25 January 2007

The Komodo Mary

"They went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the lizard was. When they saw the star, they were overjoyed.

Some of the eggs of a Komodo dragon at the Chester (UK) zoo, that has never mated or even mixed with male members of her species, have hatched. Mother (and father) and babies are doing fine after this clear example of a virgin birth.

The lizard is named Flora but I think that perhaps they should change it to Mary. The new name would be doubly inspired by the mother of the baby Jesus and the daughter of the Vice President of the US.

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