The pup hatched in a tank housing two female sharks who hadn't been around any male sharks in over three years.
A Louisiana aquarium welcomed a baby shark born under mysterious conditions, the aquarium said Friday. The swell shark, nicknamed Yoko, hatched on Jan. 3, according to the Shreveport Aquarium. What makes the birth mysterious is that the tank is home to two female sharks who haven't been in contact with a male in over three years.
'We are very excited in the coming months to confirm whether this was indeed a case of parthenogenesis or if it was delayed fertilization,' Barrick said. 'It really proves that life... uh... finds a way,' he added, referencing 1993's 'Jurassic Park,' in which Jeff Goldblum says the same thing while discussing how a group of all female dinosaurs could reproduce.
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