Oct 15 2008Virgin Shark Produced Shark Kitten
A female blacktip shark at the Virginia Aquarium & Marione Science Center recently passed away, and, upon necropsy, was discovered to be with shark puppy -- despite no male sharks being present for 8 years!
Virgin birth has been proven in some bony fish, amphibians, reptiles and birds, and has been suspected among sharks in the wild. The scientists who studied the Virginia and Nebraska sharks said the newly formed pups acquired one set of chromosomes when the mother's chromosomes split during egg development, then united anew.
Absent the chromosomes present in the male sperm, the offspring of an asexual conception have reduced genetic diversity and, the scientists said, may be at a disadvantage for surviving in the wild. A pup, for instance, can be more susceptible to congenital disorders and diseases.
Proof positive that when a woman wants to get pregnant -- no matter how often you dunk your balls in hot coffee -- she's gonna do it.
Scientists confirm shark's 'virgin birth' [msnbc]
Thanks to Heather and Abe, who both claim there was a dinosaur in Jurassic park that did the same thing. But they're wrong -- it was me!
Reader Comments
1. hehe - October 15, 2008 2:52 PM
i'd tap that!!
2. Yuffie - October 15, 2008 2:53 PM
1st!
3. Yuffie - October 15, 2008 2:53 PM
FAIL
ASS IN YOUR FACE!!!!!
4. Yuffie - October 15, 2008 2:54 PM
somebodie touch me
5. Sharpie - October 15, 2008 2:57 PM
Thats so bullshit, like im going to believe that, oh my lord we have a virgin mary shark now! whats the world coming to, if girls find out they don't need guys to get pregnant, were f***ed!
6. Yuffie - October 15, 2008 2:57 PM
my first impostor.
awesome.
7. Thugnifficent - October 15, 2008 2:59 PM
wow that's so f***ing cool!!!!!!!! is that the same thing my hillbilly neighbor lady from washignton kept doing? i never saw a dude in there! and she was always pregnant!!!!!!
8. claire - October 15, 2008 3:07 PM
@5-- it is true. I read about this last week. I don't think they're classifying it as a divine pregnancy/birth. Maybe it's the anti-christ! won't that be fun?! like we don't have enough to deal with already.
9. Sharpie - October 15, 2008 3:09 PM
@8 Still doesn't make to much sense to me sorry, just doesn't seem possible.
10. the dig'em frog - October 15, 2008 3:09 PM
The world could use a Jesus-shark. Turning oceans into wine. Walking on the wine ocean. Eating lepers.
11. Get Mad Baby - October 15, 2008 3:10 PM
This is called reproducing parthenogenetically, when an egg splits due to some sort of chemical or electrical shock. Seeing how there are no Y chromosomes involved, the offspring is basically a clone of the mother.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis
12. Sharpie - October 15, 2008 3:10 PM
@ 10 the shark is in a tank at an aquarium not the f***in ocean, read the story don't just look at the picture you retarded f*** bucket.
13. the dig'em frog - October 15, 2008 3:12 PM
@12 Yeah, Jesus-shark and an ocean of wine. Awesome.
14. FuckSharpie - October 15, 2008 3:13 PM
u comment sooo stupid niggaaa
野垂れ死にして来。ぼけ。
15. Spam - October 15, 2008 3:15 PM
Sweet, a clone shark!
Looks like Sharpie needs to take basic biology, maybe learn something about asexual reproduction... or maybe he knows enough already?
16. Thumperchica - October 15, 2008 3:17 PM
@5 - Wouldn't that make you UNf***ed????
17. Sharpie - October 15, 2008 3:18 PM
Yes
18. LSDiesel - October 15, 2008 3:22 PM
I hear Jamie Lynn is also using this excuse as to why she got pregnant.
"See mom? This shark did it too!"
No matter how she got pregnant, with those family problems, her child won't last in the wild.
19. Yuffie - October 15, 2008 3:22 PM
f*** sharpi...
die a dogs death?
20. sorry - October 15, 2008 3:29 PM
LSD back at it once again with the most retarded comments *EVER* (sigh)
21. Jim - October 15, 2008 3:40 PM
The shark had sex, but didn't realize it could get pregnant while breastfeeding.
22. TochiroV - October 15, 2008 3:45 PM
its the coming of Jesus-Shark! apocolypse is upon us! for a shark the real trick would not be walking on water, but walking on land and turning air into water. HE WILL DEVOUR US ALL! LANDSHARK!
23. daisy - October 15, 2008 3:50 PM
this is fake. the shadows are all.....(gun in mouth) bang!
24. LSDiesel - October 15, 2008 3:59 PM
@20, back at it once again whinning about pointless shit you can't change. (sigh)
25. Thumperchica - October 15, 2008 4:06 PM
One question though. Did the baby sharks have freakin lazers on their heads?
26. h?a - October 15, 2008 4:39 PM
heather and abe!?!
27. Lieutenant Bob - October 15, 2008 4:41 PM
*yawn* Wake me when a robot shark (with or without cranially-mounted lasing arrays) asexually reproduces. Or sexually for that matter. Mmmmm.
28. Elmo - October 15, 2008 5:15 PM
what's ASS IN YOUR FACE supposed to mean?
I just got "asshat", but..really?!
29. secret agent bob - October 16, 2008 2:41 AM
video version from cnn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOU8GIRUd_g
30. Gail - October 16, 2008 8:53 AM
Wow, these off-topic comments really need some moderation. BTW did the shark puppy live?
31. Daisy - October 16, 2008 8:58 AM
Fake!
This is an obvious photoshop job. You can tell, the shadows are all wrong.
I think this is a never before seen feature on the blu-ray collectors disk of Never Back Down. The sub plot where Max worked at the aquarium and frequently jerked off into the shark tank. which resulted in the sharks all getting pregnant.
32. LSDiesel - October 16, 2008 10:59 AM
Daisy, will you jerk off into my shark tank?