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Re:Systems design explains the world: volume 1 by rixed on Monday December 28, 2020 @02:04AM (#25557352)
> How could they ever compete with a species that lays 10,000 eggs a year, dashing off after — or before — they hatch?

This one sounds easy: by eating those unprotected eggs!

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Re:Systems design explains the world: volume 1 by raldi on Monday December 28, 2020 @02:22AM (#25557414)
Well, yes — cold-blooded creatures usually have/had to go dormant at night (too cold to function) and they and their eggs were/are easy pickins for any warm-blooded mammal able to operate at full capacity during nocturnal hours.
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