# A Virgin Birth at Christmas!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-virgin-birth-at-christmas/385038>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 21, 2006, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-virgin-birth-at-christmas/385038 "2006-12-21T07:49:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-virgin-birth-at-christmas/385038/1 "2006-12-21T07:49:39Z")

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[It’s a miracle!](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061220/sc_nm/britain_dragons_dc)  
A komodo dragon in a British zoo is going to have babies with no apparent father. At Christmastime.  
It’s like something out of _Revelations_–or maybe _Jurassic Park_.

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**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-virgin-birth-at-christmas/385038/2 "2006-12-21T10:27:35Z")

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I, for one, welcome our new komodo dragon messiah overlords.

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-virgin-birth-at-christmas/385038/3 "2006-12-21T11:06:05Z")

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This thread got there first!

> **[The Virgin Mary Is Showing Her Age...& Her Scales. Newslink](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=400924)**
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> We shall have a Virgin Birth for Xmas, more or less. But her name ain’t Mary, & the long scaley tail may be off-putting to some. http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/20/uk.komodo.reut/index.html Hmmm…Jurassic Park ain’t as off-base as some...