Fans
who’ve
been
riding
the
wave
around
the
mystery
of
Charlotte
the
stingray
are
finally
getting
some
answers.
Three
and
a
half
months
after
the
Aquarium
&
Shark
Lab
by
Team
ECCO
in
Hendersonville,
N.C.,
announced
Charlotte’s
pregnancy,
the
organization’s
owner
Brenda
Ramer
has
confirmed
to
WLOS
News
13
that
the
ray
isn’t
expecting.
In
an
interview
published
May
31,
Ramer
told
the
Asheville-based
outlet
Charlotte
has
a
reproductive
disease
and
that
veterinarians
have
diagnosed
the
ray
with
diapause—noting, “We’re
still
trying
to
understand
a
lot
of
these
terms
ourselves.”
As
for
Ramer’s
response
to
social
media
users
who
called
the
pregnancy
into
question
and
accused
the
aquarium
of
announcing
it
to
get
attention?
“I
can’t
control
what
people
think,”
she
continued,
later
adding, “I
can
only
tell
you
what
we
know
for
certain.
I’ve
never
been
a
liar.
This
was
not
a
scam.
This
was
not
anything
made
up,
but
people
do
that.
People
have
their
own
thoughts.”
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