Friday, March 21, 2014

The Squid Egg Sacs

Photo: Close-up of translucent squid egg sacs


Squid Egg Sacs 

Female Caribbean reef squid deposit only three or four eggs in each milky case, then carefully hide them among the furrows of a reef. After about three weeks, an embryo has fully functional eyes and will hatch in five more days.











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

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