Talk:Sea Emperor Leviathan/@comment-38422116-20190204205544

Are we certain it reproduces asexually? While it's possible the eggs were laid by parthenogenesis, there's a lot we don't know around Sea Emperor reproduction including when the eggs were laid, and how long a Sea Emperor can store gametes from a mate before laying said eggs (there are shark speciesfor which the female can hold sperm in storage for a long time, and self-fertilize later). We know this one wasn't raised in captivity, but even if the eggs weren't laid until it was placed in the facility with no mate in sight, it's plausible that there may have been a mate in the picture some time before.