They also said the discovery of a virgin birth in a crocodile means FP has now been found in both birds, which descended from dinosaurs, and a crocodilian, suggesting a common evolutionary origin. FP, they added, may be more common in species on the brink of extinction, and studies investigating wild populations could reveal more cases. The team, led by Warren Booth, an entomologist at Virginia Tech, wrote in the study that it was "disappointing" the egg failed to hatch, but that it is not unusual for offspring born this way to suffer abnormalities and fail to thrive. Crocodiles and gharials are getting bizarre orange 'tans' in Nepal. Female zebra shark opts for 'virgin birth' even when sharing a tank with healthy males Critically endangered condor chicks are species' 1st known 'virgin births'
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