S2E1:Virgin Birth
David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities
18 Feb 201422 minTV-G
Recently it was discovered that female Komodo dragons can reproduce without ever having contact with a male. In this illuminating natural history documentary, David Attenborough investigates the science behind this. He finds that in our own back gardens female aphids can clone themselves and produce thousands of copies. How and why do these two very different animals reproduce by virgin birth?
