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Study: Female Sharks Fertilize Own Eggs

In this photo released by Cemex Philippines Foundation, a multinational cement company based in Mexico, a diver swims with a whale shark, locally known as "Butanding" in the waters of Donsol, Sorsogon province in southeastern Philippines, Monday, May 21, 2007. The foundation through an environmental group Conservation International has "adopted" the whale sharks as it launches Monday an "adopt-a-species" program aimed at protecting the Philippines' threatened species (AP Photo/Cemex Philippines Foundation, J.V. Noriega, HO)