母鯊遭咬傷「剖腹產」現場秀

2009年11月12日蘋果日報


【蔡佳慧╱綜合外電報導】鯊魚竟會替同伴「剖腹產」？紐西蘭水族館內一隻懷孕母鯊遭另一隻鯊魚咬傷腹部後，4隻鯊魚寶寶竟從傷口滑了出來，在眾多遊客眼前上演極其罕見的「剖腹產」場面。

8隻小鯊順利存活

這起動物奇觀前天發生在奧克蘭的「凱利塔爾頓海底世界」。館方除了從大水缸中搶救4隻鯊魚寶寶外，也在母鯊體內發現另外4隻寶寶，目前共8隻小鯊魚都順利存活。母鯊傷口經縫合後也無大礙。

水族館館長戴維絲說，這種案例前所未聞，「這必須剛好咬到特定部位，才能讓小鯊魚游出來，又不致於害死寶寶和母親。」事實上，這可能還救了鯊魚寶寶一命。倘若母鯊按照常態在夜晚自然分娩，寶寶很可能在館方發現前遭其他鯊魚或魟吞食。

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Visitors to Kelly Tarlton’s Underwater World, a popular aquarium and animal park in Auckland, New Zealand, got to witness a gristly miracle. A shark was bitten on the side by another shark. To the surprise of horrified visitors, baby sharks started to emerge from the gaping wound in the female’s side. Apparently, nobody kenw that she was pregnant, or that the bite of another shark could act as an impromptu Cesarean section. Fortunately, mother and babies are all doing fine.
Wildlife experts believe the shark bit the female in a deliberate attempt to force her to give birth to the babies. Had the mother shark given birth naturally during the night, the shark pups would have been eaten by other sharks or attacked and killed by stingrays that inhabited the shark tank. The fact that the shark was bitten in just the right place, and not just bitten in half, suggests that it was a deliberate shark surgery.

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Pregnant shark in aquarium has chunk bitten out of her by another shark ... and stunned visitors see four pups emerge

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