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Whiptail lizards are one of the few reptiles in which the females have the ability to lay fertile eggs without being fertilized by males (also referred to as a parthenogenic species with the ability to reproduce asexually). What unique evolutionary ability do these lizards have?
The female lizards are fertile if they are courted by other females
They give milk, unlike any other reptile
The females care for their young, unlike other lizards
Some of the eggs are born as males, but these are killed at birth
The hottest part of a jalapeno pepper is the:
Skin
Seeds
Placenta
Stems
Meat
The Northern Lights (aka Aurora Borealis) occur:
Only between the fall and spring equinox
Due to the Northern Hemisphere’s longest days with 24 hours of light
When the surface of the sun ejects clouds of gas
After a shift in the earth’s position as relative to the sun
At the same time as the Aurora Australis, or the Southern Lights
Unlike other muscles, the heart:
Does not experience cramping or soreness from exertion
Does not produce lactic acid
Contracts without stimulus from the nervous system
Cannot create a golgi response
Does not “bulk up” in size due to exercise
Hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones are:
A result of global warming
Categorized separately by their degrees of wind speed
Always rotating in a clockwise direction
Completely calm and wind-free in the “eye”
All the same thing
