This story is wild. Apparently, a female Atlantic Blacktip shark at the Virginia Aquarium carried a pup that contains no genetic material from a male.
Two things make this even more interesting:
1) It's not the first time this has happened in captivity. According to an AP article on MSN.com, "The first documented case of asexual reproduction, or parthenogenesis, among sharks involved a pup born to a hammerhead at an Omaha, Neb., zoo."
2) That same article made zero biblical references. I don't know if I could have shown that same restraint.
Link to the full story: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27107721/?GT1=43001
Also, I'd just like to say that this story makes me glad I'm not particularly afraid of sharks... because now they're replicating at will....
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