An aquarium welcomes a pup from an all-female tank

Not your average baby shark: An aquarium welcomes a pup from an all-female tank
Yoko the swell shark was born in a habitat of all-female sharks who hadn't seen a male in years. The aquarium has two possible explanations — and hopes to get confirmation in the coming months.
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The female swell shark pup, nicknamed Yoko, hatched at the Shreveport Aquarium in Louisiana, despite no male sharks being present in the tank.
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According to the aquarium, the shark egg was first spotted eight months ago. The shark hatched a few weeks ago and the team at the aquarium is working to determine how it was conceived. Once the shark is big enough for a blood draw,
'Mystery' shark pup born at Louisiana aquarium where no males were present
Officials with the Shreveport Aquarium recently announced the unusual birth of a swell shark pup in a tank where only two female sharks were present.
Baby Shark’s Birth in All-Female Tank Stuns Aquarium Staff
An aquarium is trying to figure out how it gained a new baby shark in one of its tanks where only two females were present. The swell shark, affectionately named Yoko after the Chumash word for shark ( ‘onyoko,
Aquarium welcomes baby shark after mystery pregnancy
The pup hatched in a tank housing two female sharks who hadn't been around any male sharks in over three years.
‘Life... uh... finds a way’; shark egg hatches without male present at Shreveport Aquarium
On Jan. 24, the Shreveport Aquarium reported that a Swell Shark egg was hatched without the presence of males in the habitat. The egg was first identified by the aquarium’s husbandry team eight months ago, but the team says the egg may have been undetected for an additional month or two before.
Shark egg hatches despite no male sharks being present in tank
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A rare shark birth phenomenon occurred at the Shreveport Aquarium
On Jan. 24, the Shreveport Aquarium reported that a Swell Shark egg was hatched without the presence of males in the habitat.
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