In what scientists are calling a world first, it has been reported that a baby shark has been born in an all-female aquarium tank that hasn’t seen a male shark in 10 years.
The baby shark has been called Ispera by the aquarium staff at Acquario Cala Gonone in Sardinia, Italy according to the Sun.
The shark was conceived without a male shark’s sperm from parthenogenesis which is a process where the female egg is not fertilised by a male specimen
It is believed to be the first “parthenogenesis reproduction” ever recorded in this marine species.
Aquarium staff have sent two DNA samples from the two female sharks of the tank to a specialised laboratory to confirm the parthenogenesis reproduction.
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