This is a video of the removal of the immature baby shark from the natural egg case and transfer to a clear plastic incubator for the remainder of the developmental process. It will be kept in dimmed lighting until maturity is reached.
The egg case is about 11 weeks old now and the outside surface has started to turn opaque. It is now hard to see the baby shark development clearly like before. I have researched and there are many public aquariums that remove a section of the egg case and use a clear plastic patch as a window to view the development inside. This process is usually done around this stage of the maturity of the baby shark. I have transferred and encased the baby in a clear plastic container with small vent holes for water circulation (as naturally occurring in the egg case). The baby shark will be kept in dimmed lighting until it is fully mature and when ready it will be removed from the plastic container for free swimming and eating on its own. The depletion of the yolk sac will be the indicator as to when that time has come.
This is a work in progress and I plan on documenting the whole event as it happens. The whole process takes about 150 days from egg production to new born. As the baby shark matures I will research and prepare some supporting videos for you to view on the overall life cycle of the Banded Bamboo Shark. Stay tuned, this is going to be a very cool event. The wonders of nature as it unfolds.
