I purchased a Coral Catshark and a Whitespotted Bamboo about 9 months ago both females. so it was much to my surprise when I started finding egg cases or purses about 6 weeks ago. The first three were wind eggs or empty but since then has put down 8 more. I said I'll hang them in veggie clips and see what happens. Well I am preparing the nursery as we speak. So far I have three developing embryos the oldest of which is about 1.5 inches long already. I've talked with Moody Gardens in Galveston about donating as I can't possibly keep a total of 10 sharks. If all the young end up female there is a possibility of this being virgin birth, at which point we would have to do genetic testing to prove that there was no male donation to the genetic makeup. That would be pretty cool huh!
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the oldest of the litter
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An article by a friend of mine that I found while researching parthenogenesis. I may be a little prejudiced but she does do fine job.http://www.oceanconservationscience.org/projects/sharks/genetics_mc2009.07.27.shtmla
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the oldest of the litter
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An article by a friend of mine that I found while researching parthenogenesis. I may be a little prejudiced but she does do fine job.http://www.oceanconservationscience.org/projects/sharks/genetics_mc2009.07.27.shtmla