A female American crocodile laid fertilized eggs in a Costa Rica zoo, after being in isolation for 16 years. Facultative Parthenogenesis, or virgin birth, is common in reptiles, fish, birds, and other animals, but this is the first time it has been documented in crocodiles.

 

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