Mystery Behind Virgin Births Explained

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An eastern diamond rattlesnake gives birth five years after mating. How does she swing it?

Published On: 15-Oct-11 05:30 AM
Source: Discovery News
Author: Jennifer Viegas

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[abnrmal91]

Here comes a new religion. Hail Rattlesnake

 

[Fuscus]

I, for one, welcome our new rattlesnake overloads

 

[Tassie97]

In one of our museums their was a tiger snake (live) it had been there for five years then all of a sudden gave birth to 163 babies, its the record it must have been like im all good now its safe i will just keep eatting and i will become gravid when i want then it could have 163!!!

 

[Bel03]

163 babies.......wow! Thats impressive!

 

[nico77]

In one of our museums their was a tiger snake (live) it had been there for five years then all of a sudden gave birth to 163 babies, its the record it must have been like im all good now its safe i will just keep eatting and i will become gravid when i want then it could have 163!!!

How big was the tiger snake ? must have been huge .

 

[Tassie97]

im not exactly sure of size sorry yer but 163 babies thats alot!

 

[Fuscus]

im not exactly sure of size sorry yer but 163 babies thats alot!

I found that hard to believe so did a bit of research.
Wikipedia has a max of 64 from a WA animal Tiger snake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
However Tassie parks and wildlife claim a litter of 126 Parks & Wildlife Service - Tiger snake, Notechis scutatus

 

[Tassie97]

I found that hard to believe so did a bit of research.
Wikipedia has a max of 64 from a WA animal Tiger snake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
However Tassie parks and wildlife claim a litter of 126 Parks & Wildlife Service - Tiger snake, Notechis scutatus

ahuh must have went a bit dyslexic lol must be 126 lol sorry i got told about it couple of years ago now lol sorry all
126 is lots too! lol

 

[junglepython2]

It is bad enough getting a handful of those buggers feeding, imagine 126!

 

[Tassie97]

i think most of them where released into the wild

 

[Fuscus]

ahuh must have went a bit dyslexic lol must be 126 lol sorry i got told about it couple of years ago now lol sorry all
126 is lots too! lol

Even the number 64 is huge. Mum would sure be sore for more than a few days

 

[mmafan555]

Here comes a new religion. Hail Rattlesnake

The already do snake handling in some rural christian churches...You can imagine the wonderful outcomes of such practices...

 

[Fuscus]

The already do snake handling in some rural christian churches...You can imagine the wonderful outcomes of such practices...

"Sorry, Homer. I was born a snake handler and I'll die a snake handler." - Moe Szyslak.
Snake handling - RationalWiki