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Hello, this is Six Minute English from BBC Learning English, I'm Neil.
And I'm Rob.
Do you think there are big differences between men and women Neil?
Apart from the old stereotypes we sometimes hear like that men can't express emotions.
I suppose biologically there are differences, Rob.
I mean, men and women's bodies are different.
Right, and it takes both a man and a woman to make a baby.
Well, that's true in humans anyway, but in this program we'll be hearing about creatures in the wild where the classic boy meets girl love story doesn't apply.
Yes, we'll be meeting some female animals who don't need a male to make babies.
These creatures reproduce by pathonogenesis, also called virgin birth.
This is the process where the female can reproduce without a mate,
the term used for an animal's sexual partner.
All animal species survive by making babies,
reproducing to make copies of themselves.
But amazingly, the female of some species can do it all by herself.
But before that, it's time for my quiz question.
In Britain's Chester Zoo in 2006,
Flora laid 11 eggs that developed into healthy babies.