Hermaphroditic Shark?

[JustAddWater]

This past weekend I read on a news ticker that a shark was born in an aquarium of only female sharks. Have any of you heard this report, and have more details?

 

[WantToBe]

Hi, JAW

Yes, I read the story on BBC and here the link http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1760000/1760184.stm

 

[JustAddWater]

Thanks for the link. Either scenerio is very interesting. It seems like the more learn about these fascinating animals we realize how much more there is to learn.
Thanks,
JAW

 

[Rick Murchison]

It is not unusual in cold-blooded animals for sperm to be stored for years, and used on an "as-needed" basis.
In the bony fishes, it isn't unusual for the dominant fish in a group to change sex from female to male - but I don't think sharks do that.
Then again, maybe this gal cloned herself.
Rick

 

[Fishkiller]

to be a Hybred,, The females were of one species but there were other sharks of a different species though smaller could have been, ya know on a night excursion.. Hybrids are not unusally in the animal kingdom.

 

[Iguana Don]

"Nature will find a way"