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Certain lizards can reproduce parthogenetically.

Dan, are you saying that these particular Komodo dragons are Japanese, or just that they favor that style of dress?

Maybe he just means the 2-dimensional dragons embroidered on many kimonos? They're pretty.

The thing is, Flamingbanjo, this is the first time Komodo Dragons have reproduced this way. Also, it says that the dragons can either reproduce solo OR with a male--which makes the males completely optional.

Joey: I'd hazard a guess that it's just the first time they've been observed doing it. And yes, if humans ever master this trick, all of us with Y chromosomes can look forward to our impending obsolescence.

Hey, Flamingbanjo's idea is already an award-winning comic book series written by Brian Vaughn, titled Y: The Last Man. I recommend it highly.

And the title of the 8th trade paperback collection of said series, just published today? Kimono Dragons. I shit thee not.

http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=6140

It's possible that humans HAVE reproduced parthenogenically, but that it's so rare an event, and hasn't happened with a woman who hasn't been having sex (or hasn't been assumed by her culture to have been having sex) that it's never been recognized.

And even if humans could reproduce without males, that doesn't mean that males would disappear. There are species which reproduce both sexually and asexually, depending on conditions.

Males evolved for a reason (some contend males evolved as a response to disease). Until that reason goes away, it's doubtful that males will go away, too.

I think the komodo dragon story is cool, nonetheless. :)

Don't be surprised if we see a story later about a surreptitious zoo worker who had nothing better to do than some undercover turkey-basting via wanking off male komodo dragons.

Very Pink Flamingos.

@Jean/7

Millions of people, while not being alive to witness it, certainly believe in the rare case of pathenogenesis in humans. They're called Christians.

Ray: Doctor, would you tell our listeners all about the Komodo dragon, please?

Bob: The Komodo dragon, the world's largest living lizard, is a ferocious carnivore. It's found on the steep-sloped island of Komodo in the lesser Sunda chain of the Indonesian Archipelago and the nearby islands of Rinja, Padar, and Flores.

Ray: Where do they come from?

Faced with extinction (1000-5000 left), the Miraculous Conception is just another mad scramble for survival from another rugged reptile.

Stefan, perhaps -- for memory's sake -- the Komodo sanctuary islands of Padar and Rintja can be renamed Poacher's Paradise and Campo Concentracion Islands.

Rotate in new endangered species as the old ones 'think their final thoughts'.

Parthogenesis? Or Immaculate Conception?

I believe it was Immaculate Conception. Bow down to Our (new) Lord Komodo. Only faith in Our Lord Komodo can save you from your sins. Don't believe me? Prove me wrong.

In the name of Flora, The Egg, and the Holy Dragon. Forever and ever, CARCASS!

Of course they won't be named Jesus, they're all female. They could be named Maria, Mary, and so on ...

This is a beautiful Christmas miracle!

actually, they'll all be males. also, when lizards/frogs/etc reproduce parthenogenetically? response to stress in the environment (i.e., lack of males to reproduce with). it doesn't occur otherwise in such animals.

there is no scientific explanation. this is just another celebrity coverup. That lizard from the geico commercials has been impregnating female lizards all over the country and Geico has been paying the zoos millions to cover it up. There is even a secret recording that has been recently leaked to the bbc where the geico lizard said "oh bollocks, I did not mean to do it. I just can't keep me little green meatpole to meself." go to bbc.com if you do not believe me.

It reminds me of the Twilight Zone where men didn't exist because women reproduced parthenogenically. And true to form it was creepy too with a twist at the end.