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A Louisiana aquarium has been left stunned by a 'virgin birth' in its shark exhibit. Baby swell shark Yokowas born in an all-female tank at Shreveport Aquarium. Experts believe Yoko's birth is due to ...

While asexual reproduction is common among many plants and invertebrates ... Yoko, a baby swell shark, swims in a tank at Shreveport Aquarium in Shreveport, Louisiana. The shark hatched from an egg on ...

The egg was discovered by aquarium staff in a female shark tank about eight months ago ... While asexual reproduction is common among many plants and invertebrates, parthenogenesis, in which ...

A swell shark hatched at Shreveport Aquarium in Louisiana after an egg was found in an all-female tank. Screengrab from a video by the Shreveport Aquarium A small shark swimming around a Louisiana ...

Greg Barrick from Shreveport aquarium says further DNA testing is being conducted to determine how a baby swell shark hatched in an all-female aquarium tank.

The aquarium says she will move out of quarantine to a larger tank when she is "old enough," and will share her progress on social media. While it says Yoko is "currently thriving," it ...

Yoko the swell shark was born in a habitat of all-female sharks who hadn't seen a male in years. The aquarium has two ...