These Female Lizards Lay Eggs Without Mating | South Pacific | BBC Earth

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When humans first travelled to the remote islands of the South Pacific, the mourning gecko managed to stowaway with them, and thanks to an amazing adaptation that single lizard could populate a whole new island.

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Taken from South Pacific (2009).

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40 thoughts on “These Female Lizards Lay Eggs Without Mating | South Pacific | BBC Earth”

  1. É preocupante já ho clima do tempo si tratando da natureza exemplo das enchentes aqui no Brasil aonde eu moro no estado do Rio Grande do Sul 436 municípios foram devastados pelas enchentes muito triste 😢 isso 🆗️ 🇧🇷

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  7. The title is actually a little inaccurate – as these geckos are a mutation of a species that does require a mate, they won't lay eggs until they think they have mated. So the females will "mate" with each other, stimulating the need to produce eggs! People nickname them the lesbian lizards because of this.

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  18. I did know that geckoes can walk on walls with their sticky hands and that they eat their own skin after they shed it but I had no idea that they actually lay their eggs that hatch into geckos without sperm cells from males. I am learning something new every day.

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