Anaconda Mom Gives Birth to Baby Clones, No Male Required

[Gocntry]

Very interesting article:

Anna had given live birth via parthenogenesis (was proven by Dna test)

"Before aquarium staff could be absolutely sure that Anna had experienced parthenogenesis, they had to double-check that the other snakes in Anna's enclosure were, in fact, female. The animals were. Then, the staff ran DNA tests for the new snake babies. The new snakes were 100% Anna"

https://www.livescience.com/65632-an...gin-birth.html

[Bogertophis]

I'd love to find out if my 3 new rat snake hatchlings were definitely produced by parthenogenesis...I'll have to ask around to see if any vets can test their DNA.
And this article does explain why all such offspring may or may not be clones of the mom, so that would account for the differences in my rat snakes too. I'll
also check their genders, but not while they're this young. Thanks for posting this. Nature is amazing!