Stingray will have 'miraculous birth' with no mate as 水槽 staff believe that a SHARK may have impregnated it

A stingray at a North Carolina 水槽 is 推定する／予想するing babies and staff believe that it could have been impregnated by a shark.

Charlotte the stingray at an 水槽 and shark lab in Hendersonville could give birth any day now - but the pregnancy was a shock to everyone because there were no male stingrays in her 戦車／タンク.

The 水槽 and Shark Lab by Team ECCO noticed swelling in Charlotte 支援する in September and thought that it could be 癌.

After 成し遂げるing ultrasounds on the stingray, the team realized that she was 妊娠している with 多重の pups.?

'We have been doing ultrasound on our ray, Charlotte, since September, when she began to swell. We 文書d 多重の 'growths' internally and 最初 thought she had a 癌,' staff member Ramer said on February 1.?

A stingray at a North Carolina 水槽 is 推定する／予想するing babies and staff believe that it could have been impregnated by a shark

Charlotte the stingray at an 水槽 and shark lab in Hendersonville could give birth any day now - but the pregnancy was a shock to everyone because there were no male sting rays in her 戦車／タンク

The 水槽 and Shark Lab by Team ECCO noticed swelling in Charlotte 支援する in September and thought that it could be 癌 . After 成し遂げるing ultrasounds on the stingray, the team realized that she was 妊娠している with 多重の pups

There are two possible explanations for the mystery impregnation - the first of which is a 過程 known as 'parthenogenesis.'

This is when eggs develop on their own without fertilization and create a clone of the mother.??

'I reached out to Dr. 略奪する Jones, the 水槽 vet, and he identified the growths as eggs,' said Ramer. 'We have no male ray. He said there have been few 事例／患者s of parthenogenesis in rays.'?

The other explanation for Charlotte's pregnancy is crazy.?

Staff think that the 女性（の） stingray could have been impregnated by one of the male one-year-old sharks they placed in her 戦車／タンク in 中央の-July.

'In 中央の-July 2023, we moved two 1-year-old white 位置／汚点／見つけ出す bamboo males (sharks) into that 戦車／タンク. There was nothing we could find definitively about their maturation 率, so we did not think there would be an 問題／発行する,' Ramer said.?

'We started to notice bite 示すs on Charlotte, but saw other fish nipping at her, so we moved fish, but the biting continued.'?

Bite 示すs are an 指示する人（物） of mating in sharks because the large fishes are know to bite during the mating 過程, another 従業員 explained - 追加するing that Charlotte had several bites on her fin 辛勝する／優位s.

Charlotte is carrying up to four pups and was 推定する／予想するd to give birth around February 9 - although the birth has not taken place as of today (February 10).

デオキシリボ核酸 実験（する）ing will take place on the pups once they're born and 水槽 staff will be able to 決定する whether they are a mixed 産む／飼育する or clones of their mother.

The gestation period in a stingray is usually three to four months.?

The creatures are flattened fish, that are closely 関係のある to sharks. They all belong to a group of fish called Elasmobranchs.

There are two possibl e explanations for the mystery impregnation - the first of which is a 過程 known as 'parthenogenesis.' This is when eggs develop on their own without fertilization and create a clone of the mother

The other explanation for Charlotte's pregnancy is crazy. Staff think that the 女性（の） stingray could have been impregnated by one of the male one-year-old sharks they placed in her 戦車／タンク in 中央の-July

Stingrays are unique as they have no bones in their 団体／死体, their 骸骨／概要 is instead made up of 柔軟な cartilage.?

They are ovoviviparous, meaning that the pups are hatched from eggs that are held within the 団体／死体.?

Many stingrays like to live by themselves and only come together for 産む／飼育するing and 移住 目的s.?