Why do species produce many eggs?

Answer 1

The production of many eggs in animals which do so is a very successful species survival strategy. Animals which have evolved to produce such a high egg count usually have many predators feeding on their young as an easy meal. Some species even forgo brood care in lieu of producing larger spawns, such as sea turtles (some species can lay above 300 eggs), many amphibians (some lay tens of thousands), pelagic fish (up to hundreds of thousands) or coral (how many stars in the universe?). The more eggs one of these species lays, the better are the chances for some of their young to survive and for their genetic pool to continue to be diverse. After all, he more diverse a species, the greater it's chances to evolve if a change in conditions occurs.

Answer 2

It's all about the species' Darwinian fitness. Organisms such as the fish or frog produce a lot of eggs (eventually offspring) to pass on its genes. Organisms that produce a lot of offspring like fish or frogs tend to have high mortality rate. So they produce a lot in hopes that at least one will survive and reproduce, passing on its inherited genes.

Answer 3

Animals like chickens or frogs ect... that lay many eggs at once do it because a lot of the animals might not survive as babies so laying more eggs means more of the animals will reach maturity and start the whole thing over again... survival of the species and all that good stuff

Answer 4

Any animal that lays a lot of eggs does so because, in the wild, many of the eggs are consumed by predators. Many of the eggs not consumed by predators go on to hatch but then many of the young are consumed by predators. It's basically a survival mechanism. Otherwise the species would die out.

Answer 5

Some animals lay a large quantity of eggs because the female of the spieces releases more than one egg from the ovary, the male sex cells A.K.A. The sperm cells will fertalise these eggs, which will help form a hard surface around the chemical reaction and produces the egg that is edible and able to survive in an outside climate.

Answer 6

To continue their species.