A SHARK (female) living in a Hungarian aquarium has just given birth without mating.
Says Director Attila Varga: “When I saw the baby shark lying on the bottom of the tank I thought it was a joke. I was amazed when I realised it was a real shark.
“The mother is very protective of her pup, but as soon as we can, marine biologists want to get a DNA sample from both.
“There has only ever been one other example of a virgin birth (parthenogenesis) at a zoo in America when a hammerhead shark had a pup that was killed by a stingray before keepers could remove it from its tank.
“It happened in 2000 but it was only last year that a study of the DNA was complete and indicated the pup was from a virgin birth.
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Director Varga added: “We are planning to build her a bigger tank, find her a male and then hopefully next time round she can have a baby properly.”
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January 15th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
But its a Virgin birth, oh ok I gettit
January 15th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
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Carmen Says:
January 15th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Does this mean you can still get pregnant if you stay indoors all day in a darkened room reading Anorak?
Oh God…………………………………
slits throat………………………………
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Depends on who’s reading Anorak with you…
January 15th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
multitasking is one thing, multisexing another