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Shark Sex

Shark Week's Daily Bite by Discovery

Jun 4, 202421:30Science & Medicine

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 wo...

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Shark Sex is an episode from Shark Week's Daily Bite by Discovery. 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 mi...

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Published Jun 4, 2024, 21:30 long, audio available.

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