Virgin Birth of a Shark

Posted by Alex in Animal on January 14, 2008 at 6:54 pm


A female shark in a Hungarian aquarium has just given birth without ever mating!

Director Attila Varga said: "When I saw the baby shark lying on the bottom of the tank I thought it was a joke. I was amazed when I realised it was a real shark.

"The mother is very protective of her pup, but as soon as we can, marine biologists want to get a DNA sample from both.

"There has only ever been one other example of a virgin birth (parthenogenesis) at a zoo in America when a hammerhead shark had a pup that was killed by a stingray before keepers could remove it from its tank.

"It happened in 2000 but it was only last year that a study of the DNA was complete and indicated the pup was from a virgin birth.

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8 comments to "Virgin Birth of a Shark"

  1. Andrew
    January 14th, 2008 at 7:19 pm

    Shark Jesus will rule the Zoo for thousands of years and purge all of our sins with his many and wonderful sharky teeth.

    All praise Shark Jesus! He is the Shark messiah because only the messiah could have been born to a virgin.

  2. Brandi
    January 14th, 2008 at 8:18 pm

    So.....Andrew is a devout Christian then?

  3. Thomas
    January 14th, 2008 at 8:45 pm

    Contrary to the facts, Shark Jesus was really a great white shark jesus. Praise White Shark Jesus.

  4. Jesus
    January 14th, 2008 at 9:13 pm

    Hammerhead Jesus is the true son of god.
    This new shark is a tool of Satan.

  5. Tempscire
    January 14th, 2008 at 9:29 pm

    I think Andrew's more of a Sharkian than Christian. =p

  6. Vako
    January 15th, 2008 at 5:01 am

    When the shark is in his 30's he will wake up feeling a little cross...

  7. Andrew
    January 15th, 2008 at 7:00 am

    Vako. That was terrible and brilliant. thank you.

  8. jamie
    January 15th, 2008 at 11:48 am

    Crustaceans for Shark Jesus!


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