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HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — An aquarium and shark lab in Hendersonville is expecting a miracle birth any day -- with some exciting new additions.
The Aquarium and Shark Lab by Team ECCO in downtown Hendersonville has an expectant stingray named Charlotte.
But this pregnancy isn't just any normal pregnancy -- and because of that, staff thought the swelling they started to see in Charlotte in September might be cancer.
Why? Because there was no possible way for her to have become pregnant -- or so they thought -- as there were no male sting rays in the tank.
However, there are still two ways Charlotte could have gotten pregnant -- and staff won't know which way until the pups are born.
One is a very rare process called parthenogenesis, in which the eggs develop on their own without fertilization and create a clone of the mother.
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The Aquarium and Shark Lab by Team ECCO in downtown Hendersonville has an expectant stingray named Charlotte.
But this pregnancy isn't just any normal pregnancy -- and because of that, staff thought the swelling they started to see in Charlotte in September might be cancer.
Why? Because there was no possible way for her to have become pregnant -- or so they thought -- as there were no male sting rays in the tank.
However, there are still two ways Charlotte could have gotten pregnant -- and staff won't know which way until the pups are born.
One is a very rare process called parthenogenesis, in which the eggs develop on their own without fertilization and create a clone of the mother.
'Miraculous birth' expected from stingray with no mate, possibly impregnated by shark
An aquarium and shark lab in Hendersonville is expecting a miracle birth any day.
komonews.com
