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Post by Golden_Boy™ on Jan 24, 2007 13:54:19 GMT -1
Komodo dragon proud mum (and dad) of fiveLONDON (Reuters) - Flora, a Komodo dragon who has never mated or even mixed with a male, is the proud mother and father of five baby dragons, scientists said on Wednesday. Both Flora and her babies, which measured 40-45 cm (15-18 inches) and weighed up to 125 grams (4.4 ounces) when they were hatched at the Chester Zoo are doing fine. Two fertilised eggs are still in an incubator. "Flora is oblivious to the excitement she has caused but we are delighted to say she is now a mum and dad," said Kevin Buley a curator at the zoo. "When the first of the babies hatched, we didn't know whether to make her a cup of tea or pass her the cigars..." Scientists announced in December in the journal Nature that Flora had fertilised the eggs herself, without any male help, in a process culminating in parthenogenesis or virgin birth. Other lizards do this, but Buley and his team said it was the first time it has been shown that Komodo dragons, the world's largest lizards, can also accomplish it. The baby dragons, all males, are being cared for in a special area of the zoo and feasting on a diet of crickets and locusts. "We haven't made a decision on names yet -- as Komodo dragons can live for over 40 years, we want to get the names just right," Buley added. uk.news.yahoo.com/24012007/80-132/komodo-dragon-proud-mum-dad-five.html
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Post by HURLOCK on Jan 24, 2007 13:55:25 GMT -1
MMMmmmmmmmmmm.............
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Post by Billy on Jan 24, 2007 14:06:05 GMT -1
do you still have your dragon thing GB?
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Post by Golden_Boy™ on Jan 24, 2007 14:14:00 GMT -1
do you still have your dragon thing GB? Bearded Dragon? Yea. Say hello to Obie1....
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Post by Billy on Jan 24, 2007 14:18:22 GMT -1
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I can't believe I nebver asked to see him when I was down - can't have been thinking straight I guess ;D
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Post by Golden_Boy™ on Jan 24, 2007 14:24:20 GMT -1
That is an old pic, he's bigger now ;D Lol, I wonder why that was ;D
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Post by Giar on Jan 24, 2007 14:28:16 GMT -1
i would like to stress that this has absolutly nothing to do with me!!!! i really was just going for a walk round the zoo at night to help me think some things through...........................and btw the fact i was covered in lube and teeth marks is also another aid to help me think........ok?
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Post by Billy on Jan 24, 2007 14:32:33 GMT -1
That is an old pic, he's bigger now ;D Lol, I wonder why that was ;D he's I still want one - will need to get settled in a place first and then he shall be at the top if my shopping list! Remind me next time I'm down ok?
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Post by Golden_Boy™ on Jan 24, 2007 14:44:47 GMT -1
That is an old pic, he's bigger now ;D Lol, I wonder why that was ;D he's I still want one - will need to get settled in a place first and then he shall be at the top if my shopping list! Remind me next time I'm down ok? I highly doubt I can obtain any more tho tbh mate See what I can do if you want..
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Post by Billy on Jan 24, 2007 14:55:59 GMT -1
he's I still want one - will need to get settled in a place first and then he shall be at the top if my shopping list! Remind me next time I'm down ok? I highly doubt I can obtain any more tho tbh mate See what I can do if you want.. what more dragons or more.........? wasn't asking for either just now mate - it was just a thought that I might pop down on a socail, rather than business, basis.
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Post by Golden_Boy™ on Jan 24, 2007 15:00:05 GMT -1
I highly doubt I can obtain any more tho tbh mate See what I can do if you want.. what more dragons or more.........? wasn't asking for either just now mate - it was just a thought that I might pop down on a socail, rather than business, basis. Was me being thick lol ;D Dragons! Anytime mate - you know that.
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Post by Fizzy Bread on Jan 24, 2007 15:00:47 GMT -1
do you still have your dragon thing GB? Bearded Dragon? Yea. Say hello to Obie1.... Should be Obie2
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Post by officergroyman on Jan 24, 2007 15:02:03 GMT -1
Komodo Dragons are bad ass, they have a couple in an exhibit at our very own Woodland Park Zoo here in Seattle, very cool.
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Post by jh1980 on Jan 24, 2007 15:04:19 GMT -1
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Post by Fizzy Bread on Jan 24, 2007 15:04:55 GMT -1
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Post by Billy on Jan 24, 2007 15:06:53 GMT -1
what more dragons or more.........? wasn't asking for either just now mate - it was just a thought that I might pop down on a socail, rather than business, basis. Was me being thick lol ;D Dragons! Anytime mate - you know that. ;D nice one
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Post by Fizzy Bread on Jan 24, 2007 15:09:53 GMT -1
Me too, born in the year of the dragon
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Post by officergroyman on Jan 24, 2007 15:11:23 GMT -1
Me too, born in the year of the dragon ......that would explain ALOT!!! ;D
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Post by Fizzy Bread on Jan 24, 2007 15:19:05 GMT -1
Me too, born in the year of the dragon ......that would explain ALOT!!! ;D Like?
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Post by officergroyman on Jan 24, 2007 15:25:46 GMT -1
......that would explain ALOT!!! ;D Like? Well for one thing your Hotmail Email Account & your Firey Personality!!!
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