“Athough the baby Komodos are not clones, their DNA could not have come from any other dragon.”

“Senior reptile keeper Matt Swatman shows two eggs laid by female Komodo Dragon Flora at Chester zoo in Chester, northern England. Flora, a pregnant Komodo dragon living in a British zoo, is expecting eight babies. All of the eggs she is hatching were fertilised without the help of a male partner.”

I love, most of all, the almost-sulky look on the senior reptile keeper’s face.

~ by Skennedy on December 21, 2006.

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10 Responses to ““Athough the baby Komodos are not clones, their DNA could not have come from any other dragon.””

  1. It’s his “I’m a lame reptile keeper, but I’d rather be in a boy band” face.

    deridere said this on December 21, 2006 at 3:29 pm

    • !! Ahaha, no, I think he’s more of an emo solo act. He wants to be aloooone. Y’know. And attempt to reproduce all by his lonesome.

      atdt1991 said this on December 21, 2006 at 3:34 pm

  2. Komodo Jesus Twins will be the name of my next band.

    thunderclap8 said this on December 21, 2006 at 3:43 pm

  3. Well, there’s other kinds of lizards that reproduce sans males, so there’s a precedent in the animal kingdom. Never heard of Komodos being able to do it though.

    ubersaurus said this on December 21, 2006 at 3:53 pm

  4. Isn’t that just the coolest thing?! If the hatching goes okay and the baby dragons are healthy, I think I’m going to have to work the komodo dragon messiahs into future Yuletide celebration traditions.

    urban_exotic said this on December 21, 2006 at 4:34 pm

  5. I am sooooo totally having komodo dragon Christmas cards next year :-p

    krisann said this on December 21, 2006 at 5:30 pm

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