Stingray with no male companion gets pregnant

Charlotte could give birth in the next two weeks. Pic/AP

Charlotte, a rust-colored stingray the size of a serving platter, has spent much of her life gliding around the confines of a storefront aquarium in North Carolina's Appalachian Mountains.

She hasn't shared a tank with a male of her species in 8 years and yet nature has found a way, the aquarium's owner said. She is pregnant with as many as four pups.

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