Let's call a spade a spade. An animal impregnating itself isn't a 'scientific belief'. That's a transparent attempt to paint a fact as a disputable 'belief'.
Wikipedia may be wrong, but if the only way to reconcile Yiddishkeit is to claim that, and claiming Wikipedia is right is Apikursus, you are a much bigger Apikores than me. If a Female of these species was to be born in a locked glass box in your house, and proceed to give birth again, you would have to believe Judaism is entirely false. Whereas if you come to terms with the fact that not every non-religious/halachic statement in Chazal is necessarily true, you can still believe Moshe received the Torah in Har Sinai.