Quiddity (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Here's a bizarre story about how a shark bit another female shark's stomach, causing four baby sharks to come out out of its womb. Weird. Aquarist Fiona Davies, from Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World in Auckland, said that the impromptu caesarean...
chaosMonster (The Mind of Bob 2.0) (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Visitors to a New Zealand acquatic centre were stunned to see one shark give another shark an impromptu caesarean section. Staff at Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World in Auckland were initially dubious when visitors came running to tell them there were baby sharks spilling from a wound in a female school shark's stomach - courtesy of a large bite by another shark. But they found a female...
Cryptozoology Online: Daily News (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
By Eloise Gibson Wednesday Nov 11, 2009 Visitors to Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World were stunned to see one shark give another shark an impromptu caesarean section. Staff were initially dubious when visitors came running to tell them there were baby sharks spilling from a wound in a female school shark's stomach - courtesy of a large bite by another shark. But they found a female with...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Visitors to Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World were stunned to see one shark give another shark an impromptu caesarean section.Staff were initially dubious when visitors came running to tell them there were baby sharks spilling...
Neatorama (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The New Zealand Herald is reporting on a strange occurence at Kelly Tarlton’s Underwater World. Eloise Gibson writes that a shark was bit open at the stomach by another shark, which freed her young that were due to be born that night. Since the staff was unaware of the pregnancy, they were shocked and speculated [...]
Kiwiblog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
This is almost too bizarre to be true: Visitors to Kelly Tarlton’s Underwater World were stunned to see one shark give another shark an impromptu caesarean section. Staff were initially dubious when visitors came running to tell them there were baby sharks spilling from a wound in a female school shark’s stomach – courtesy of a large [...]
Lemondrop (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Filed under: Health , Animals! Sharks are smart -- even serial-killer clever -- and at a New Zealand aquarium, one of the animals actually performed emergency surgery. A pregnant shark at Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World was discovered with a large wound in its side, apparently ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Green Options (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Visitors at Kelly Tarlton’s Underwater World sure got their money’s worth recently! Visitors at the New Zealand aquarium witnessed a shark perform an unplanned and unconventional “cesarean section” on another shark! Acting as midwife, the smart shark apparently knew what the Auckland aquarium’s staff did not – another shark in the aquarium was pregnant....
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Wellington - A shark in a New Zealand aquarium bit the stomach of another one, effectively giving it a Caesarean operation and saving the lives of four babies, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. Staff at Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World, in Auckland,...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
A PREGNANT shark prematurely gave birth after another shark bit into its stomach, releasing four baby sharks.The attack happened in front of shocked visitors at Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World in Auckland, reports the An aquarium spokeswoman said visitors alerted staff after witnessing the attack and seeing things float from the gaping wound. Staff were dubious at first but then saw...
The WOW Report (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The jaws of life. In a curious first-ever event of its kind, a pregnant shark who was bitten by another shark in front of shocked visitors at an Auckland, New Zealand, aquarium gave birth to a litter of pups through the gaping bite hole in her side. "It was like an impromptu C-section," said a woman at Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World who watched it happen. The babies were...
NewsLite (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
A pregnant shark gave birth by a surprise 'caesarean' -- when another shark attacked it releasing four babies. The shark had been swimming in a tank at Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World in New Zealand when it was bitten by a tank-mate. Visitors were shocked when they saw the bite rip the flesh of the pregnant shark and the babies emerged from the gaping wound. Staff at the aquarium removed...
Acorn Printing News (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
... the mother they found a further four sharks inside her.The Large wound was stitched by a vet at Kelly Tarlton’s Underwater World in Auckland.” Mother and babies are doing well, All eight baby sharks survived.
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Rex FeaturesA female shark in New Zealand had an "impromptu" caesarean-section birth after it was attacked.The creature was attacked by another shark at Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World in Auckland, with visitors being stunned when four live pups swam from the wound, the New Zealand Herald reports.Aquarist Fiona Davies said: "It had to bite a certain part to let them out and do it without...
qwstnevrythg.com (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
... the mother they found a further four sharks inside her.The mother’s wound was stitched by a vet at Kelly Tarlton’s Underwater World in Auckland.“She’s doing well, but we’re watching her closely as it’s a one-off occurrence, so we’re not sure how she’ll do,” a spokeswoman told the BBC.All eight baby sharks survived.Aquarist Fiona Davies, quoted by the NZ Herald website, said it was...
