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Yoko, a baby swell shark, swims in a tank at Shreveport Aquarium in Shreveport, Louisiana. The shark hatched from an egg on Jan. 3, 2025. Aquarium staff are unsure how the egg came to be, as ...
Life truly foudn a way inside of an Louisiana aquarium earlier this month when a baby shark was born inside a tank that only is home to only female species.. Yoko, the new swell shark pup hatched ...
The arrival of a baby swell shark at an aquarium in Louisiana has caused a wave of excitement, after the egg hatched despite the fact that no male sharks appear to have been involved.
Once the baby sharks are born, they are not taken care of by the parents in any way. Usually, a litter consists of 12 to 15 pups, except for the great hammerhead, which gives birth to litters of 20 to 40 pups. These baby sharks huddle together and swim toward warmer water until they are old and large enough to survive on their own. [19]
A female tiger shark pup in the Aquarium of the Pacific's Shark Lagoon exhibit Although sharks rarely bite humans, the tiger shark is reported to be responsible for a large share of fatal shark-bite incidents, and is regarded as one of the most dangerous shark species.
By February 2014, all seven pups had died. [41] On January 7, 2016, Sweet Pea gave birth to nine shark pups [42] which were eating on their own and still gaining weight by February 10, 2016. [43] Newport Aquarium later announced that the pups would be moved into a coral reef exhibit where they can be viewed by the public starting on June 24. [44]
Named "Yoko" from the Chumash word "onyoko," meaning "shark," the pup was born on Jan. 3. It hatched out of an egg that was discovered by the aquarium’s husbandry team about eight months ago.
Spiny dogfish pup. The spiny dogfish has dorsal fins, no anal fin, and white spot along its back. The caudal fin has asymmetrical lobes, forming a heterocercal tail. The species name acanthias refers to the shark's two spines. These are used defensively.