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Shark Bite Caesarean Saves Shark Babies in New Zealand
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11-12-2009 11:04 PM
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In this case, the pregnant female sustained a gaping wound to her side, releasing her babies into the tank. All of this happened during daytime in front of visitors who more than got their ticket's worth. </blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTHM6NExKwA&feature=related" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTHM6NExKwA&feature=related" style="font-size: 11px;">www.youtube.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTHM6NExKwA&feature=related"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lTHM6NExKwA&hl=en_US&fs=1&" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.discovery.com/animals/great-white-shark-performs-cesarian-section.html" href="http://news.discovery.com/animals/great-white-shark-performs-cesarian-section.html" style="font-size: 11px;">news.discovery.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.discovery.com/animals/great-white-shark-performs-cesarian-section.html">Mother and offspring survived</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.discovery.com/animals/great-white-shark-performs-cesarian-section.html"> the "C-section" probably saved the lives of the babies. If the pregnant shark had given birth at night, other sharks in the tank, along with stingrays, probably would have gulped the little sharks down as if they were hors d'oeuvres. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.discovery.com/animals/great-white-shark-performs-cesarian-section.html"><P>And there's more to the happy ending, at least for now. The mother and her offspring have been placed in a separate "nursery" tank. 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