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Why do oysters choose to live where they could be eaten?
05-01-2007 · EurekAlert!According to an article in the May edition of Ecological Monographs, a team of scientists has found that despite the risk of being eaten by cannibalistic adults, oyster larvae choose to settle in areas of high oyster concentrations to take advantage of future benefits of increased reproductive capacity when they mature. In the case of oyster larvae, that selection can be a life or death decision.
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