'Miraculous birth' expected at NC lab from stingray with no mate, possibly impregnated by shark (www.wral.com)

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i never knew sharks and stingrays were closely related enough to cross breed. neat!

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[-] jack@hexbear.net 42 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

They're separated by hundreds of millions of years of evolution, this is unbelievable to me. Seems much more likely that it would be self-impregnation, which is not all that unusual.

It's comparable to a human impregnated by an alligator.

[-] MorelaakIsBack@hexbear.net 42 points 9 months ago

It's comparable to a human impregnated by an alligator

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[-] Comp4@hexbear.net 26 points 9 months ago

What happens in Florida stays in Florida

[-] laziestflagellant@hexbear.net 34 points 9 months ago

Hey, there was an infamous incident of scientists accidentally producing sturgeon and paddlefish crossbreeds (this was considered to be so unlikely that the paddlefish sperm was being used as a control in the experiment they were conducting). The two species were also separated by over a hundred million years of evolution.

It's unlikely, yes, but it's not unheard of.