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Re: Eggs,Eggs,Eggs-----
From:
Don Barclay <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 15 Mar 1998 15:33:07 -1100
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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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