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Old 04-30-2009, 02:03 PM  
Twistys Tim
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Female Komodo Dragons can reproduce without a male being present. The can produce a clutch of eggs that produces only male off spring, that they in-turn mate with to produce more females.

I think it is called parthenogenesis. But reptiles have a different chromosomal system to mamals.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6196225.stm
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