Charlie, a female Komodo dragon at the Chattanooga Zoo in Tennessee, has proved to be the ultimate independent lady after successfully giving birth to three hatchlings without a male partner.
Even though Charlie and a potential mate named Kadal were placed together in hopes of breeding, the first-time mother produced the three brothers, named Onyx, Jasper and Flint, on her own through a phenomenon called parthenogenesis. It's extremely rare among vertebrates: Only 70 backboned species can do it, which is about 0.1% of all vertebrates, according to Scientific American.
Nature finds a way ❤️
Their names are Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh.
I had a cousin who did the same thing. Except, he’s a dude. Top that
The Virgin Mary
Mary dragon, full of grace.
What Bliss!!
It sounds like self cloning.
Immaculate Deception...
Lizard Jesus triplets
Every day world has new thing to shock us
The Immaculate Conception of the animal world?
Why would the hatchlings have partners, let only just males ones? This isn’t important.
This will unquestionably be seized upon by those few unusual individuals who persist in attempting to convince us that males in general are an unnecessary aberration of nature.
The virgin Komari
Look at Florida, they have more Komodo dragons than they can handle
So... Three Jesus?
Omg! I know this! Thank you timminchin!
LudwigAhgren Reverse! Reverse!
Parthenogenesis?
Why have you tweeted this useless information 28 times over the last week?
'Life, Uh, Finds a Way', Dr. Ian Malcolm
Good for her!
May be effect of COVID19?
Is her name Mary?
Girls are doing it for themselves.
It’s a girl! And a girl! And a girl!
You go girl
Virgin baby lizard Jesus
With 666k views 🤣🤣🤣
How do you know it didn't do a 'fore day creep?
Life finds a way.
Mmmh😁, trying to be Mary😅.
handling reptiles without gloves during a pandemic... hmm.
Over achiever, thank goodness I got out of the relationship when I did.
Bahahaha! Love it! 🧒😭
Yes that’s usually how it works a female inevitably gives birth with or without a male partner..
Destroy that research
isn't that mysterious?
Does that make them all genetic clones of the mother?
sure just like Mary
Trump could be the father.
😏
Not the 1st species to achieve fertility without a male. Take heed men of earth. In the near future, women will not need men! Evolution is a wonderful thing. Women can exist & multiply without men. Men can't exist without women! We carry the sons you can only hold. TheHighwomen
Awww...How's it!
She be like
Yeah right, ho!
My God. They have three Jesus?
I don't believe this
good for her. queen
Somebody banged that dragon 🤔
some mary type of shiet..
I saw this on the original Jurassic Park.
What's the gestation period
queen
can you explain..in scientific way
How could possible?
Life will find a way
This
The Only Possible Answer....
Parthenogenesis is real!
Amazing
Jesus is back. As a lizard.
timosteyn koshiendes Kiks29 😅😅😅
I just found out I’m a Komodo dragon 🐉😂
Without? No fertilization? Are they Asexual I'm confused
Nature finds a way!
PattyArquette ♫ Sisters are doin' it for themselves. Standin' on their own four feet. And ringin' on their own bells. ♫
PattyArquette My wife managed this!
It’s a Christmas miracle!
NotJackKemp TC1310
She gets no child support.
How!!!
i_am_capello It's almost like ....
Biological scientists have to explain their doings in this
Androgynous, interesting.
She is lying, period!😂😂😂😂
YOU GO GIRL! You don’t need a man! 😂
BiologicalGoals
🙏🏻
Asexual reproduction...
Females can get it done!
Oh no it has begun, soon all females won't need us.
....Says female Komodo dragon to her Komodo dragon parents....
Better not be half human. beastialitygonewrong
The Incel Komodo Dragon subreddit is on fire.
That’s dope.
Jesus Christ. Litterally.
Good for her
I wish we could do that.
Mother Nature is colossal!
Proof we don't need men. 😄😬
'Nature will find a way.' Jeff Goldblum Jurassic Park
saline There you go! The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost or Dadio, Ladio and Superspook
Corlene I saw that! Good for her! 🤣😂🤣
parkse Where’s Darwin when we need him?
Babies born of egg with egg are female, this is correct right? Always figured it was womb envy not penis envy- talk about a patriarchal misogynist projection!
Play her anthem!
So clones?
'Life...found a way'
Amokistan This is the future liberals want. 🤡
You go girl.
Has trump been readying in Chatanooga?
dude her egg fertilized her egg
Lol. This is not new, CNN.
Michael Crichton was right all along.
So... no paternity tests? No maury? No child support? No building every crib, cradle, desk, table, lamp, bed, bunks, stroller, jungle gym, Fort, tree house, or 'pre-assembled' swingset? No pack muling six suitcases? This is a great day for women everywhere! studfarming
Is her name, Mary?
Amazing. If an egg can make Soren to fertilize, could that be possible with humans at some point? Holy shit!
This raises questions about the affiliation of the zoo guards 😀😀😀
Someone fucked this lizard and we should prepare for the consequences now that God has abandoned us.
No thanks.
How could they be on the brink of Extinction if they can asexually reproduce? Dosent make sense....
Her master must be the father!
Immaculate. Takeaway from liberal press. Who needs men?
Reptiles don’t give birth. Where did you take science classes? Wellesley?
So how come those scientist at Jurassic Park didn't know about this 'parthenogenesis'?
She doesn’t need a man.
2nd coming. maybe not a lion but dragon will work.
Immaculate conception?
Life, uh, finds a way
Is there a Komodo Trinity?
That's a real single mother!!!
She’s a witch!
Just like Malcolm said: nature finds a way
Who still doubts Mary's virgin conception?
We stan an independent queen.
They’re adorable
It’s called parthenogenesis.
Religious nutjobs: omg Virgin birth!!!!! Virgin birth eeeeeeeee
🤔
Parthenogenesis. Amazing!
It was probably Stephen Miller
Check the zoo keepers 😏
But Parthenogenesis is rare in vertebrates. Nature Unbelievable.
The Jesus Lizard is the name of a band founded by David Yow, David Wm. Sims, and Duane Denison and those are the names of the three baby lizards. It has been ordained.
Hmmm. California won't let me have a ferret to keep gophers and voles out of my garden. But one of these might do it...
is there a 'male komodo dragon figure' around the house?
EvansDonnell It’s happening.
fitethegoodfite So the toilet seat myth is real?
Females are magic.
She was cheating the Park attendants, she went and did something outside 😂
Wicked dragon!...
Good for her!
and her name is....
the isla nubar jurassic park of it all
These two explain it better! JRE
Who needs men anw that’s a prove that women can be fine without ’em 🤷🏽♀️
Khaleesi of the great grass sea, breaker of chains, and mother of dragons.
Gresy
TweetOfBradley Oh fuck it’s Lizard Jesus
Great
Ha! That dragon has nothing on the Trumps!
slidingmkII
Are offspring all female?
The feminists are taking notes.
The new Jesus? Or Jesuses?
🤭😍😍
HOW DARE YOU ASSUME THEIR GENDER WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU !
Great job by Chattanooga zoologists!
See, women can do it all. 😉
Doesn’t she know the difficulties of raising Komodo dragons in a single parent household?
In an odd coincidence, the female Kodmodo dragon’s name is Virgin Mary. 😉
You need to interview those zoo keepers ASAP.
Hinduism is the one true religion and Jesus is being punished by coming back as a lizard
Like the Virgin Mary
something def wrong . please dig deep CNN !
Here come the stuck up single women, with their generic “see I don’t need a man” comments.
This is normal in Komodo dragons 😒😒
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