"It really proves that life... uh... finds a way," said Shreveport Aquarium, Louisina's Curator of Live Animals, Greg Barrick.

On Jan. 3, a swell shark egg hatched at Shreveport Aquarium in Shreveport, Louisiana. The egg was discovered by aquarium staff in a female shark tank about eight months ago, but it may have remained undetected for a month or two before, according to a news release.

Scientists are studying whether a phenomenon called parthenogenesis, a rare form of asexual reproduction, or delayed fertilization, where fertilization occurs long after mating, could have occurred. The birth of a shark in a habitat where there were no male specimens of this species has excited the scientists at the Shreveport Aquarium in the state of Louisiana,