@yenahmik to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected] • 1 year agoWhy Ten Billion Snow Crabs Disappeared Off the Coast of Alaskawww.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square31arrow-up1183arrow-down13file-text
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•edit-21 year agoThey probably lay 100.000 eggs because only 100 make it into adulthood and the others don’t hatch, get eaten, sick or starve before…
minus-square@The_vlink7•1 year agoIn a stable population, 2 would make it to adulthood every generation. If an adult female produces eggs for 10 years, that’s 1:500K make it to adulthood. The ocean has a lot of hungry mouths.
They probably lay 100.000 eggs because only 100 make it into adulthood and the others don’t hatch, get eaten, sick or starve before…
In a stable population, 2 would make it to adulthood every generation. If an adult female produces eggs for 10 years, that’s 1:500K make it to adulthood. The ocean has a lot of hungry mouths.