Because someone, somewhere must have found out about my zoological, um, studies? I've been designated the go-to guy for animal parenting stories.
Yesterday it was the gay militant British flamingos. Today, it's sharks. Virgin sharks.
It seems a hammerhead shark gave birth, despite not having contact with a male for three years. Considering the zoo is in Omaha, I'd say it's a safe bet the shark didn't sneak out after curfew.
According to a news story, The puzzle over the hammerhead birth was reported widely in 2001, but it is only with the emergence of new DNA profiling techniques that scientists have now been able to show irrefutably what happened.
While scientists were ecstatic at the findings, the aquarium's night janitor breathed a major sigh of relief.
