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Parthenogenesis is a mode of asexual reproduction in which offspring are produced by females without the genetic contribution of a male. Among all the sexual vertebrates, the only examples of true parthenogenesis, in which all-female populations reproduce without the involvement of males, are found in squamate reptiles (snakes and lizards). [1]
Parthenogenesis, in the form of reproduction from a single individual (typically a god), is common in mythology, religion, and folklore around the world, including in ancient Greek myth; for example, Athena was born from the head of Zeus.
Although many kinds of snakes and other reptiles are oviparous (lay eggs), rattlesnakes are ovoviviparous (give birth to live young after carrying eggs inside). [77] The female produces the ova ("eggs") in her ovaries , after which they pass through her body cavity and into one of her two oviducts .
Snakes are really extreme dietary specialists and generally eat vertebrate animals or weird, hard-to-eat invertebrates. ... earthworms or bird eggs. Some prey on other snakes. Some people fear and ...
All snakes are strictly carnivorous, preying on small animals including lizards, frogs, other snakes, small mammals, birds, eggs, fish, snails, worms, and insects. [ 26 ] : 81 [ 27 ] [ 101 ] Snakes cannot bite or tear their food to pieces so must swallow their prey whole.
According to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, female copperheads can have one litter per year, and the litters can range from 2 to 18 snakes, which are 8 to 10 inches long when born.
The wait is over. There's new additions to the families of rattlesnakes in a Colorado mega-den.. The northern Colorado rattlesnake den complex, described as a "mega-den," is one of two monitored ...
The milk snake mates from early May [17] to late June. In June and July, the female lays three to 24 eggs beneath logs, boards, rocks, and rotting vegetation. [17] The eggs are oval in shape, and white in color. Eggs range from 2.5 cm to 4.2 cm (1 to 1.7 in) in length. [7] The eggs incubate for about two months, and hatch around August or ...