Pacaggg wrote:
>
> 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
Is Bill Mahavier the most prolific replier in the animal kingdom?
MICHAEL
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