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Portsmouth snake has multiple virgin births
A snake that was thought to be male has given birth to 14 snakelets. Ronaldo, a 13-year-old old boa constrictor, produced the tiny reptiles at City of Portsmouth College. The process of virgin births is known as parthenogenesis and has only ever happened three times to a Brazilian rainbow boa constrictor. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ reporter Sophie Cridland went to meet them and Pete Quinlan from the College shared his surprise with Alun Newman.
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