Stingray pregnant in aquarium with no male companions
Charlotte is expecting due to a rare type of asexual reproduction in which offspring develop from unfertilised eggs.
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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.