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Emergency-management personnel are calling the population explosion that ripped through this already densely populated coastal city last week "an unparalleled natural disaster" and fear the mounting life toll will only grow as tiny bodies are discovered among the human wreckage.
2006-06-07
overpopulation birthFemale hammerhead sharks can reproduce without having sex. ... Vertebrates in general have evolved away from parthenogenesis to boost genetic diversity and enhance evolutionary potential. The concern for sharks is that not only could we be reducing their numbers but we could be making them less fit as well. ... Did this happen to Virgin Mary? :-) Tomáš J. Fülöpp
2007-05-23
shark Virgin birthVirgin births do occur among animals. Many invertebrates, such as insects, can produce offspring asexually, without ever having mated. They usually do this by cloning themselves, producing genetically identical offspring. But among vertebrate animals, it remains a novelty, having been documented among less than 0.1% of vertebrate species.
2010-11-03
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