Apparently female sharks can get pregnant all on their own-some lonesome:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUKTRE4990WA20081010?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0
Gah, hermaphrodite sharks!
If they get lasers we are SCREWED
Quote from: Mr. Analog on October 15, 2008, 09:48:09 AM
Gah, hermaphrodite sharks!
If they get lasers we are SCREWED
^ nice choice of
wording.
Not hermaphroditic, parthenogenetic. They don't have two sets of reproductive organs, nor are they able to switch from one gender to the other. Simply, their eggs can develop into embryos without male interaction. Which is, perhaps, even scarier than the thought of hermaphroditic sharks.
Lets hope aliens aren't like sharks!
Quote from: Thorin on October 15, 2008, 12:55:14 PM
Not hermaphroditic, parthenogenetic. They don't have two sets of reproductive organs, nor are they able to switch from one gender to the other. Simply, their eggs can develop into embryos without male interaction. Which is, perhaps, even scarier than the thought of hermaphroditic sharks.
Lets hope aliens aren't like sharks!
That's even weirder holy crap.