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A female Brazilian boa has been born:

https://www.abc15.com/entertainment...oenix-zoo-likely-through-asexual-reproduction

It's a surprise because the snake's mother has been at the zoo for a decade and has not had any male companions to breed with during that time.

So, keepers believe that the snake was born via parthenogenesis, a type of asexual reproduction where an egg becomes fertilized without male sperm.

Because the snake was born via parthenogenesis, it is "a copy of mom," he said, and like mom, also a female snake.
 
Zoofan15 said:
A female Brazilian boa has been born:

https://www.abc15.com/entertainment...oenix-zoo-likely-through-asexual-reproduction

It's a surprise because the snake's mother has been at the zoo for a decade and has not had any male companions to breed with during that time.

So, keepers believe that the snake was born via parthenogenesis, a type of asexual reproduction where an egg becomes fertilized without male sperm.

Because the snake was born via parthenogenesis, it is "a copy of mom," he said, and like mom, also a female snake.
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it should be noted that this is the 2nd time on record that a baby boa was born due to asexual reproduction.

A baby Brazillian Rainbow Boa makes history at the Phoenix Zoo | 12news.com
 
Very nice news. Nine Grand Cayman Blue Iguanas have hatched at Phoenix. From thir social media:

"We’re egg-cited to announce that nine Grand Cayman rock iguanas recently hatched at the Phoenix Zoo! At one time, the Grand Cayman rock iguana was the most endangered lizard on the planet with only 25 found in the wild! Today, these iguanas are still endangered, but things are looking up thanks to the protection of wild habitats in the Grand Cayman island and AZA-accredited zoos participating in the Species Survival Plan (SSP)."
 
WhistlingKite24 said:
Very nice news. Nine Grand Cayman Blue Iguanas have hatched at Phoenix. From thir social media:

"We’re egg-cited to announce that nine Grand Cayman rock iguanas recently hatched at the Phoenix Zoo! At one time, the Grand Cayman rock iguana was the most endangered lizard on the planet with only 25 found in the wild! Today, these iguanas are still endangered, but things are looking up thanks to the protection of wild habitats in the Grand Cayman island and AZA-accredited zoos participating in the Species Survival Plan (SSP)."
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Second hatching since 2019.

Recent other breeders have been zoos in Brownsville, Riverbanks-Columbia and Dallas.
Others like Fort Worth or San Diego Zoo have not bred for a good number of years now.
 
Fanfin anglerfish said:
They are revamping part of the Africa trail, moving the lions and hyenas and they will call it “Predator passage” with new species also.
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Said new species will be meerkats, fossas and Amur leopards to serve as a stand-in for African leopards (I say they probably should’ve gone with servals or cheetahs to preserve zoogeographic accuracy, but we can’t have everything we want, can we?).
 
SharkFinatic said:
Said new species will be meerkats, fossas and Amur leopards to serve as a stand-in for African leopards (I say they probably should’ve gone with servals or cheetahs to preserve zoogeographic accuracy, but we can’t have everything we want, can we?).
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In the concept art you can see some type of bat enclosure and a outside area for what looks like to be ground hornbills.
 
SharkFinatic said:
Said new species will be meerkats, fossas and Amur leopards to serve as a stand-in for African leopards (I say they probably should’ve gone with servals or cheetahs to preserve zoogeographic accuracy, but we can’t have everything we want, can we?).
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They already have cheetahs (in an very good exhibit). But yeah I am not a fan of Amur leopards in "Africa".
 
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