Mea culpa in advance ... but this is such a cute story:

DNA test proves it -- baby shark has no father - CNN.com, 10/10/08:

Scientists have confirmed the second case of a "virgin birth" in a shark.

The first documented case of asexual reproduction, or parthenogenesis,¹ among sharks involved a pup born to a hammerhead at an Omaha, Nebraska, zoo.

"This first case was no fluke," Demian Chapman, a shark scientist and lead author of the second study, said in a statement. "It is quite possible that this is something female sharks of many species can do on occasion."

Jeff is fond of calling those fish symbols on cars "sharks" due to their aggressive maneuvering in traffic. Last night he joked that, somehow by year's end, we have to come up with another child tax credit to avoid the worst of Obama's tax plan.

Sure, I'd love to but couldn't we simply make a sufficient donation to charity instead? There are only a handful of Catholics who think Jesus was conceived on 12/8 and born on 12/25 ... making babies takes longer than we have.

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¹ Which, I guess if you know some biblical Gk, is literally "virgin birth."