HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) — A stingray in western North Carolina who was going by way of mysterious being pregnant now has a uncommon reproductive illness, based on new testing. Charlotte the stingray acquired pregnant underneath mysterious circumstances months in the past and nonetheless has not given beginning.
She lives on the Aquarium and Shark Lab in Hendersonville.
In a Fb put up Crew ECCO, which cares for Charlotte, stated the stingray now has “a uncommon reproductive illness that has negatively impacted her reproductive system.”
There was no point out of the being pregnant within the put up.
Again in February, aquarium employees decided that Charlotte was pregnant, however stated they had been shocked as a result of she had by no means been involved with a male stingray.
She grew to become a nationwide sensation when scientists defined there have been solely two methods they might consider that she acquired pregnant. Each of which had been extraordinarily uncommon.
The primary was a real virgin beginning often known as parthenogenesis. That is when the eggs develop on their very own with out fertilization and create a clone of their mom.
The second was that Charlotte mated with male sharks that had been in her tank. It is unclear whether or not that is even doable. The proof that made scientists contemplate that choice was chunk marks on Charlotte’s physique — which is anticipated habits for mating sharks.
Both means, that was February, and the scientists thought Charlotte was weeks away from giving beginning. Months later it nonetheless hasn’t occurred.
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