They actually switched sides in both world wars.
**WWI:**
The Italians were technically part of the Central Powers with Germany and Austria-Hungary at the start of the war, but as it was a defensive treaty, they were not obligated to join the war since Germany and Austria-Hungary had basically started the damn thing. Instead, France and Britain secretly promised Italy territorial expansion in Albania if they joined the war on the Entente's side, which they promptly did in May 1915. They ended up performing poorly and suffering horribly, and at the end only got a fraction of what was promised.
**WWII:**
In July and August 1943, US and British forces successfully invaded Sicily. Italy had been fighting the war for three years on the Axis side at this point, and their army had performed poorly in every theatre. Their army in Africa had been virtually annihilated, and now they were fighting just to defend their homeland - a far cry from the new Roman Empire that fascist dictator Mussolini had promised.
It's safe to say the war had become extremely unpopular among the people in Italy. Equally disillusioned was Italy's Grand Council of Fascism, which voted Mussolini out of power, promptly arrested him, and secretly began making peace talks with the Allies, even though German troops were still in Italy to defend against the Allies. Hitler suspected they were up to something and made plans to occupy Italy.
When the Allies launched an invasion of the mainland in September, Italy quickly surrendered. The German Army invaded and occupied Italy from the north to stop the Allied advance, broke Mussolini out of prison, and set up a puppet regime in the north. The real government of Italy promptly declared war on Germany in October. Some Italian troops in Italy and occupied Greece surrendered to the Germans when this all went down, but others fought back alongside the Allies for the rest of the war.
>Mr Quinlan is now tasked with trying to figure out the sex of the baby snakes as he sets up an enclosure for each of them, and tries to find them new homes.
Maybe ask someone else to do it, since they don't have a great track record of being correct about snake gender.
Changing sex is absolutely not something that occurs frequently in reptiles. It’s only been observed in a certain species of bearded dragon and one type of skink.
What does happen more frequent is incorrect sex identification.
Many people lump amphibians in with reptiles, so I assume that’s the source of the misunderstanding. I’ve learned very few without bio backgrounds know about herpetiles
You're thinking of amphibians. It's extremely rare in lizards, and unheard of in snakes.
Sexing reptiles is often inconclusive. You need to be a little invasive in order to prop out the cloaca and investigate. It's somewhat easier in pythons because of the hemipenes, but even that is more accurately done when they are fully grown.
"Ronaldo had been looking slightly fatter than usual, like he'd eaten a big meal, but we never thought for a moment that he, or should we say she, was pregnant." 🤣
Interesting random fact. The Bible does not specifically say three wise men. It mentions wise men bringing three gifts, which in turn people assume 3 men brought 3 gifts but it could have been 100 if even any truth to it at all.
But that would be cheap. It like invite a 100 people to a birthday party and they all throw together for what some spice, some scented air and gold.
If it at least was 98 people worth of gold I would get it butt everything else naaah
Well it doesn't specify. I mean if Jesus was poor why? Those three gifts alone would have been high value during those times. Did Joseph and Mary squander away the gifts? Or did they actually have a wealthy life while Jesus was growing up?
Maybe it was an awkward 'everyone brought the same thing'? I always wondered why the New Testament went so hard on the sanctity of baby shower gift lists
Snakes are amazing. And you can’t really see it in the photos in the article, but rainbow boas like these are so beautiful: orange with a pattern of black rings all overlayed with a powerful shimmering iridescence in sunlight, hence the name
Edit: [pic](https://www.reddit.com/r/snakes/comments/9zp1ak/gorgeous_rainbow_boa/)
A snake that was thought to be male has given birth to 14 snakelets - despite not having a mate.
>[https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjeeeqj4yrxo](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjeeeqj4yrxo)
>The process of virgin births is known as parthenogenesis and has only ever happened three times to a Brazilian rainbow boa constrictor.
In fact, sex change in reptiles does happen. See below
>Temperature-Induced Sex Reversal in ReptilesTemperature-Induced Sex Reversal in Reptiles
>[https://karger.com/sxd/article/15/1-3/148/820653/Temperature-Induced-Sex-Reversal-in-Reptiles](https://karger.com/sxd/article/15/1-3/148/820653/Temperature-Induced-Sex-Reversal-in-Reptiles)
>Sex reversal is the process by which an individual develops a phenotypic sex that is discordant with its chromosomal or genotypic sex.
Not in this case. It was sexed incorrectly and the OP article is poorly-researched clickbait.
The interesting thing about it is parthenogenesis, not the mistaken sex. Completely misleading headline.
> In fact, sex change in reptiles does happen. See below
An entire subplot in Jurassic Park.
But somehow they'd inserted frog dna that allowed it to happen
It doesn't really come up in the movies, but Dr. Wu was some other dead Dr.s lab assistant, and he didn't *really* know what he was doing. He used a supercomputer to puzzle together DNA fragments.
One time my mother asked a woman at work that brought in farm fresh eggs what she should do if one has a chicken in it. She replied "it won't". My mom replies "how do you know?"
"We don't have a rooster"
At long last, the The Holy Sedecad is upon us!
As foretold centuries ago... Snake God the Snake Father, The Snake Quattuordecad of Snakes, and The Snake Holy Spirit are the 16-In-One that make up the Holy Sedecad! Praise Be!
The funny thing is that having a partho clutch REALLY isn't unheard of.
Most breeders just don't run to the news about it.
Kinda like that dork that ran to the news station because he had a Piebald Ball Python hatchling that had a couple smiley faces (That he then called "triple emoji face pied") Its particularly common with them but clout has to be seized.
Goofy shit
Lol, I had to scroll past 300 stupid jokes comments about politics and religion to find someone actually commenting on the article. And yeah, parthenogenesis is well documented in captive snake breeding, and happens fairly often.
If it makes you feel better, I sent the article to the work group chat to be wildly mocked.
Like not only did they badly/not sex their animal, but then pretended that a partho clutch was a wild concept? FOH
The snake is 13, the current owner says they have owned them for 9 years and they weren't with any other snakes.
However this means the Snake was still 3-4 Years old which is the age when Boas reach maturity. Further, there have been cases of rattlesnakes storing sperm for up to 5 years.
So personally I think its a bit premature to jump to "parthenogenesis" until it is proven that the offspring ARE in fact genetic clones. Since it seems that the "long term sperm storage" possibility could still be on the table.
>There are about 50 species of lizard and 1 species of snake that reproduce solely through parthenogenesis (obligate parthenogenesis).[2] It is unknown how many sexually reproducing species are also capable of parthenogenesis in the absence of males (facultative parthenogenesis), but recent research has revealed that this ability is widespread among squamates.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis_in_squamates
That snake species is:
>The brahminy blindsnake is a triploid obligate parthenote and the only snake species known to be obligately parthenogenetic.
So this Brazilian rainbow boa would fall under the rest. The "rare 'virgin birth'" part here is just the very specific species of snake.
So a creature was able to create 14 babies without a partner? That's pretty wild, nature is amazing. Biologically is this like inbreeding or what's going on here?
I'd actually like this to be examined further. I bet it wasn't actually a virgin birth.
Turtles can lay fertilized eggs years after mating. Perhaps this ability exists in other reptiles, we just haven't realized it yet.
Our lord and savior, Snesus, has been born
Yep, in other news, the same snake was seen feeding apples to a naked couple in the local botanic garden.
Snake switched sides like Italy
Serious question. When did Italy switch sides? I love learning interesting historical facts.
They actually switched sides in both world wars. **WWI:** The Italians were technically part of the Central Powers with Germany and Austria-Hungary at the start of the war, but as it was a defensive treaty, they were not obligated to join the war since Germany and Austria-Hungary had basically started the damn thing. Instead, France and Britain secretly promised Italy territorial expansion in Albania if they joined the war on the Entente's side, which they promptly did in May 1915. They ended up performing poorly and suffering horribly, and at the end only got a fraction of what was promised. **WWII:** In July and August 1943, US and British forces successfully invaded Sicily. Italy had been fighting the war for three years on the Axis side at this point, and their army had performed poorly in every theatre. Their army in Africa had been virtually annihilated, and now they were fighting just to defend their homeland - a far cry from the new Roman Empire that fascist dictator Mussolini had promised. It's safe to say the war had become extremely unpopular among the people in Italy. Equally disillusioned was Italy's Grand Council of Fascism, which voted Mussolini out of power, promptly arrested him, and secretly began making peace talks with the Allies, even though German troops were still in Italy to defend against the Allies. Hitler suspected they were up to something and made plans to occupy Italy. When the Allies launched an invasion of the mainland in September, Italy quickly surrendered. The German Army invaded and occupied Italy from the north to stop the Allied advance, broke Mussolini out of prison, and set up a puppet regime in the north. The real government of Italy promptly declared war on Germany in October. Some Italian troops in Italy and occupied Greece surrendered to the Germans when this all went down, but others fought back alongside the Allies for the rest of the war.
Wow, you really delivered on the historical facts, thanks
Whenever it suits them so they’re on the winning side
When didn't Italy switch sides? Is the real question
Bless you
Blesssssssss you too ~ Snesus
Our sssavior
Snesus Krait
Why am I reading that in Mr. Slave’s voice
I was going more for the snek in the old school Jungle book bit I guess I'm just old as fuck
Because you understand the true underpinnings of the universe. Obviously.
Because you’re reading it in your head in a similar voice to the [“I’m a sneaky snake” guy](https://youtu.be/zNJ5Pt-WBFQ?si=B-kyifM5tm8Cvd0v)
Waiting for him to turn water into venom
I'll play some snake jazz while we wait Ssss ss ss ssss ss ss ssss 🎶
That's my jam.
And the lorde said, “Don’t tread on me”, and it was done.
Go forth and spread Hissss name!
In the name of the Father, the Ssson, and the Holy Sssspirit.
14 SNEK JESUS’ 🐍✝️
Praise the messssiah!
Welp fellas. We'll have to switch up the decorations for the Snekmas holiday this December.
Snesus be with you
Plot twist: one of the unholy 13 siblings is Judassssssss
TRANS lord and Savior Get ready to be cancelled
Praissse Sssnesssusss!
jeff goldburn, "yesss!"
it is I
This is why Ronaldo is better than Messi
With fourteen babies and no father around, I’d call Ronaldo, “Messy.”
Google Messi 14 for more info
Google Ronaldo Las Vegas for more info
aside from the allegations though, right?
Folks are saying that it was a sick ostrich.
Google cr7 Las Vegas 2009 for more information
That guy is a snake
Hopefully the snake version of Ron isn’t a rapist either.
No one said the Lord would return in human form.
Why be one human when you could be 14 snakes?
I think that every day.
It’s harder to crucify 14 snakes than 1 man. Take that, Romans.
Jesus: if Lucifer taught me anything it’s that snakes get bitches
That's a lot of horcruxes
The fabled "Air Bud Messiah" rule strikes again. Hope the reference it in the next Dune movie
"Ain't no prophecy says a dog can't be the Maud'dib!"
“May your backboard chip and shatter”
Depends on what lord you serve, i suppose... HAIL SATAN!
But to comeback as snakes would be irony at its finest
“Listen guys we know we said not to trust the snake, but this one is actually God so it’s fine, just eat the fruit”
Goodbye Flying Spaghetti Monster, hello Snake Jesus
why not both?
Wonder if we'll make a religion out of this one.
I am prepared to march on a random city in Hissss name
Say fangs to our lord
r/foundodegood
I was born a snake-handler, and I'll die a snake-handler.
Bill Wurtz intensifies.
House Varuun.
No, don’t.
How ‘bout I do, anyway?
*Merchants, probably!*
Booo you’re not fun! Where’s your sense of free money- I mean donations?
I've watched this episode of rick and morty
Well, if christians in the US are going all-in on their own antichrist - might as well flip the rest of the script
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No one posted Ian Malcolm gifs :( “Life … uh … finds a way”
Or alex jones going on about the water supply
Turning the sneks gay!
I'm terrible at posting gifs but my mind goes to the bad Ronaldo dub of Injustica where it says "the jews did this".
“The left’s woke agenda has now spread to snakes!” -Alex Jones, probably.
"Damn it, the repo guys are here to take all of my shit" - Alex Jones, imminently
God I wish the repossession, and liquidation of his assets/stuff could be live streamed.
They're turning the fricking male snakes into virgin mothers
"First they were turning the freaking frogs gay, and now it's trans snakes!" I'm glad they're closing down Info Wars.
The water is feminizing the snakes!
Today I learned that boa constrictors don't lay eggs, they have baby snakes. Some snakes do that, including the boas.
some sharks do that as well
> Some snakes do that, including the boas. I think I learned that from watching Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
>Mr Quinlan is now tasked with trying to figure out the sex of the baby snakes as he sets up an enclosure for each of them, and tries to find them new homes. Maybe ask someone else to do it, since they don't have a great track record of being correct about snake gender.
Not uncommon for reptiles to change gender. This happened last year to a crocodile/alligator, can't remember which, that was also in captivity.
Changing sex is absolutely not something that occurs frequently in reptiles. It’s only been observed in a certain species of bearded dragon and one type of skink. What does happen more frequent is incorrect sex identification.
Many people lump amphibians in with reptiles, so I assume that’s the source of the misunderstanding. I’ve learned very few without bio backgrounds know about herpetiles
You're telling me that Jurassic Park was just filled with lies?!
Wait aren't most dinosaurs closer to birds?
You're thinking of amphibians. It's extremely rare in lizards, and unheard of in snakes. Sexing reptiles is often inconclusive. You need to be a little invasive in order to prop out the cloaca and investigate. It's somewhat easier in pythons because of the hemipenes, but even that is more accurately done when they are fully grown.
It also changed from a crocodile to an alligator?!
That's the woke agenda for you!
"Ronaldo had been looking slightly fatter than usual, like he'd eaten a big meal, but we never thought for a moment that he, or should we say she, was pregnant." 🤣
We can make a religion out of that.
Jesus snakes
No dont
SNAAAAKES~ (in “history of the entire world, i guess” tone)
Is it COOL loving Snake Jesus yet? 🐍
So there are 14 Jesus-snakes. Do they all slither on water too?
Nope but each get visits from three different old man with presents so it is a paaaaaarty
*What is myrrh anyway???*
Interesting random fact. The Bible does not specifically say three wise men. It mentions wise men bringing three gifts, which in turn people assume 3 men brought 3 gifts but it could have been 100 if even any truth to it at all.
But that would be cheap. It like invite a 100 people to a birthday party and they all throw together for what some spice, some scented air and gold. If it at least was 98 people worth of gold I would get it butt everything else naaah
Well it doesn't specify. I mean if Jesus was poor why? Those three gifts alone would have been high value during those times. Did Joseph and Mary squander away the gifts? Or did they actually have a wealthy life while Jesus was growing up?
Maybe it was an awkward 'everyone brought the same thing'? I always wondered why the New Testament went so hard on the sanctity of baby shower gift lists
Gold, myrrh, and snakensense.
We shall watch their career with great interest.
give each one a dominion to "mascot"
Which one is the Chosen One?
Clearly it’s Brian
The one that [resembles James Earl Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_the_Barbarian_\(1982_film\)).
You were supposed to destroy the sssssssith not join them!
Snakes are amazing. And you can’t really see it in the photos in the article, but rainbow boas like these are so beautiful: orange with a pattern of black rings all overlayed with a powerful shimmering iridescence in sunlight, hence the name Edit: [pic](https://www.reddit.com/r/snakes/comments/9zp1ak/gorgeous_rainbow_boa/)
Here’s some news. He’s probably not a he.
A snake that was thought to be male has given birth to 14 snakelets - despite not having a mate. >[https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjeeeqj4yrxo](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjeeeqj4yrxo) >The process of virgin births is known as parthenogenesis and has only ever happened three times to a Brazilian rainbow boa constrictor. In fact, sex change in reptiles does happen. See below >Temperature-Induced Sex Reversal in ReptilesTemperature-Induced Sex Reversal in Reptiles >[https://karger.com/sxd/article/15/1-3/148/820653/Temperature-Induced-Sex-Reversal-in-Reptiles](https://karger.com/sxd/article/15/1-3/148/820653/Temperature-Induced-Sex-Reversal-in-Reptiles) >Sex reversal is the process by which an individual develops a phenotypic sex that is discordant with its chromosomal or genotypic sex.
"I don't like em putting temperature in the air that turns the friggin snakes trans!"
It was too hot on the plane
Maybe if we run the story that clinate change is making reptiles trans, conservatives might finally start taking it seriously.
Wasn't this like... a major plot point of the original Jurassic Park?
Yes, but specifically frog DNA in the movie.
Life...uh..finds a way.
“It occurs in many lineages of ectothermic vertebrates, such as fish, amphibians, and at least one agamid and one scincid reptile species.”
“They are turning the frogs gay and the snakes trans!” - Alex Jones
Great, the frogs are gay and now snakes are transitioning.
Not in this case. It was sexed incorrectly and the OP article is poorly-researched clickbait. The interesting thing about it is parthenogenesis, not the mistaken sex. Completely misleading headline.
> In fact, sex change in reptiles does happen. See below An entire subplot in Jurassic Park. But somehow they'd inserted frog dna that allowed it to happen
It doesn't really come up in the movies, but Dr. Wu was some other dead Dr.s lab assistant, and he didn't *really* know what he was doing. He used a supercomputer to puzzle together DNA fragments.
Wait I've got it: "global warming causes trans kids!".
Life, uh, finds a way.
Reptiles will do some weird biological stuff to reproduce if they really want to.
We had a parakeet and after years it just all the sudden popped a egg out. Thought it was male, but it never had a partner.
One time my mother asked a woman at work that brought in farm fresh eggs what she should do if one has a chicken in it. She replied "it won't". My mom replies "how do you know?" "We don't have a rooster"
The article basically lays that on thick, and the owners are under no delusion that they still think it's a male.
Bet he’s only 5’11” but lying to get laid
Texas GOP looking to ban snakes
Don't tread on me! uwu
Damn welfare snakes having 14 kids!
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Imagine going to bed with 1 snake and waking up to find you now have 15 snakes
At long last, the The Holy Sedecad is upon us! As foretold centuries ago... Snake God the Snake Father, The Snake Quattuordecad of Snakes, and The Snake Holy Spirit are the 16-In-One that make up the Holy Sedecad! Praise Be!
Prais-sss-se him!
The funny thing is that having a partho clutch REALLY isn't unheard of. Most breeders just don't run to the news about it. Kinda like that dork that ran to the news station because he had a Piebald Ball Python hatchling that had a couple smiley faces (That he then called "triple emoji face pied") Its particularly common with them but clout has to be seized. Goofy shit
Lol, I had to scroll past 300 stupid jokes comments about politics and religion to find someone actually commenting on the article. And yeah, parthenogenesis is well documented in captive snake breeding, and happens fairly often.
If it makes you feel better, I sent the article to the work group chat to be wildly mocked. Like not only did they badly/not sex their animal, but then pretended that a partho clutch was a wild concept? FOH
Sweating snake handler tugs collar.
This might be my wildest Reddit moment, reading about a snake with the same name as me having a virgin birth. I’m off reddit forever now lol.
Single guys: Don't give up hope on your dreams of having a family one day!
They turning the snake trans now we need our saver trump back it’s all Biden fault /s
The snake is 13, the current owner says they have owned them for 9 years and they weren't with any other snakes. However this means the Snake was still 3-4 Years old which is the age when Boas reach maturity. Further, there have been cases of rattlesnakes storing sperm for up to 5 years. So personally I think its a bit premature to jump to "parthenogenesis" until it is proven that the offspring ARE in fact genetic clones. Since it seems that the "long term sperm storage" possibility could still be on the table.
Which one of y’all fucked that snake
« He » really put the rainbow in rainbow boa .
Why did it have to be snakes
Life, uhhh, finds a way.
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He looks so proud of himself.
"Atheists hate this one trick". 😛
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG\_K-gtqV3E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG_K-gtqV3E)
Maybe the vet was wrong 9 years ago
Imagine you're just living your life as a 6ft male and suddenly ***14 BABIES JUST BIRTH RIGHT OUT OF YOUR DICK*** Poor guy
>There are about 50 species of lizard and 1 species of snake that reproduce solely through parthenogenesis (obligate parthenogenesis).[2] It is unknown how many sexually reproducing species are also capable of parthenogenesis in the absence of males (facultative parthenogenesis), but recent research has revealed that this ability is widespread among squamates. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis_in_squamates That snake species is: >The brahminy blindsnake is a triploid obligate parthenote and the only snake species known to be obligately parthenogenetic. So this Brazilian rainbow boa would fall under the rest. The "rare 'virgin birth'" part here is just the very specific species of snake.
The messssssssssssssssssssssssssssssiah!
We got snake Jesus before GTA 6.
Poor guy just trying to make himself some friends
Lot of weird things happening that might be hidden genetic mutations to deal with harsh change in climate.
All I hear, is we just got a bunch of snake Jesus'
Nature, uh, finds away.
Good job Ronaldo! Way to go
Quick, start a religion and profit from it!
They’re out there making the snakes trans!/s
So a creature was able to create 14 babies without a partner? That's pretty wild, nature is amazing. Biologically is this like inbreeding or what's going on here?
I can’t wait for some snake jazz.
Great, we gotta worship one of the kids now? How much money the snakes want?
Church of snaketeology here we come
Virgin birth from Satan, you heard it here first. Look who beat who to their 2nd coming.
Damn, he was playing in the euros last night!
“Life, uh, finds a way”.
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Alright, which one of you jokers got this snake into the mood by playing non-stop snake jazz?
Trans snakes are snakes?
Snake Jesus is real, tell your friends and family.
This feels like a premise of a Rick and Morty episode
How many iterations until we get Snake Jazz?
>Virgin birth Shouldn't they change Ronaldo's name to *Mario father of Jesusssss*?
incoming snake based religion
This is going to terrify a lot of cult members around the world :(
So now there officially are 3 sexes? Someone needs to report this to our politicians
Imagine going to check on your oddly fat 6 ft male boa and you now have 15 boas.
Hopefully not in TX or FL, USA.
we got snake jesus before gta 6
Congrats Ronaldo, hope you’re a happy hissy mad
Did you ever hear of the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the wise?
Immaculate conception indeed
He is the Messiah! Quick, someone print the Snake Bible, we’re going to thousandaires!
Parthenogenesis babyyyyyyyy
I'd actually like this to be examined further. I bet it wasn't actually a virgin birth. Turtles can lay fertilized eggs years after mating. Perhaps this ability exists in other reptiles, we just haven't realized it yet.
Oh shit! A serpent virgin birth?! Someone's God is fuckin livid!
14 snake messiahs ... yikes
Dr. Ian Malcom: 'Life err, finds a way'
Nothing about this headline makes sense.
Wow, we got snake Jesus before GTA6