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Published: 2018-06-26 04:20:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 2825; Favourites: 82; Downloads: 23
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Sorry for the delay, I’ve been busy with pride events all weekend.
In return please have these sapphic lizards: The New Mexico whiptail is an all-female species of lizard in the southwestern United States. Even in parthenogenesis their ovaries need to be stimulated in order to produce viable eggs – so they perform mating behaviors with the other female lizards.
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So all anthro New Mexico Whiptails are cute monster girls. Right?
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I heard about this on TV. It's something highly interesting.
Did you know that the hierarchy of male bees is showing a branch count that fits the Fibonacci numbers? 
(I hope you know what I mean here lol, I can explain if nah)
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Whaaaaaat that's wild!
Math and nature, man.
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I was thrilled by that info. But it makes sense when you see the logic system. :3c
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I had heard the term - did not know all this - thanks again!!!
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It would be quite interesting if a human somehow managed to do this
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Agreed! But I don't think our chromosomes are set up to do it naturally, even as a freak chance...but it looks like some research groups are looking into it, and parthenogenic mice and rabbits have been produced in lab experiments so we could probably apply it to humans if we found the right genetic buttons to push.
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