hatch into ...
by rsynnott on Friday September 19, 2025 @06:38PM
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There are also a number of species of lizards, and one snake, which reproduce exclusively via parthenogenesis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis_in_squamates
In some though not all such species, there are no known male examples _at all_ (though in reptiles some forms of parthenogenesis can produce males).
Re:Ants Seem to Defy Biology: They Lay Eggs That Hatch into ...
by dexterdog on Friday September 19, 2025 @06:56PM
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Thank you so much for introducing me to this concept. I knew the word thanks to Shriekback. I used to have ducks. At one point when I only had 3 females, I found a broken egg with a fetus in it. I knew they were all female, but couldn't convince anybody of what I saw.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003257911...