Sharks Are Weird. (Outside Reading)

This article describes the second known occurrence of the virgin birth of a shark (a birth with no father). This was an interesting article since virgin birth is a concept very foreign to us as humans. Having said that, however, it should be mentioned that other animals have also had virgin births. The specifics of the article are that an autopsy of a blacktip shark showed a fully grown embryo. The dead shark had had no access to male sharks for the past eight years. I thought this article was interesting because human virgin births exist only in biblical tales, and it is a very strange and foreign concept to us. People should be aware of this since it may alter their view of nature and the noteworthy capabilities of other species.

" DNA test proves it -- baby shark has no father." CNN. 10 Oct 2008. CNN. 11 Oct 2008 .
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/10/shark.virgin.birth.ap/index.html
(Originally October 11)