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How a Komodo dragon鈥檚 鈥榲irgin birth鈥� shocked zoo keepers

Komodo dragons are one of the only animals able to reproduce without male fertilisation. Zoo keepers first discovered this in 2007, when a dragon gave birth even though there were no males in her enclosure.

Chris Michaels, head of reptiles at London Zoo in the UK, introduces us to her son 鈥� Ganas 鈥� and explains how it was possible.

(Image: Young komodo dragon born to a virgin mother, Credit: PA.)

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