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Unlike their close relatives, the viviparous brotulas of the family Bythitidae, cusk-eel species are egg-bearing, or oviparous, organisms. While the specifics of the eggs of the family Ophidiidae are unknown, they are believed to be either spawned as individual, free-floating eggs in the open water or are placed in a mucilaginous raft, which ...
They are predators, with coastal species feeding mainly on land-living insects that have fallen into the water. [1] Less is known about the feeding of the oceanic species, but they appear to mostly eat zooplankton, with other recorded items being floating insects, fish eggs and larvae, and dead jellyfish.
After spawning the eggs either float up into the bubble nest, or (in the case of sinking eggs) are carried there, and subsequently lodged into the nest by one or both parents. Following this, the male protects the brood by chasing away the female (if not a species in which the female also guards the nest) and any other intruders, concentrating ...
At the same time, a small air pocket inside the shell starts to expand, causing the egg to float in water. Give the egg float test a try—here are three possible outcomes: The egg sinks and falls ...
From the egg float test myth to the long-held belief that eggs raise cholesterol levels, these egg "facts" were bound to crack sooner or later. The Egg Float Test Myth, and Other Egg Lies Cracked Open
The surrounding egg white floats perfectly around the yolk, membrane intact. One of the divers was even able to make the egg 'dance' around by manipulating the current of the water around it.
The cosmic egg, world egg or mundane egg is a mythological motif found in the cosmogonies of many cultures and civilizations, including in Proto-Indo-European mythology. [1] Typically, there is an egg which, upon "hatching", either gives rise to the universe itself or gives rise to a primordial being who, in turn, creates the universe.
There’s a kitchen myth that if an egg floats when placed in water, it has gone bad. ... Good eggs can float because even fresh eggs can contain large air pockets.