"Male Shark Suspected in Mysterious Stingray Pregnancy"
TL;DR
Scientists at an aquarium in North Carolina are puzzled by a pregnant stingray in a tank without a male. Theories include parthenogenesis, a process where a female can produce an embryo asexually, and the possibility of mating with male sharks sharing the tank. The stingray is due to give birth soon, and updates will be posted on the aquarium's website and Facebook page.
- Mystery of pregnant stingray could be explained by a male shark: Scientists Business Insider
- Female stingray's mysterious pregnancy: Male shark could be culprit USA TODAY
- Aquarium baffled after stingray mysteriously gets pregnant despite there not being any males in their tanks New York Post
- Stingray will have 'malicious birth' with no mate as aquarium staff believe that a SHARK may have impregnated Daily Mail
- ‘We have no male ray’: Mystery stingray pregnancy surprises NC aquarium Fox Carolina
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