Ever read the book Herland?

[wednes]

This story is kinda like that, but with sharks.

It seems that hammerhead sharks can reproduce asexually

And like all really cool animal news, the baby shark was killed almost immediately after being born. That's how they know it had no male chromosomal input. Isn't that just so wild?

Scientists are freaked out by it, saying that this kind of reproduction is bad for the species as a whole. I don't know about that. Making babies without men can only be a good thing, no? ;-]

Okay mammals, we're the only ones left who aren't asexually reproducing.
Let's get a move on, shall we?

Comments

[madush69.livejournal.com]

That's really cool. I'm fascinated by that kind of stuff. It reminds me of Jeff Goldblum in "Jurrasic Park," saying "Life finds a way."

[nate101000.livejournal.com]

That's not true. A few years ago a heard of a case where a human egg began dividing spontaneously. The child was, as I recall, malformed in some manner.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it almost does sound like something out of Michael Crichton.