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| www.kids-with-cameras.org ![]() | Virginia shark's pup a 'virgin birth' ![]() A blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, is shown in this March 2008 file photo in the Indian Ocean off Aliwal Shoal, South Africa. Scientists have confirmed the second case of a 'virgin birth' in a shark. In a report in The Journal of Fish Biology, scientists said DNA testing proved that a pup carried by a female Atlantic blacktip shark in the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center contained no genetic material from a male. For the complete article: Scientists: Virginia shark's pup a 'virgin birth' - Yahoo! News Thanks BigAl for the heads up! ![]()
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| recovering overfeeder | Re: Virginia shark's pup a 'virgin birth' Wow that is wild.. Nature taking care of nature. amazing
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| Tiger Shark | Re: Virginia shark's pup a 'virgin birth' Nature has it was of keeping the shark population alive so the ocean can survive
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| Reef Addict (hopeless) ![]() | Re: Virginia shark's pup a 'virgin birth' That's Mother Nature trying to help one species (Carcharhinus limbatus) over-come some of the problems another species (Homo sapiens ) have caused. GO Mother Nature ![]()
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| Sea Pen | Re: Virginia shark's pup a 'virgin birth' We just learned about that in vertebrate zoology. Unfortunately that's a last ditch effort to spread their genes. I thought the new pup would be sterile, no?
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| Sea Pen | Re: Virginia shark's pup a 'virgin birth' Yeah they've recorded parthenogenesis with a hammerhead too. There's a report about it in Biology Letters: Chapman et al. 2007. Virgin Birth in a Hammerhead Shark. Biology Letters. 3: 425-427.
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