The ball python, which has been at the zoo since 1961, laid seven eggs on July 23, Mark Wanner, the Zoological Manager of Herpetology told CNN."It was a surprise. We didn't expect her to drop another clutch of eggs, honestly," he said. Keepers had noticed some changes in the snake beforehand, but Wanner said they were subtle.The snake doesn't have a name, but is identified by the number 361003, according to the zoo. She's believed to be at least 62 years old.
Wanner said she could have been with a male in the late 1980s and early 1990s because keepers used to put the snakes together in buckets while cleaning their cages."We're saying 15 plus years, but I mean, it's probably easily closer to 30 years since she's been physically with a male," he said.Scientists will perform genetic tests on two of the eggs.Warner said they've taken two of the eggs for genetic testing to determine if the eggs reproduced sexually or asexually.
Girl has been having some late night booty calls.
Maybe the resurrection of the amazing Jesus is stuck in one of those eggs!! The famed inaccurate conception ;)
This story reminds me of Democrats. They have not done a thing in years, yet somehow they still continue to bring new swamp creatures into this world. Amazing!
Parthenogenesis is rare but has happened with female snakes in captivity before. “Life finds a way.”
You know everyone looks at that one guy working there , who they think fucked the snake
Sind das nicht die Eier vom Donald
They discussed how this happens in Jurassic Park...
She is a snake don't trust her
Even female snakes can do it better themselves.
That Rick and morty episode about snakes
Shame on Don Lemon coddling snakes
DavisLilian Nature finds a way ... to quote a famous movie line.
“Life finds a way.”
Who's been hanging out till late with friends
Facultative parthenogenesis might have adaptive significance. If this is true, it is reasonable to hypothesize that parthenogenesis would be found most often at low population density, when females risk reproductive failure because finding mates is difficult.
Things like that in the Lou🌟 respek
Must metra sexual can change fertile her self but are the eggs just eggs or are they full youth maybe she was lonely thought as mothers do who needs test tube to be a mummy
That means some sicko planted some seed in there
Oldest snake, so there are others...shes pinched them
Jesus snakes
After hatch
Never underestimate elderly reptiles. 🐍
Another reason why zoos should be abolished anywhere in the world
Don't be surprised when the new snake virus hits.... let the animals be free.
'They multiply by masturbation'
Sounds like it might be possible this species can store the seed of its last mate for several years before she is ready to reproduce or there is a juggalo python making rounds at night keepers are unaware of.
Yikes! That’s not a cake !!!
Life uh...finds a way.
Hmm. Has anyone seen Don Jr. at the Saint Louis Zoo recently?
Stop running this dayum story and give this dayum hoe snake a name! Geez!
Nothing to see here...just another 2020 bingo card check off
Listen- she said I show up to work, and that’s YALL’S time, but y’all don’t know what I do in my free time. 💅🏾
I have so many questions! 🙋🏼♀️
Very happy.. lay eggs without a rooster. The eggs are infertile.
Jurassic Park proved reptiles can reproduce A sexually. Why so surprised?!
Really! Amazing
• lay an egg 'Zookeepers at the Saint Louis Zoo were surprised to see their oldest snake coiled around a clutch of freshly laid eggs. She hadn't been near a male in more than 15 years.'
It wasn't me.
Asexual reproductions as an amphibian?
She had someone slide into her DMs.
one of those zookeepers has got some splainin to do
Do we have a new Virgin Mary? I swear Joseph it was GOD!!!!
This is how Jurassic Park started...
Us gents will be obsolete in no time... 😬
The chosen one 😆😆😆😆🐍🐍🐍
Where was brianstelter
Alright who has been fucking the snake?
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Been anywhere near Trump?
It was something in the food!!!!
Trumps fault!
I hate it when media posts the same thing over and over again
The poor little thing got lonely and managed to get IVF.🐍🐍🐍🐍
Not the first time, it has happened before.... it seems to be common in snakes (pythons, particularly)
Uh-oh Kevins_Temple they’re evolving...
Sounds like they not keeping watch of their snakes.
yall aint seen jurassic park? Life finds a way.
Trump is the father. Gross.
Symbolism will be their downfall
That's what she said.
US is ranked 28th in Social Progress Report....due to: -low access to basic education: 91st -low access to health care: 97th -political power based on socioeconomic position: 84th 🤣🤣🤣🤣 only Bernie's campaign was addressing these issue.... MAGA
more proof that nature doesn't need men
Just like Anne Coulter.
Are there actually baby snakes in the eggs. Or are they empty?
Proud and undaunted.
She’s a snake. Can’t trust her.
Sometimes, when you want something done, you've got to do it yourself.
How sick are humans to keep an animal locked up that long!
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morgfair Jurassic Park
ItsLeeWilliams Wow
That’s the way it should be.
stlzoo She has been in your care for 59 years! Seriously, how has someone not given her a name? Samantha. You should call her Samantha.
The janitor right now 👀
Some liberal freak stuck his winky where it doesn’t belong. The babies will come out looking like KamalaHarris 😂😂😂😂✊🏻
Sounds like an inside job!
She very private about her shit!
It's almost an 'Agnes of God' moment.
Shes sneaking out at night 🤣
Asexual reproduction isn’t really a new thing, esp in reptiles.
Yes, this can happen but CNN didn't know.
Amazing
Oh you mean just like chicken 🐔 laying unfertilized eggs. Wow what a shock... Not
Yo también encontré una Anaconda en la Selva de Manaus, Brasil y la dejé en su hábitat natural
Snakes just have different kind of skills to stay in all over the news.
She says she hasn't..
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A zookeeper with a fetish for sure.
It’s the Viper Mary.
Is a DNA test from the nighttime zookeeper in order
Reminds me of the first Jurassic Park, when Jeff Goldblum’s character said that life finds a way..
2020...you rock!
Barnes_Law
62 year old mom. Congratulations.
Clearly she has
SNAKE JESUS
A true feminist, I bet she hers rather than hiss
Are they sure the eggs are from the snake, or did someone drug the snake and then put chicken eggs there?
That only means a randy male snake sneaked into granny snake's cage people!
Genetic tests should be interesting to determine whether they’re clones or the eggs were fertilized somehow...
OMG Democrats are now having sex with reptiles
Ха, непорочное зачатие у змея 😁
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Snakes are some freaky animals.
Oh my goodness when human women learn to do this, male humans will become extinct for sure!
It’s a snake miracle! I think she might have found a male snake to make the miracle happen...
Lmao but cool!
15 years without sex? That is Animal abuse.
Check the postman...
Haven't been near a male in 15 yrs?! Females be lying! Lol
Fucking Trump can't keep it in his pants
This Python is like CNN , producing fake news out of nothing!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Somebody ripped off this idea from an old Clint Eastwood flick. He had an orangutan named Clyde and they snuck into a zoo so he could hook up with a female.
Someone snuck out to have some fun.
It happens, sis
If this means that eggs can be hatched without being fertilised, many women wanting to become mothers but not wives will become hopeful.
The eggs are probably not viable. Could it be snake menopause?
Wow. If this could happen in humans, sex would become even more pointless
“I shall call him...Mini Me.”
Well that one is obvious
Snakes.... bruh motherfucking snakes bruh!
In the words of Doctor Malcom, 'life finds a way'
bming5 Why would a zoo keep animals so isolated from their own kind? I am not a fan of zoos for a long time now. They do more harm than good.
Will the Eggs produce need life?
Hasn't been near a Male snake in 15 years they say..🤣🤣🤣wanna bet🤣🤣🤣
Am I the only one who's mad they didn't name this snake? Making her live in a zoo but don't even bother to give her a name. 🙄
Well... Life finds a way doesn't it ( Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park)
She lyin’
Immaculate Conception for vipers? - I know I shouldn't be surprised, it *is* 2020, or else maybe Paulie Walnuts was right?
All hail Snake Jesus
IVF....
I bet a Bill Gates is the father. 🐍
They said Jody was a snake! (Maybe 2 people will get this 😂)
NAME that Dayum Snake! Jeez!!!
Anything can happen in 2020!
Hens lay eggs all the time with no rooster around. They are infertile eggs; the kind they sell to eat.
Some zookeeper snuck a male in there without anyone being the wiser
She's 62 and they couldn't even bother to name her 😢
Chris_Hawkey 👀
Virgin Mary
inmyownfashion2 lol....I love it when science baffles us.
Ask Republicans to explain it? See how they spin this one! GOPComplicitTraitors
Did you check the DNA against the zookeeper
Late night creepin
It’s the Second Coming! And soon, all over the world, worshippers will kneel and pray. Praise the Python! There will be Python Pilgrimages to Saint Louis. 2020 just gets better and better. 🙏
Mueller team 'wiped' almost 30 phones Mueller DID indeed want FBI job from realDonaldTrump -- and may have lied to Congress about it. And we're in court fighting to access Biden Senate docs!
Covid boom
Barnes_Law Time to question the zookeepers...
So I guess the end of days is upon us? Makes sense. We’ve already got a plague, fires, flooding, & a white “horse” of sorts (more like a mule) trying to conquer us all so he can steal a crown for his head... There are supposed to be 7 signs in all, right? So 5 down, 2 to go...
2020
Immaculate constriction?
“Life finds a way” — Dr. Ian Malcolm
Life finds a way
Lol ball
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