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Despite some crazy theories, a round stingray at the Aquarium & Shark Lab in North Carolina, USA is pregnant thanks to a very rare event - and not the sharks she shares a tank with.
For those unfamiliar with the situation involving Charlotte the round stingray, here's a quick recap so we are all on the same page.
Expert says impossible for her to have mated with one of the five small sharks that share her tank
Experts believe the stingray, Charlotte, became pregnant through a rare form of asexual reproduction known as parthenogenesis
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.