Baby Shark Born in All-Female Tank Could Be The First ‘Virgin Birth’ For Its Species

ALIA SHOAIB, BUSINESS INSIDER

30 AUGUST 2021

Scientists say a rare shark “virgin birth” may be the first of its kind after a baby shark was born in an all-female tank in an Italian aquarium.

The baby smoothhound shark, named Ispera, which means hope in Sardianian, was born at the Acquario di Cala Gonone in Sardinia, Italy, according to Italian outlet AGI.

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-baby-shark-has-just-been-born-but-the-mother-lived-in-an-all-female-tank

Are they sure there hasn’t been some simple clerical error?

I remember starting a thread more than a decade ago about a virgin birth shark.

sarahs mum said:

I remember starting a thread more than a decade ago about a virgin birth shark.

It was probably one night in reno..she jumped the shark!!

I just googled it.

It seems popular.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqZsoesa55w

jesus

monkey skipper said:

sarahs mum said:

I remember starting a thread more than a decade ago about a virgin birth shark.

It was probably one night in reno..she jumped the shark!!

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

sarahs mum said:

I remember starting a thread more than a decade ago about a virgin birth shark.

You may well have. This 2001 event was reported in 2009:

Lone Parents: Parthenogenesis in Sharks
Wendee Holtcamp

BioScience, Volume 59, Issue 7, July 2009, Pages 546–550, https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2009.59.7.3
Published: 01 July 2009

https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/59/7/546/334660

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis#Sharks

“Parthenogenesis in sharks has been confirmed in at least three species, the bonnethead, the blacktip shark, and the zebra shark, and reported in others.”

(And quite a bit more detail.)

Michael V said:

sarahs mum said:

I remember starting a thread more than a decade ago about a virgin birth shark.

You may well have. This 2001 event was reported in 2009:

Lone Parents: Parthenogenesis in Sharks
Wendee Holtcamp

BioScience, Volume 59, Issue 7, July 2009, Pages 546–550, https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2009.59.7.3
Published: 01 July 2009

https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/59/7/546/334660

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis#Sharks

“Parthenogenesis in sharks has been confirmed in at least three species, the bonnethead, the blacktip shark, and the zebra shark, and reported in others.”

(And quite a bit more detail.)

Bump, for sm.

I was paying attention to you.

Michael V said:

Michael V said:

sarahs mum said:

I remember starting a thread more than a decade ago about a virgin birth shark.

You may well have. This 2001 event was reported in 2009:

Lone Parents: Parthenogenesis in Sharks
Wendee Holtcamp

BioScience, Volume 59, Issue 7, July 2009, Pages 546–550, https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2009.59.7.3
Published: 01 July 2009

https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/59/7/546/334660

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis#Sharks

“Parthenogenesis in sharks has been confirmed in at least three species, the bonnethead, the blacktip shark, and the zebra shark, and reported in others.”

(And quite a bit more detail.)

Bump, for sm.

I was paying attention to you.

Ta.
waves

You know the thread might have been earlier still.

If Jesus was a virgin birth then wouldn’t Jesus be a woman?

Was this virgin birth confirmed by DNA analysis? Some species have been known to save sperm for a long time.

There are fish species that change sex, and even some humans that change sex. Intersex as a possibility?

mollwollfumble said:

If Jesus was a virgin birth then wouldn’t Jesus be a woman?

Was this virgin birth confirmed by DNA analysis? Some species have been known to save sperm for a long time.

There are fish species that change sex, and even some humans that change sex. Intersex as a possibility?

Hermaphrodite could I suppose self impregnate if both sex organs and uterus etc work

mollwollfumble said:

If Jesus was a virgin birth then wouldn’t Jesus be a woman?

Was this virgin birth confirmed by DNA analysis? Some species have been known to save sperm for a long time.

There are fish species that change sex, and even some humans that change sex. Intersex as a possibility?

Are there branches of Christianity that accept that the physical father of Jesus was a real human man, Joseph probably?

What about Muslims, what do they think about the Virgin Mary business?

Why is Jesus being God’s son such a big deal anyway?

Aren’t we all supposed to be God’s children?

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

If Jesus was a virgin birth then wouldn’t Jesus be a woman?

Was this virgin birth confirmed by DNA analysis? Some species have been known to save sperm for a long time.

There are fish species that change sex, and even some humans that change sex. Intersex as a possibility?

Are there branches of Christianity that accept that the physical father of Jesus was a real human man, Joseph probably?

What about Muslims, what do they think about the Virgin Mary business?

Why is Jesus being God’s son such a big deal anyway?

Aren’t we all supposed to be God’s children?

Jesus fell out of favour with god and Humperdoo is the good son now

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

If Jesus was a virgin birth then wouldn’t Jesus be a woman?

Was this virgin birth confirmed by DNA analysis? Some species have been known to save sperm for a long time.

There are fish species that change sex, and even some humans that change sex. Intersex as a possibility?

Are there branches of Christianity that accept that the physical father of Jesus was a real human man, Joseph probably?

What about Muslims, what do they think about the Virgin Mary business?

Why is Jesus being God’s son such a big deal anyway?

Aren’t we all supposed to be God’s children?

The surah of the Koran called Mary affirms that she was a virgin at the time of Jesus’ birth.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Are there branches of Christianity that accept that the physical father of Jesus was a real human man, Joseph probably?

What about Muslims, what do they think about the Virgin Mary business?

Why is Jesus being God’s son such a big deal anyway?

Aren’t we all supposed to be God’s children?

1 – There were, but these were declared heretics long ago and their writings banned and their churches and leaders suppressed.

2- I don’t know.

3- theologically, it is to make him the perfect sacrifice for sin. If he were human or animal the sacrifice would be unclean and not worthy of permanent redemption for the sins of all humanity.

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

If Jesus was a virgin birth then wouldn’t Jesus be a woman?

Was this virgin birth confirmed by DNA analysis? Some species have been known to save sperm for a long time.

There are fish species that change sex, and even some humans that change sex. Intersex as a possibility?

Are there branches of Christianity that accept that the physical father of Jesus was a real human man, Joseph probably?

What about Muslims, what do they think about the Virgin Mary business?

Why is Jesus being God’s son such a big deal anyway?

Aren’t we all supposed to be God’s children?

1 Dunno. Was Joseph religious?
2 Dunno. If they like geometric then why not accept the human body as geometric?
3 Dunno. Who is Gods father and mother?
4 Dunno. How did God give birth if he is a man?

mollwollfumble said:

If Jesus was a virgin birth then wouldn’t Jesus be a woman?

Was this virgin birth confirmed by DNA analysis? Some species have been known to save sperm for a long time.

There are fish species that change sex, and even some humans that change sex. Intersex as a possibility?

I don’t know about dv’s post’s shark, but the first (2001 – see my earlier post) was confirmed by DNA.

party_pants said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Are there branches of Christianity that accept that the physical father of Jesus was a real human man, Joseph probably?

What about Muslims, what do they think about the Virgin Mary business?

Why is Jesus being God’s son such a big deal anyway?

Aren’t we all supposed to be God’s children?

1 – There were, but these were declared heretics long ago and their writings banned and their churches and leaders suppressed.

2- I don’t know.

3- theologically, it is to make him the perfect sacrifice for sin. If he were human or animal the sacrifice would be unclean and not worthy of permanent redemption for the sins of all humanity.

If Jesus knew he’d rise again then the sacrifice doesn’t really mean much

I had IVF for both children.. technically ‘virgin’ births