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Female Sharks Can Reproduce Alone
mikesd81 writes "The Washington Post has an article about a team of American and Irish researchers that have discovered that some female sharks can reproduce without having sex, the first time that scientists have found the unusual capacity in such an ancient vertebrate species. Their report concludes that sharks can reproduce asexually through the process known as parthenogenesis (the growth and development of an embryo or seed without fertilization by a male). Scientists started investigating after a female hammerhead shark was mysteriously born at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo in a tank that housed 3 female sharks. It was originally thought one had stored sperm from a male shark before fertilizing an egg. However, baby shark's genetic makeup perfectly matched one of the females in the tank, with no sign of a male parent."
They were forced to evolve this ability after all the males were killed in frickin' laser accidents during mating attempts.
don't clone dinosaurs using shark DNA.
Finally, proof that Mother Nature never intended males to exist at all.
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." A. Carlson
My wife does this
Not sure why the kids are black tho
They should name the baby shark "Jesus." I think that would be kind of funny.
Nobody jumped the shark then?
Home fucking is killing prostitution.
...can go fuck themselves.
For clearing up a common mis-"conception."
And for not making a lame joke about parthenogenesis like I just did.
The road to hell is paved with Cat 5 cable.
I for one welcome our immaculately conceived virgin-born shark messiah overladies