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Salvo aussie.zone Salvo@aussie.zone
Joined: 2023-06-19
#52 · Quote Reply
Odo wrote:
Unfortunately a sad followup: https://www.npr.org/2024/07/01/nx-s1-5025232/charlotte-the-stingray-pregnant-dies-north-carolina

Poor Charlotte.
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Lyrl lemmy.dbzer0.com Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-06-14
#53 · Quote Reply
Leon wrote:
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.

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.
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LadyButterfly she/her Moderator LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-06-10
#54 · Quote Reply
NewSocialWhoDis wrote:
We just went snorkeling with stingrays in the Bahamas, and they had the same thing happen. The enclosure was only females, and yet one of them has gotten pregnant. I assumed she was pregnant when the put them in the enclosure and they didn't know it? Or that they weren't as good at distinguishing male/female as they thought they were. But you know, maybe there are some cool optional hermaphrodi...

Life uh... finds a way
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Polisheocket lemmy.zip Polisheocket@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-07-14
#55 · Quote Reply
LadyButterfly she/her wrote:
Life uh... finds a way

OG Jurassic Park famous Quote
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Newhere lemmy.ml Newhere@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-08-04
#56 · Quote Reply
VindictiveJudge wrote:
And a surprisingly large number of species can do it.

I wish women could do...
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Tlaloc_Temporal lemmy.ca Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-04
#57 · Quote Reply
village604 wrote:
Eugenics has been pretty problematic for humans in the past.

The problem with eugenics is other people having control over your reproduction. This is more control in the loins of the reproducers.
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Test_Tickles lemmy.world Test_Tickles@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-04
#58 · Quote Reply
Newhere wrote:
I wish women could do...

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."
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CatAssTrophy safest.space CatAssTrophy@safest.space
Joined: 2025-09-22
#59 · Quote Reply
Etterra wrote:
That sounds like parthenogenesis to me.

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.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/pregnant-virgin-stingray-wont-give-birth-after-all-heres-why-180984458/
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sem lemmy.blahaj.zone sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-06-09
#60 · Quote Reply

I get the science parts, but how is Danielle the topic of this vent?
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SystemDisc feddit.org SystemDisc@feddit.org
Joined: 2026-05-20
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Mycatiskai wrote:
How slow is a stingrays metabolism and ovulation cycle? Can it hold onto a fertilized egg for a long while? I checked and looks like they may be able to hold onto sperm for a few years. Painted turtles can hold sperms for up to 3 years and fertilize eggs from multiple clutches with saved sperm.

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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