SCUBA May 2022 Issue 125 | Page 18

Whose ‘ calling cards ’ are these eggsactly …? Clues left by our marvellous molluscs , as your pundit Paul Naylor reveals
A necklace shell ’ s very characteristic ‘ collar ’ of eggs and another calling card – a drilled clam
Sea hare egg string on seagrass

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THE GREAT EGG HUNT

Whose ‘ calling cards ’ are these eggsactly …? Clues left by our marvellous molluscs , as your pundit Paul Naylor reveals

The dead men ’ s finger sea slug ’ s twisted egg string is attached to the seabed with a membrane
Whelk laying the characteristic egg capsules , only a few so far
Clumps of ‘ sea grapes ’, each egg carefully attached by a female cuttlefish
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