First signs of eggs were spotted guarded by the mother O. bimaculoides, under one of the abalone shells in the tank. There appears to be several hundred egg capsules attached to the underside of the abalone shell. From this moment on, Jake displays aggressive behavior towards any intruders coming into the close vicinity of the eggs and has rejected all food sources given to her.
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AuthorsAndrew and Alex are undergraduate students working in Gillette Lab at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Archives
April 2016
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