Virgin Shark Birth

So apparently a black tip female shark in Richmond Virginia in the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center was pregnant with a shark pup with no genetic male material. Or... as the MSNBC calls it, a "Virgin Shark Birth." How sweet is that!

I'm excited to see more information on the "virgin shark birth" and how it will continue to effect the shark population. Apparently asexual sharks are extremely rare but it isn't the first time it's happened. Where have I been, because last time I checked, I thought that it took two sharks to make a baby shark. Well, either way, it's still very rare and probably will have little effect on the population of sharks.

I told my roommate about this and she didn't seem to think it was any big deal, but I think it's extremely cool. The mother shark died of stress-related complications in her pregnancy before the pup was born.

Well, I think it's interesting, even if everyone else thinks it's just an average day.