{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64ee1d329a27a50011dc9b65/665dc7ab07c9fe0013d316b6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Shark Sex","description":"<p>FACT: Some female sharks can reproduce without a fertilized egg; it’s a phenomenon called parthenogenesis. FICTION: A Coney Island fortune teller predicts a shark cloning miracle. Your host, Kasha Patel, imagines what would happen if spectators witnessed a shark give a virgin birth and explores the science behind the various ways sharks reproduce.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.gilisharkconservation.com/a-full-guide-to-shark-reproduction-and-baby-sharks/#:~:text=Shark%20reproduction%20happens%20through%20internal,of%20well%2Ddeveloped%20baby%20sharks\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">A full guide to shark reproduction and baby sharks</a> by Gili Shark Conservation&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/srep40537\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Switch from sexual to parthenogenetic reproduction in a zebra shark</a> by Christine L. Dudgeon, Laura Coulton, Ren Bone, Jennifer R. Ovenden &amp; Severine Thomas&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://umbc.edu/stories/virgin-births-from-parthenogenesis-how-females-from-some-species-can-reproduce-without-males/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin births from parthenogenesis: How females from some species can reproduce without males</a> by Mercedes Burns&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://www.dw.com/en/baby-shark-asexual-reproduction/a-59055053\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How does a shark reproduce without a mate?</a> By Louisa Wright&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/59/7/546/334660\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Lone Parents: Parthenogenesis in Sharks</a> by Wendee Holtcamp&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/topics/lh_intrauterine_cannibalism.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Intrauterine Cannibalism in Sharks</a> by ReefQuest Centre for Shark Research&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/melissacristinamarquez/2018/12/29/shark-cannibalism-its-a-thing-and-it-just-got-weirder/?sh=69fb133a45e1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Shark Cannibalism: It's A Thing And It Just Got Weirder</a> by Melissa Cristina Marquez&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2020.1812598\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Body, jaw, and dentition lengths of macrophagous lamniform sharks, and body size evolution in Lamniformes with special reference to ‘off-the-scale’ gigantism of the megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon</a> by Kenshu Shimada&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/cannibalism-common-leopards-fish-invertebrates\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Cannibalism in animals is more common than you think</a> by Liz Langley&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul>","author_name":"Discovery"}