Virgin Dragon Prepares to Give Birth

I'll start to worry if the female species of humans start having the capability of reproducing asexually.

CHESTER, England Dec 20, 2006 (AP)—

Virgin Komodo Dragon Becomes Pregnant With 7 Babies Without Any Male Help.

She is carrying seven baby Komodo dragons.

Other reptile species reproduce asexually in a process known as parthenogenesis.

"But we certainly won't be naming any of the hatchlings Jesus."

"It's baffling why a species starts doing this," said Kevin de Queiroz, a research zoologist at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, who was not involved with the paper. "It would be helpful to know how often this happens and what the mechanism is that allows them do that."