First-ever ‘virgin birth’ by a crocodile 😦🐊 A female crocodile living in a Costa Rican zoo somehow laid several fertilized eggs without *getting it on* for over a decade #crocodile #costarica #zoo #science | NowThis

This croc found a way. Scientists have discovered that a female crocodile at a zoo in Costa Rica made herself pregnant, producing a fetus that was genetically identical to herself after spending her life isolated away from males. The phenomenon, researchers are calling “virgin birth,” has been found in species such as birds, fish, and other reptiles, but never before in crocodiles. The egg was laid by an 18-year-old American crocodile in Parque Reptilania in January 2018, according to findings p