How did snake get pregnant?

Most snakes reproduce sexually, but some reproduce asexually. They mate in the spring after hibernation, using pheromones to attract mates. A male snake mates with a female snake by inserting one of his hemipenes into the female's cloaca. This fertilizes the eggs inside her oviduct.
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How did snake reproduce?

Snakes reproduce by internal fertilization and either give birth to live young or lay eggs, depending on the species. Female live-bearing snakes will find a sheltered location to give birth before abandoning the young to fend for themselves.
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Can snakes get pregnant without mating?

But a small subset of animals can have offspring without mating. The process, called parthenogenesis, allows creatures from honey bees to rattlesnakes to have so-called “virgin births.”
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How do snakes have babies without mating?

Some snakes are able to perform parthenogenesis, which is a form of asexual reproduction. In parthenogenesis, the female snake uses her own genetic material to fertilize her eggs. A snake is sexually mature, or ready to mate, between 2 and 3 years old.
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How long are snakes pregnant?

Reintroduce your snakes for a few days in succession until the female looks like she has lost interest in the male. She will be producing eggs at this point. After this, all you have to do is wait for her to lay eggs or birth live babies. The gestation period is generally 28 to 45 days.
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Which snake gave birth without male?

The young Brazilian Rainbow Boa, found on Aug. 3, was likely born through an asexual reproduction process called parthenogenesis, according to a zoo press release.
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Which animal give birth from mouth?

Also knows as Platypus frogs, the female amphibian, after external fertilization by the male, would swallow its eggs, brood its young in its stomach and gave birth through its mouth.
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Can snakes give birth to humans?

The woman, from the Afgooye district of Mogadishu, was—understandably—said to have been quite shocked after giving birth to the legless reptile, because she was expecting two human twins. Luckily, the snake did not attack her as it left the womb; it was reportedly non-violent, like her new human son.
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Can humans give birth to snakes?

Can humans give birth to snakes? Of course, scientifically it's not possible for a human to have sex with an animal and give birth to a hybrid creature, not matter how many demons are involved. Genetics just don't work like that.
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Is virgin birth possible?

So, while it's possible for a human baby to be born of a virgin mother, it's very, very unlikely: These two genetic deletions might each have a one in 1 billion chance of occurring, and that's not counting the calcium spike and division problem required to initiate parthenogenesis in the first place.
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Can a female snake have babies without a male?

“Usually female snakes lay eggs after mating with a male, but in rare circumstances they can produce young without mating in a process called parthenogenesis. There are several reported cases involving ball pythons,” he says.
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Why do some snakes give birth?

Snakes that give live birth are ovoviviparous. In these species, males fertilize eggs which then develop inside the female. But, instead of laying the eggs when they're appropriately developed, the female keeps the eggs inside of her for the duration of gestation.
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Do male snakes have balls?

The male reptiles, like all other vertebrates, have paired gonads that produce sperm and testosterone. Reptiles carry their testicles or testes internally, often in close proximity to the kidneys.
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Do snakes mate with other snakes?

Yes, and not only is it possible to cross-breed snakes, but it's fairly common and surprisingly easy. The results of these snake hybrids: Patterns and colorations unlike anything ever seen before. Certain snake species are easier to crossbreed than others.
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How often do snakes get pregnant?

How often do snakes get pregnant? Female snakes lay eggs or give birth to live young 1-2 times per year. However, the most interesting thing to learn is how snakes reproduce. The female will let the male know when she's ready to mate by releasing pheromones (scent/odor) from the skin glands located on her back.
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Has a human ever had a baby with an animal?

At this point, humans seem to have been separate from other animals for far too long to interbreed. We diverged from our closest extant relative, the chimpanzee, as many as 7 million years ago. (For comparison, our apparent tryst with the Neanderthals occurred less than 700,000 years after we split off from them.)
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Can a snake reproduce without a male?

"Virgin birth" among animals may not be a rare, last-resort, save-the-species stopgap after all. For the first time, animal mothers, specifically pit vipers, have been discovered spawning fatherless offspring in the wild. More to the point, the snakes did so even when perfectly good males were around.
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Are snakes asexual?

In snakes, there is evidence of two naturally occurring modes of asexual reproduction. Obligatory parthenogenesis (OP) is found in exclusively parthenogenic species such as the Brahminy Blind Snake (Indotyphlops braminus) which have all-female populations [2].
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What animal is born pregnant?

The swamp wallaby is the only mammal that is permanently pregnant throughout its life according to new research about the reproductive habits of marsupials. Unlike humans, kangaroos and wallabies have two uteri. The new embryo formed at the end of pregnancy develops in the second, 'unused' uterus.
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What animal has the hardest birth?

Squirrel monkey infants have such large heads compared to the size of their mothers' pelvises that they face a very high rate of birth complications. Perhaps the most horrifying birth is that of the spotted hyena.
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What animal has the dad give birth?

Seahorse fathers break all the rules—they're the onces who get pregnant and give birth. After the seahorse mother deposits her eggs into the father's pouch, the father fertilizes the eggs and incubates them until he gives birth to the tiny, fully-formed seahorses.
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What animal dies the male give birth?

In all of the vast animal kingdom spanning the planet, seahorses (and their pipefish and sea dragon relatives) are the only species whose male members give birth to young.
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What is the only male animal that gets pregnant?

Seahorses and their close relatives, sea dragons, are the only species in which the male gets pregnant and gives birth. Male seahorses and sea dragons get pregnant and bear young—a unique adaptation in the animal kingdom. Seahorses are members of the pipefish family.
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How can a snake have a virgin birth?

Female snakes can reproduce through parthenogenesis: virgin birth in species that usually reproduce sexually. In short, a polar body, a cell that's formed when the body produces eggs, takes on the role of sperm and fertilizes an egg.
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