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             Yes, some animals can have babies without a mate.                                                                               HEALTH

             Here’s how                                                                                                            DOCTOR ON DUTY

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             By The Associated Press     aldo, gave birth last week                                                             Tel. 527 4000
             A  boa  constrictor  in  the   after  having  no  contact                                                                San Nicolas
             U.K. gave birth to 14 babies     with any other snakes for at
             without a mate.             least nine years, according                                                             Imsan 24 hours
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             Is  it  a  miracle?  The  result   to  the  City  of  Portsmouth                                                   Women in Difficulties
             of  a  secret  rendezvous?   College,  which  kept  the                                                            PHARMACY ON DUTY
             Probably  not.  Females  of   snake.
             species have the ability to   One way parthenogenesis                                                              Oranjestad:
             reproduce asexually, with-  can  occur  is  when  a  fe-                                                           del Pueblo :  Tel.582 1253
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             out sperm from a male. The   male’s  egg  fuses  with  an-                                                         Aloe:Tel. 584 4606
             process is called partheno-  other cell, often a cell left-
             genesis,  from  the  Greek   over from a process that al-                                                          OTHER
             words  for  “virgin”  and   lows the female to create                                                              Dental Clinic 587 9850
             “birth.”                    the  egg.  That  cell,  known                                                          Blood Bank Aruba 587 0002
             Some  plants  and  insects   as a polar body, gives the   Flora the Komodo dragon walks around her enclosure at    Urgent Care 586 0448
             can do it, as well as some   egg  the  genetic  informa-  Chester Zoo in Chester, England, Monday Dec. 18, 2006.   Walk-In Doctor’s Clinic
             amphibians,  reptiles,  birds   tion  it  would  normally  get                                    Associated Press  +297 588 0539
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             and fish. A stingray named   from  sperm.  The  cell  starts                                                       EMERGENCY
             Charlotte that was thought   dividing and that leads to
             to  have  become  preg-     the creation of an embryo.   that  gives  birth  to  litters,”   FOR SALE              Police           100
             nant  by  this  method  died   It’s unclear how prevalent   Chapman  said.  “And  you   Matadera 3N unit-11 aruBa   Oranjestad      527 3140
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             this  week  at  an  aquarium   parthenogenesis  is  in  the   will often see individuals in   2 storey condo       Sta. Cruz        527 2900
             in  North  Carolina,  though   wild,  Chapman  said.  But   that litter produced by par-  3 bedrooms, 3 baths      San  Nicolas      584 5000
             she never delivered and it   it  has  happened  outside   thenogenesis  that  don’t   living / dinning room        Police Tipline      11141
             is  unclear  if  she  was  ever   captivity   among   small-  develop correctly in some   furnished, renovated     Ambulancia       911
             pregnant.                   tooth  sawfish,  an  endan-  way.”q                       painted. Pool                Fire Dept.       115
             Some  wasps,  crustaceans   gered  species  in  Florida’s                             $425,000 uSd furnished       Red Cross        582 2219
             and lizards reproduce only   coastal waters.                                          $395,000 uSd w/appliances    TAXI SERVICES
             through  parthenogenesis.   “We  think  the  females  re-                             suzanne@c21apt.com           Taxi Tas      587 5900
             But in other species it’s rare   produce like that on some                            Whatsapp: 1-613-291-2121     Prof. Taxi    588 0035
             and  usually  observed  in   occasions  because  they                                 _______________________________218084  Taxi D.T.S.   587 2300
             captivity.                  haven’t found a male be-                                                               Taxi Serv. Aruba 583 3232
             It  tends  to  occur  in  situa-  cause there are so few of                                                        A1 Taxi Serv.   280 2828
             tions  where  females  are   them,” Chapman said.                                                                  Women in Difficulties
             separated from males, said   Offspring  from  partheno-                                                            TRAVEL INFO
             Demian  Chapman,  who       genesis  have  less  genetic                                                           Aruba Airport   524 2424
             directs  the  Sharks  &  Rays   variation,  Chapman  said,                                                         American Airlines 582 2700
             Conservation     Research   which  can  lead  to  devel-                                                           Avianca       588 0059
             Program  at  the  Mote  Ma-  opmental problems.                                                                    Jet Blue      588 2244
             rine  Laboratory  &  Aquari-  “A  litter  produced  by  sex-                                                       Surinam       582 7896
             um in Sarasota, Florida.    ual  reproduction  is  usu-                                                            Women in Difficulties
             The  boa  in  the  U.K.,  a   ally much larger than one                                                            AID FOUNDATIONS
             6-foot, 13-year-old Brazilian   produced  via  partheno-
             Rainbow Boa named Ron-      genesis  if  it’s  an  animal                                                          FAVI- Visually Impaired
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