I find that hard to believe. The eggs would have to be the
size of an electron...
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> From: Pacaggg <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Eggs,Eggs,Eggs-----
> Date: Sunday, March 15, 1998 1:22 AM
>
> Shellers, the following bit of trivia may or may not be of
interest
> to you.
>
> I thought it was awesome.
>
> It is said that the most prolific species in the Animal kingdom is;
>
> CRASSOSTREA gigas Thunberg
>
> Giant Pacific Oyster
>
> It may lay as many as 1,000 to the eighth power, eggs in one year.
>
> That s One Septillion, (1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000).
>
> And if all survived in five generations, the aggregate would be large
>
> enough to make eight worlds like ours.
>
> Ref. R. Tucker Abbot s American Seashells pg. 41
>
>
> Bill Mahavier
>
> Shellers, the following bit of trivia may or may not be of
interest
> to you.
>
> I thought it was awesome.
>
> It is said that the most prolific species in the Animal kingdom is;
>
> CRASSOSTREA gigas Thunberg
>
> Giant Pacific Oyster
>
> It may lay as many as 1,000 to the eighth power, eggs in one year.
>
> That s One Septillion, (1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000).
>
> And if all survived in five generations, the aggregate would be large
>
> enough to make eight worlds like ours.
>
> Ref. R. Tucker Abbot s American Seashells pg. 41
>
>
> Bill Mahavier
>
> Shellers, the following bit of trivia may or may not be of
interest
> to you.
>
> I thought it was awesome.
>
> It is said that the most prolific species in the Animal kingdom is;
>
> CRASSOSTREA gigas Thunberg
>
> Giant Pacific Oyster
>
> It may lay as many as 1,000 to the eighth power, eggs in one year.
>
> That s One Septillion, (1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000).
>
> And if all survived in five generations, the aggregate would be large
>
> enough to make eight worlds like ours.
>
> Ref. R. Tucker Abbot s American Seashells pg. 41
>
>
> Bill Mahavier
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