Charlotte the stingray: Aquarium gives update on fish with virgin pregnancy
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HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. - Charlotte, a
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. - Charlotte, a stingray pregnant with pups despite having no male companion of her species, "continues to be healthy," according to aquarium staff.
Charlotte lives at the Aquarium and Shark Lab by Team ECCO in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Her pregnancy journey has captivated people all over the world and left many scratching their heads.
The serving platter-sized stingray has spent much of her life gliding around the confines of the storefront aquarium – some 2,300 miles from her natural habitat under the waves off southern California.
And most notably, she hasn’t shared a tank of water with a male of her species in at least eight years. The pregnancy was ultimately labeled as the result of parthenogenesis: a type of asexual reproduction in which offspring develop from unfertilized eggs – meaning there is no genetic contribution by a male.
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Charlotte lives at the Aquarium and Shark Lab by Team ECCO in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Her pregnancy journey has captivated people all over the world and left many scratching their heads.
The serving platter-sized stingray has spent much of her life gliding around the confines of the storefront aquarium – some 2,300 miles from her natural habitat under the waves off southern California.
And most notably, she hasn’t shared a tank of water with a male of her species in at least eight years. The pregnancy was ultimately labeled as the result of parthenogenesis: a type of asexual reproduction in which offspring develop from unfertilized eggs – meaning there is no genetic contribution by a male.
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