Mystery behind virgin births explained

Monday, October 17, 2011 - 10:30 in Biology & Nature

An eastern diamond rattlesnake recently gave successful birth five years after mating, according to a new paper that describes this longest known instance of sperm storage, outside of insects, in the animal kingdom.

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