Quote Originally Posted by janeothejungle View Post
It's called parthenogenesis and yes, it's been documented in pythons.

http://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/v9.../6800210a.html

The eggs are not necessarily infertile, they can be clones of mom.


~Kat


Cloning occurs in nature? That's INSANE!

To the OP: I knew exactly what you meant when I read the title and said to myself: "I've wondered that too! My duck used to lay eggs and she wasn't near any males since she was about a month old." I'm actually pretty suprised to get such a concrete answer.

Thanks Jane! Although my head came Thiiiiis close to exploding while reading that.