May 23, 2007
Shark Virgin Birth confirmed. A Bonnethead shark has given birth by parthenogenesis. It's not the first time for sharks, a Bamboo shark has done this before.
"For unto us a shark is born, unto us a predator is given; and the entire ocean shall be upon his dorsal fin, and his name shall be called Wonderful Chomper, Mighty Jaws, Everlasting Swimmer, Prince of Pieces."
Aaaaaaaaaaaa - meeeeeeeeeeen!
And we get virgin olive oil through Parthenonogenesis.
um...Right?
Surprising a kind of back-up parthenogenetic facility isn't more common. I know sexual reproduction has various advantages, but you'd think the ability to slip a clone of yourself back into the population, just once in a lifetime, maybe, would give you a significant evolutionary edge.
MonkeyFilter: a kind of back-up parthenogenetic facility
Pleg: yeah but we have TV. So, like, we win. I guess.
Meh parthenogenesis is like soooooo thousands and thousands of years ago.... all the cool species prefer more genetic variation.
"A hammerhead shark, a close relative of the bonnethead, a species that a study has found is capable of 'virgin births'. Photograph: John Bazemore/AP"
They couldn't even be bothered to get a picture of the right kind of shark?
Still pretty cool.
And we get virgin olive oil through Parthenonogenesis.
I thought that was Pomegranogenesis.
Call me when three anchovies fetch up bearing gifts.
Makes sense: last time, he was like a lamb.
But watch it punks, this time around he came back with teeth...
images of bonnethead shark
More like a shovel than a hammer.
Yeah, Girlz rulez!
Oh Abiezer - everyone knows it's the three Wise Bream you gotta look out for...
What kind of name is "bonnethead" for a shark? I mean, it's a SHARK. How about something like "Gravedigging-Spade Head" or "Innard-Scooping-Spoon Head" or "Blunted-Paleolithic-Spearhead...Head."
"Bonnethead" makes me think of an aquatic Holly Hobby.
The old one, of course. Not the new.
It reminds me of the training shoes in Seinfeld.
Bet those boy bonnetheads are feeling pretty superfluous right now.
Hey, Parthenonogenesis is not good for the species, ok? (come on girls, for the species).
I kinda like "bonnethead". It's playful. Insouciant. Kicky!
Bonnethead Johnson starring in the new motion picture, "All The Lovely Flowers"!
etc.
Lawdy, no...Bonnethead Johnson sho' ain't insouciant!! Unh-huh...he jes' a Delta blues harp blower wit a hellhound on his trail.
*wails*
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