Friday, March 21, 2014

The Opalescent Inshore Squid

Photo: Squid laying eggs


Opalescent Inshore Squid


Opalescent inshore squid, like these off the coast of California, take the mass production approach to species survival. At mating time, a female will litter the seafloor with hundreds of white, fingerlike egg cases containing more than 50,000 eggs.














(source:google/http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/)

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