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Scientists discover unknown lizard species at lunch buffet
By Brian Walker, CNN
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
(CNN) -- It may be an old menu standby to Vietnamese diners, but it's turned into a smorgasbord of discovery for scientists.
Researchers have identified a previously undocumented species of all-female lizard in the Mekong River delta that can reproduce itself by cloning, and the story of how it was discovered is almost as exotic as the animal itself.
Leiolepis ngovantrii is a small lizard found only in southern Vietnam. A Vietnamese reptile scientist who came across tanks full of the remarkably similar looking reptiles at small diners in rural villages in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province became intrigued when he noticed that all of the lizards appeared to be female.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/1...iref=allsearch
By Brian Walker, CNN
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Villagers have been eating the local lizards in restaurants
- The species is unique: all of the lizards are female
- Many new "discoveries" are old news to locals
(CNN) -- It may be an old menu standby to Vietnamese diners, but it's turned into a smorgasbord of discovery for scientists.
Researchers have identified a previously undocumented species of all-female lizard in the Mekong River delta that can reproduce itself by cloning, and the story of how it was discovered is almost as exotic as the animal itself.
Leiolepis ngovantrii is a small lizard found only in southern Vietnam. A Vietnamese reptile scientist who came across tanks full of the remarkably similar looking reptiles at small diners in rural villages in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province became intrigued when he noticed that all of the lizards appeared to be female.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/1...iref=allsearch
Mi get that in any restaurant - me gone, see you lata
Nah nyam it, dat's why me walked with me crackers and cheese when I went to China.
- arn't you having great sailing weather
Paul Marin -19 is one thing, 20 is a whole other matter. It gets even worse if they win the UCL. *groan*. 
05/18/2011.MU fans naah cough, but all a unuh a vomit?-Lazie 1/11/2015
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