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Why Ten Billion Snow Crabs Disappeared Off the Coast of Alaska
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this post was submitted on 22 Oct 2023
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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.