Female whale sharks save sperm, study suggests
Friday, August 27, 2010 - 10:21
in Biology & Nature
The giant whale shark is an elusive quarry for study, especially when it comes to spotting the spotted sharks' mating and breeding. But a new analysis of rare whale shark embryos suggests that females may save up sperm after mating, queuing up multiple litters of the filter-feeding fish. Fish - Whale shark - Shark - Biology - Mating