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In 2002, it was reported that a female whitespotted bamboo shark hatched eggs despite without interacting with male bamboo sharks for more than 6 years. This is the first case that documents and provides evidence of parthenogenesis in this species. This finding was later verified in an parthenogenesis research study, indicating that female sharks have the ability to produce offspring via parthenogenesis. Such rare but possible spontaneous parthenogenesis processes have existing records in all vertebrates other than mammals.
