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The arrival of a baby swell shark at an aquarium in Louisiana has caused a wave of excitement, after the egg hatched despite the fact that no male sharks appear to have been involved. Shark pup ...

A Louisiana aquarium welcomed a new baby shark to its facilities earlier this month, but staff are unsure of exactly where it came from. On Jan. 3, a swell shark egg hatched at Shreveport Aquarium ...

Feb. 3 (UPI) --Officials at a Louisiana aquarium are investigating the mystery of a swell shark baby that hatched despite its mother having no contact with male sharks for at least three years.

the husbandry team will conduct a karyotype to look at the pup’s chromosomes and determine if the shark came from one parent or two. “Parthenogenesis does end up having negative effects on an ...