First 'virgin birth' found in American crocodile as reptile spends 16 years in isolation
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The first-ever recorded documentation of a crocodile's "virgin birth" has been released in a recent study after an isolated crocodile in Costa Rica laid 14 eggs.
What's more interesting, is that after three months of incubation, one of the eggs contained a "fully formed stillborn baby crocodile," the news source shared. Scientists find crocodile 'virgin birth' at Costa Rica zoo https://t.co/5sv7CZNr97 pic.twitter.com/lZOJJt6ERu 😁 Smilosuchus looks like an enormous Triassic crocodile 🐊, but it was actually a phytosaur—a completely different kind of reptile.When unrelated groups independently evolve similar features, scientists call it "convergent ➡️⬅️ evolution 🧬." #DeepTime #FossilFriday pic.twitter.com/pdq2d7jiKy Sydney Borchers is a lifestyle production assistant with Fox News Digital.
Scientists then studied the genetic makeup of the crocodile fetus, according to Reuters.
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