Captive shark had 'virgin birth'


Genetic tests by a team from Belfast, Nebraska and Florida
prove conclusively the young animal possessed no paternal DNA,
Biology Letters journal reports.
. . .

The new pup was soon killed by a stingray before keepers could
remove it from its tank.

At the time, some theorised that a male tiger shark kept at the zoo
could have been the father - but the institution's three bonnethead
females had none of the bite marks that are usually inflicted on their
gender during shark sex.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6681793.stm

Reports of growing numbers of fundamentalists abandoning homes and
family, anxiously awaiting the Rapture are being suppressed by
Homeland Security in order to avoid aiding terrorism. Tom Cruise,
Kirstie Alley, Katie Holmes, Isaac Hayes, John Travolta and Beck
issued a press release insisting that this is part of an ongoing
disinformation campaign, originated by Xenu.

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