31. "People plowed up hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of these egg masses , " destroying them, said Lockwood. 32. The female releases her eggs and the male simultaneously releases sperm which swim to the egg mass . 33. This froth hardens, creating a protective capsule, which together with the egg mass is called an ootheca. 34. All embryonic and larval development takes place in the egg mass and young emerge as juvenile snails. 35. He has mapped more than 1, 000 acres where concentrations of the brownish egg masses are worrisome. 36. His drivers, trained by Arnold, now search to make sure the company isn't inadvertently hauling egg masses . 37. The females also typically remain close to their egg mass and coil their bodies around the mass. 38. These special hairs are used by the females to protect their eggs masses from predators such as ants. 39. The egg masses of " Eledone caparti " have been found in the dissected stomachs of Blue Sharks. 40. Females oviposit by " flicking " an egg mass out of the water into rocks and vegetation nearby.
