How does this all-female species reproduce? - Susana Freitas and Darren Parker
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In 2021, workers at a Sardinian aquarium were stunned by the birth of a smooth-hound shark. What was shocking was that, for the last decade, the shark’s mother had been living only with other females. So, how was this birth possible? And can other species reproduce this way? Susana Freitas and Darren Parker explore the phenomenon of asexual reproduction known as parthenogenesis.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator
- Susana Freitas, Darren Parker
- Director
- Petya Zlateva, Compote Collective
- Narrator
- Jack Cutmore-Scott
- Storyboard Artist
- Petya Zlateva
- Animator
- Petya Zlateva, Nataliya Atanasova
