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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?
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.