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Charlotte is expecting due to a rare type of asexual reproduction in which offspring develop from unfertilised eggs.

Charlotte, a rust-colored stingray the size of a serving platter, has spent much of her life gliding around the confines of a storefront aquarium in North Carolina’s Appalachian Mountains.

Charlotte, a rust-colored stingray the size of a serving platter, has spent much of her life gliding around the confines of a storefront aquarium in North Carolina's Appalachian Mountains.

A stingray that has lived for years in a North Carolina aquarium without a male companion is pregnant. The animal is named Charlotte and is expected to give birth in the next two weeks.

A North Carolina aquarium announced that a stingray who has not been around a male companion in eight years is pregnant. Parthenogenesis, or asexual reproduction, is a rare phenomenon that can occur in some birds, reptiles, and amphibians.

Despite not living with a male companion in her tank for eight years, Charlotte the stingray ended up pregnant. But how?

Despite not living with a male companion in her tank for eight years, Charlotte the stingray ended up pregnant. But how?

A stingray that has lived for years in a North Carolina aquarium without a male companion is pregnant. The animal is named Charlotte and is expected to give birth in the next two weeks.

Despite speculation that a shark may have impregnated a female stingray who lacks a male companion, experts say this cross-species reproduction is impossible.

A female stingray in a North Carolina Aquarium shocked staff after getting pregnant - despite not being in a tank with male stingrays for more than eight years.