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How does it work? I don't know how condors regulate their internal functions. As a human, I can control my muscles and my breathing, but I can't control, say, m
by HenryKissinger 5y ago
How does it work? I don't know how condors regulate their internal functions. As a human, I can control my muscles and my breathing, but I can't control, say, my digestion, my liver, my heart beat (except indirectly by either relaxing or doing stressful activities). How would a bird "flip the switch" and initiate asexual reproduction?
- namanyayg 5y agoHow can anyone answer a question about the subjective experience of a bird? :) If I had to guess, it could be a subconscious switch happening based on environmental and mood factors, similiar to how human pregnancies can miscarry in times of extreme stress.
- mavhc 5y agoLack of chemicals from the male to inhibit the process probably
- simiones 5y agoInterestingly, in this case males were in fact available - it just seems based on genetic studies that they didn't participate in these particular chicks (the mothers went on to have other chicks through normal reproduction).
- the_af 5y agoI don't know the answers to your questions, but parthenogenesis is confirmed to happen in other organisms. So I presume it could follow an analogous mechanism with condors.