Despite being a virgin, Flora, a Komodo Dragon in the Chester Zoo in the U.K., produced 10 eggs last May.

"When the first of the babies hatched, we didn't know whether to make her a cup of tea or pass her the cigars."

The hatchlings, who will be moved to an enclosure on public display at the zoo around Easter, will grow to three metres in length - the Komodo dragon is the world's largest lizard.

It has been known that other lizards reproduce without actually mating, but this was never recognized in the Komodo Dragon until now.

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