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Immaculate Conception In a Boa Constrictor
crudmonkey writes "Researchers have discovered a biological shocker: female boa constrictors are capable of giving birth asexually. But the surprise doesn't end there. The study in Biology Letters found that boa babies produced through this asexual reproduction — also known as parthenogenesis — sport a chromosomal oddity that researchers thought was impossible in reptiles. While researchers admit that the female in the study may have been a genetic freak, they say the findings should press researchers to re-think reptile reproduction. Virgin birth among reptiles, especially primitive ones like boas, they argue may be far commoner than ever expected."
This can only fuel the cult of Raptor Jesus to unimaginable new heights.
"16MB (fuck off, MiB fascists)" - The Mighty Buzzard
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Asexual reproduction isn't the same as virgin birth.
For all we know, that snake is a slut.
I always wondered where telemarketers came from.
Raptor jesus..
So she is the immaculate conception, she was not born of a virgin, she was a virgin.
Jesus was born of a virgin.
What could be simpler to understand? For crying out loud people! This is GOD we're talking about!
welcome our new immaculate boa overlords (or shall I say overladys?).
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"Commoner"?! - You mean "more common". I guess you'll tell me that 'commoner' sounds betterer....
I thought that referred to Jesus being born without sin rather than to Mary being a virgin.
Which is quite ironic given the part the snake plays in the garden of eden...
This prooves that like Komodo Dragons, conceiving child with or without complements of other supplementing Hosts, would prove all Life is a redundant Caste System.
If only a Female is available and no male around, then becomes a woman to conceive a male embryo without foetus stage. ... that's why we have Slashdot.
If a Female and Male are around, then becomes a woman for the male to deposit and complement to an foetus
If only a Male is available and no female around,
> Last time this sort of thing happened, I remember it didn't end
> well for the fellow. What was his name?
I'm not really up on Christian doctrine, but from reading the rest of this discussion, I believe you are referring to Raptor Jesus.
Do daemons dream of electric sleep()?
What occurred in Jurassic Park was a stress-induced gender change due to a lack of males in the area - creating males out of adult females.
That must have shocked the hell out of the lesbian raptor coven. Maybe that's why they were so pissed throughout the whole movie.
"Then again, since snakes don't have original sin..."
Mmmm, I recall a snake being instrumental in creating the fucking original sin in the first place.
You mean the whole "Go Forth and Multiply" line?
I don't think he specified Asexually or not, or who knows, maybe he just wanted us to work on our Mad Minute Math skills.
This must be the first time anyone has ever misinterpreted content from the Bible.
Dewey, you fool! Your decimal system has played right into my hands!
... and don't forget the Immaculate REception: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_reception
This, too, is often mistaken - most notably by those who attended my wedding. ;)