Question

A female brine shrimp can lay up to 150 eggs each time, whereas some other animals, such as penguins only lay 1 or 2 eggs. Based on the hatching success rate obtained(brine shrimp: 77% hatching success rate in full 24hr sunlight), why do you think brine shrimps lay more eggs than penguins?

Answer 1

Because the shrimp are easy prey they, need to be able to produce enough offspring to have a chance of survival.

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