Excuse Me, There is a Fly in My Unknown Lizard

It's a headline right out of the Simcity news ticker.  Scientists discovered an unknown species of lizard being served in a restaraunt in Vietnam.  Yeah, Vietnam serves lizards.  Luckily in America we have real food.

A scientist recognized that the lizards that were being served were all female.  So he called his American scientist friend and told the restaraunt owner to put some lizards to the side for study.  Which he agreed to do.  And then he got drunk and cooked the lizards up for his customers (that's not a joke, he did that).

So the scientists paid some local kids to find some more lizards for them because this is science, damn it!  Only the most sophisticated data collection can be used.  And Vietnamese children work cheap.

Well, the scientists found out that the reason all the lizards were female is because they reproduce by cloning themselves.  All the lizards are direct clones of their mothers.  They aren't the only creatures with that ability, but it sure is neato.

You may be thinking that the Vietnamese should stop eating these lizards.  You know, for science and all.  But anyone who has seen a Godzilla movie can tell you that if Asians aren't eating lizards, lizards are eating Asians.

Oh, that's Japan, you say?  It's not the same as Vietnam, you say?  Well good for you.  Next time you see an Asian you can tell him that you're one of the "good" white people.  Maybe he'll share his lizard dinner with you.



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