shark in aquarium photo
Photo via A.M. Kuchling

In weird animal news, two sharks in an aquarium tank had a less than friendly encounter that had a happy ending. After being bitten in the abdomen by another shark, a pregnant school shark gives birth – in a rather involuntary way and in front of an audience of human aquarium visitors – to four pups who likely wouldn’t have survived had the mother given birth naturally. Another four pups were found inside her when medical staff moved her for treatment. The odd thing is the bite essentially saved the pups’ lives…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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