A female crocodile appeared to have a 'virgin birth' at a zoo in Costa Rica after researchers discovered a stillborn baby crocodile with no paternal DNA.
The co-hosts of "The View" discussed a female crocodile's "virgin birth" on Thursday and co-hosts Ana Navarro said that if it was ever possible for women to procreate with out men, they would be "in trouble."had a"virgin birth" at a Costa Rica zoo while living alone and found that one of the eggs laid in 2018 only had its mother's genes, according to research published in Biology Letters.
Seven of the crocodile's eggs were fertile and after incubating them for three months, one was discovered to have a fully formed stillborn baby crocodile. During a routine analysis of biological samples from the two condors in the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance’s managed breeding program, scientists confirmed that each condor chick was genetically related to the respective female condor that laid the egg from which it hatched.
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