It takes two ... or does it? Charlotte the single stingray pregnant with pups

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/14/charlotte-stingray-pregnant-pups-north-carolina

It takes two … or does it? Charlotte the single stingray pregnant with pups US stingray with no male companion expected to give birth to up to four offspring via rare phenomenon of parthenogenesis

Associated Press
Wed 14 Feb 2024 07.00 EST

Charlotte, a rust-colored stingray the size of a serving platter, has spent much of her life gliding around the confines of a storefront aquarium in North Carolina’s Appalachian Mountains.

She’s 2,300 miles (3,700km) from her natural habitat under the waves off southern California. She hasn’t shared a tank of water with a male of her species in at least eight years.

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