Well, this is my first post ever, so I suppose I should start with AWESOME GLITTER TEXT!!!
Now how's THAT for a title! Yeah! ...
Anyway, back to the topic at hand. Asexual reproduction is where a living organisim reproduces by itself. But what is sexual reproduction? Well, I'd tell you, but I'd probably not be able to ever post again, so... you know...
GOOGLE IT!
Now, under normal circumstances, Animals 'can't' reproduce asexually, however, thanks to the amazing thing known as the KINGDOM OF LIFE, we don't need to worry about that anymore.
Plants (most of the time) Bacterium (excluding E. Coli and a few others) and Fungi ( all reproduce asexually. Their are (in real life) very few animals that reproduce asexually, but their are bound to be some, so let's dive right in... Take that however you want...
The Earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris), although SUPPOSED to reproduce sexually (I really don't know how), can actually produce asexually. In very specific circumstances. You see, and earthworm doesn't really have a brain, or a heart, or anything that resembles a normal creature. So when it's cut in two, if there's enough energy to keep both ends alive, it will grow into two sepertate worms. Isn't that awesome! The seastar (Asteroidia) also has a simillar process, where if one of it's arms is cut off, the arm can grow into another seastar.
Finally, I want to talk about an interesting animal called an Aphid (Aphioidea), which not only can produce both sexually and asexually, but... well, to understand it, you just need to watch this: Yeah, it got a little off the topic, but it was the most reliable video I could find. Now, I think I'm going to end my post here, because my hands are hurting and, well, I've already condensed a weeks worth of SCIENCE LESSONS into one post, so... HAPPY BLOGGING!
Thursday, March 31, 2011
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Awesome research!!! Very impressive work and I love the clip you posted. Keep up the great work!
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