Life finds a way

[Bartdog]

straight out of Jurassic Park...

MSN To the surprise of scientists, giant endangered fish with sawlike snouts in Florida are experiencing virgin births, reproducing without sex. This is the first solid evidence of such asexual reproduction in the wild for any animal with a backbone, scientists added.

 

[More Kirk Less Spock]

I would hit like because it is interesting, but it could be a sign of the apocalypse.

 

[fsufantoo]

Lived and fished in FL all my life. Grew up in Jupiter and lived on the water as a kid and fished all the time. Caught a Sawtooth Shark a couple of years ago out of Chokoloskee (10K Islands). Only time I ever saw one in the wild. Even the guide was blown away and said he had never seen one caught. Probably should have bought lottery tickets that night.

 

[FSUTribe76]

straight out of Jurassic Park...

MSN To the surprise of scientists, giant endangered fish with sawlike snouts in Florida are experiencing virgin births, reproducing without sex. This is the first solid evidence of such asexual reproduction in the wild for any animal with a backbone, scientists added.

Scientists who said that are stupid then. Whiptail lizards and a wide number of frogs and amphibians can and do produce offspring through parthogenisis. The common guppy kept in kiddie fish tanks will reproduce via parthogenisis if there are no males around...basically if you have a female guppy you're getting babies male or not and I know that from first hand experience.

So let me guess...it was some dumb%*% Florida fish and wildlife "scientists" who said that.

 

[FSUTribe76]

So I hunted down the article you referred to and it wasn't dumb%*% fish and wildlife scientists making that claim about the sawfish being the first but a PhD candidate at Stony Brook. Guess who's not (or shouldn't) get a PhD?