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Shark Performs C-Section on Tankmate
Sharks aren’t known for being friendly, even to their own kind. But in a weird turn of events, a shark at Kelly Tarlton’s Underwater World in New Zealand saved a fellow shark’s babies by giving her an impromtu “c-section.”
Onlookers went running for help when they noticed the babies swimming out from the wound in the mama shark’s belly. There were four in all, and they quickly rescued by the aquarium’s staff, who didn’t know the shark was pregnant. Had she given birth naturally (typically at night), the babies would have likely been eaten before anyone knew they were born.
Though the attack itself isn’t uncommon, the fact that babies and mother were unharmed is. Aquarist Fiona Davies told NZHerald.com, “It had to bite a certain part to let them out and do it without killing them [the babies] or her [the mother].”
The babies will be released into the wild, and the mother is apparently recovering from her natural c-section by shark. Suddenly, giving birth with a one-sided epidural doesn’t seem so brutal after all.
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Woman Arrested While in Labor Sues Police | Strollerderby commented on Nov 13 09 at 2:12 pm[...] Shark Performs C-Section on Tankmate [...]
They Say - Arguments Are All Mom’s Fault | Strollerderby commented on Nov 16 09 at 10:00 amV commented on Aug 09 10 at 8:55 amWhat species were they??
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