An albino, one-eyed shark fetus removed from a pregnant
bull shark captured recently in the
Sea of Cortez was one of 10 babies inside the large predator. All others were normal in color and appearance.
An albino, one-eyed shark fetus removed from a pregnant
bull shark captured recently in the
Sea of Cortez was one of 10 babies inside the large predator. All others were normal in color and appearance.
A story with very few details went viral during the past week, mainly because one photo (at right) revealed a white, three-foot-long shark with what appeared to be a single eye perfectly centered in its head, just above the mouth. Skeptics abounded. One Southern California-based scientist jokingly identified the three-foot fetus as "Cycloptomus," believing the photo to be doctored and part of a hoax.
The story became more believable after Felipe Galvan, a prominent Mexican scientist, acknowledged that he had inspected the shark and had even written a paper on the discovery. The paper is under scientific review.
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