For the first time ever, a baby Maugean skate has hatched from an egg laid in captivity – and scientists are looking forward to more arrivals soon.
It’s an exciting time for marine ecologists at the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), who have been working around the clock since an adult female skate was brought into captivity in December last year, and laid her first egg shortly after.
The program was established for this ancient and endangered species in response to significant declines in the Maugean skate population in Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania – their last known habitat.
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