Captive stingray who doesn’t share her tank with male ray is pregnant

Charlotte, a female round stingray, is about to give birth through a process known as parthogenesis.

Deep in the heart of North Carolina, there’s a pregnant stingray about to give birth.

Charlotte is a round stingray who lives in a 2,200-gallon tank at the Aquarium and Shark Lab by Team ECCO in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

She first showed signs of pregnancy months ago. But she doesn’t share a tank with a male ray and has probably never done so. Instead, she shares her space with two young male sharks.

Is it a miracle? An interspecies love affair?

Neither: It’s parthenogenesis.