Friday, June 04, 2010

Opalescent Inshore Squid


Photograph by Brian J. Skerry, National Geographic

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.

http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/photos/squid/#squid06-opalescent-inshore-squid_18214_600x450.jpg

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