By late May and June 2024, medical testing and veterinary specialists confirmed Charlotte did not have embryos, but instead suffered from a rare and fatal reproductive disease that mimicked pregnancy on ultrasounds.
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Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
How slow is a stingrays metabolism and ovulation cycle?
Can it hold onto a fertilized egg for a long while?
SystemDisc@feddit.org 1 month ago
Slab_Bulkhead@lemmy.world 1 month ago
yeah thats what i was thinking hell look at cuddlefish they literally mate with a bunch of males, save their sperm separately in packets and then pick the ‘best’ to optimize the genetic quality. nature is wack. would be wild to learn another creature unlocked Parthenogenesis tho.
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 1 month ago
Cuddlefish are a fictional species from the game Subnautica. I think you mean cuttlefish.
Slab_Bulkhead@lemmy.world 1 month ago
well thats just ducking great. (obviously my autocorrect is attention seeking)
NoPanko@feddit.uk 1 month ago
Poor touch starved autocorrect :(
Dojan@pawb.social 1 month ago
I just kind of assumed that stingrays were capable of parthenogenesis.
Did a cursory search and this was the first result which put a dampener on the whole situation unfortunately.
Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
What a roller coaster for the people caring for Charlotte. She has a lump that’s probably a tumor, no it’s eggs, no it’s a baby, no it’s a reproductive disease.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Sounds like they’ve perfected the process and us humans could learn a thing or two from them 😄
imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
That’s how human pregnancy works in the SF novel Ilium
jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Spindle like they don’t have time to cuddle.
Ajen@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Honey bees are another good example of this.