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Caine says 9 December 2016 at 11:08 am Wow. Oh, those colours! We really missed out on the splendid, amazing colour train.
davidnangle says 9 December 2016 at 11:35 am If I’m ever swimming and see a large, translucent question mark with a mouth, I’ll be swimming in the other direction.
Artor says 9 December 2016 at 1:17 pm To quote what I told a friend last night, “You can’t make a spider-egg omelette without breaking a few spider eggs. And who doesn’t love omelettes?”
ravensneo says 9 December 2016 at 1:48 pm It doesn’t seem protected at all. Can’t a big fish just eat this?
Olav says 9 December 2016 at 7:01 pm Ravensneo #4: It doesn’t seem protected at all. Can’t a big fish just eat this? It’s protection (safety) in numbers. The gamble is there will always be at least a few eggs that the fish will miss.
Wow. Oh, those colours! We really missed out on the splendid, amazing colour train.
If I’m ever swimming and see a large, translucent question mark with a mouth, I’ll be swimming in the other direction.
To quote what I told a friend last night, “You can’t make a spider-egg omelette without breaking a few spider eggs. And who doesn’t love omelettes?”
It doesn’t seem protected at all. Can’t a big fish just eat this?
And a merry eggs-mass to you, PZ!
Ravensneo #4:
It’s protection (safety) in numbers. The gamble is there will always be at least a few eggs that the fish will miss.
Is that egg mass from one female or is it a group effort?