On 5/14/2010 3:06 AM, Invisible wrote:
> Mike Raiford wrote:
>> 1. I wasn't aware platypus's were venomous.
>
> So is the Comodo Dragon, apparently. One of the only venemous reptiles
> in the world...

Interesting ... I always thought it was because their mouth was so full 
of nasty bacteria.

So, I went to the wiki article...

Also didn't know there was another set of chromosomes for determining 
sex. I always thought it was XY, in the dragon's case, it's ZW, which 
apparently allows for parthenogenesis, producing male offspring without 
the need for the female laying the eggs to mate.

Amazing what you can learn by hanging out on the POV newsgroups :)

-- 
~Mike

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