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Unprecedented asexual reproduction observed in a Costa Rican crocodile

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists documented the first known case of asexual reproduction, known as parthenogenesis, in a crocodile in Costa Rica.

This rare biological event was found in a female crocodile who laid eggs despite having no interaction with a male for the majority of her life.

Previously witnessed in other animals, this is a first for the order Crocodilia, which encompasses crocodiles, gavials, and caimans.

The details of this remarkable finding are documented in the study titled "Discovery of Facultative Parthenogenesis in a New World Crocodile."

This serves as the inaugural record of such unconventional asexual reproduction in . . .

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