On: Female shark learns to reproduce without males after years alone

[maxerickson]

The author wrote life into the art. Amphibian DNA was stuck into the dinosaurs to make it harder for critics to criticize the parthenogenesis in the book.

Amphibian parthenogenesis is well documented:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis_in_amphibians

[logfromblammo → maxerickson]

The book did not feature parthenogenesis. It featured protogyny. Some individual females became male and bred with the individuals that remained female.

This has been observed in West African common reed frogs (Hyperolius viridiflavus), as a result of population pressure. If the pond is a taco fest, some of the frogs bring sausage.

This is actually more common in fish than in amphibians, but the book used amphibian DNA.

[arcticfox → logfromblammo]

I'm confused why you are downvoted - you appear to be correct.

[bryanrasmussen → arcticfox]

the taco fest sausage thing might have upset some people, I didn't downvote but does seem somewhat gross.