“Ronaldo, a 6-foot Brazilian rainbow boa constrictor kept at a school in England, was thought to be male — until the snake gave birth to 14 babies last month.
The boa had not had contact with another snake for nearly a decade, so she appears to have undergone a natural process of asexual reproduction called parthenogenesis.“
Boa constrictor births 14 baby snakes after living alone for years https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/boa-constrictor-births-14-baby-snakes-after-living-alone-years-rcna159299 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna159299
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Benjamin Han /
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2024-07-03 03:30:16
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