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The whole Blair Witch legend didn't exist before the movie. This doesn't seem too evident from the explanation, which is written as though there was a historical basis for it.[[Special:Contributions/172.69.33.245|172.69.33.245]] 03:23, 19 November 2020 (UTC)<br />
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https://www.google.com/search?q=single+sex+lizard+species&oq=single+sex+lizard+species<br />
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_whiptail<br />
Not the result that I can't remember right now, a tropical location? Has (moving to had) an all female lizard species.<br />
SDT [[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.46|162.158.75.46]] 03:28, 19 November 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Have you considered the possibility that the Blair Witch, if female, could be bred with human males? They may not need Blair Witch males to reproduce. I seem to remember that some parthenogenic lizards need to have sex with a male of a different species to reproduce. The male sperm does not contribute to the genome of the offspring but is required to trigger necessary hormonal, etc. changes. I could not find a reference to this. (~Unsigned?~)<br />
:It's a bit sparse, but mentioned in here anyway: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremblay%27s_salamander (meanwhile, I was going to mention either the 'Jurassic Park' thing or the Komodo Dragon as an example (but WZ-parthonegenisis of isolated females would produce just male offspring). Maybe they have sequential hermaphrodism, probably protogynous given what we might consider the active population's active gender-bias. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.229.86|108.162.229.86]] 06:04, 19 November 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Why is the pointer called a baton? If it's not called a pointer, why not call it a wand?[[User:J Milstein|J Milstein]] ([[User talk:J Milstein|talk]]) 04:35, 19 November 2020 (UTC)<br />
:I've never seen anyone call it a "baton" before this analysis. Maybe it's a foreign thing? [[Special:Contributions/172.68.65.214|172.68.65.214]] 09:45, 19 November 2020 (UTC)</div>172.68.65.214