https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/27a88067-c257-43e0-8fe8-16482b6bbae1 Improve your English vocabulary and listening in just six minutes! Many animals can reproduce without having sex. Does it bring any advantage to the species that do that? Neil and Rob talk about science, listen to an evolutionary biologist and teach you vocabulary along the way. This week's question: In Britain’s Chester Zoo in 2006, ‘Flora’ laid eleven eggs that developed into healthy babies. Her zookeepers were mystified because Flora had only been kept with other females and had never been near a male. But what type of animal was Flora? a) a python b) a zebra shark c) a Komodo dragon Watch the video to find out the answer. Vocabulary mate an animal’s sexual partner celibate not having sex paradox situation which seems contradictory or impossible because it contains two opposite facts hatch when an egg breaks open in order to allow the young animal to come out the best of both worlds situation where you can enjoy the advantages of very different things at the same time hedge your bets follow two courses of action instead of making a decision between them in order to avoid the possibility of losing out [Cover: Getty Images] To download the audio and a transcript, go to: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-210513 More 6 Minute English episodes: How can I help the environment? https://youtu.be/uhfVT5iAtMM​​ Vampire shoppers https://youtu.be/g2Ki5GeMevU​ How your eyes predict your personality https://youtu.be/mLYwM-kdbwM​ Would you invest in cryptocurrencies? https://youtu.be/NrU4Cx2gAoU​ Women's football World Cup https://youtu.be/uziFF8NSxaQ​ What makes a good story? https://youtu.be/Y7QvqbwRjLQ​ #bbclearningenglish​​​ #learnenglish​​​ #parthenogenesis #wildlife #animals #6minuteenglish Thu, 09 Jul 2026 07:09:25 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.pavel-english.ru https://video.pavel-english.ru/client/assets/images/icons/icon-96x96.png https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/27a88067-c257-43e0-8fe8-16482b6bbae1 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.pavel-english.ru/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.