The stingray ended up being sick and not actually pregnant. They were possibly seeing cysts, not eggs. Or possibly cysts and eggs and the illness caused the embryos to abort and were eaten before anyone noticed them.
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Etterra@discuss.online 5 weeks ago
That sounds like parthenogenesis to me.
CatAssTrophy@safest.space 5 weeks ago
VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
And a surprisingly large number of species can do it.
Newhere@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
I wish women could do…
Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
As the one of those from the half of the species that you are wanting to wipe out I have to say, “I get it… we brought this on ourselves.”