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 2 months ago
How slow is a stingrays metabolism and ovulation cycle?
Can it hold onto a fertilized egg for a long while?
SystemDisc@feddit.org 2 months ago
Slab_Bulkhead@lemmy.world 2 months 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 2 months ago
Cuddlefish are a fictional species from the game Subnautica. I think you mean cuttlefish.
Slab_Bulkhead@lemmy.world 2 months ago
well thats just ducking great. (obviously my autocorrect is attention seeking)
NoPanko@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Poor touch starved autocorrect :(
Dojan@pawb.social 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago
Sounds like they’ve perfected the process and us humans could learn a thing or two from them 😄
imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
That’s how human pregnancy works in the SF novel Ilium
jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Spindle like they don’t have time to cuddle.
Ajen@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Honey bees are another good example of this.