2006-09-05 23:43:08 · 16 answers · asked by Sally H 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Male oysters send their sperm out into the water and female oysters release eggs. Amazingly, they both do this at the same time and the two meet and the eggs get fertilized.
Baby oysters swim free for quite a while and then they get heavy and tired and think it's time to settle down so they find a nice bit of rock and glue themselves to it and stay there for the rest of their lives.
2006-09-05 23:48:15 · answer #1 · answered by Owlwings 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oysters reproduce sexually by usually releasing the gametes into the surrounding waters where they are fertilized. Some oysters can become male or female as the need arises for reprodction purposes
2006-09-05 23:47:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
like the previous individual responded, this is rather difficult to tell the version between a male and a femal oyster. They bypass by way of a spawning technique; the female releases a huge variety of eggs into the water, then the male releases his sperm. The fertilization happens interior the open water. as quickly as fertilization happens, the extra youthful oyster is going by way of a larval degree the place this is carried with the help of waves and currents. at last it develops a shell and sinks to the backside. utilising its muscular foot, it could then flow on the subject of the backside to a pair degree.
2016-12-18 05:43:52 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when a mummy oyster and a daddy oyster love each other very much.. they dim the lights, put some barry white on, and get drunk
2006-09-05 23:55:35 · answer #4 · answered by bohbag2000 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some are hermaphroditic and self-fertilize their eggs, which they keep in their gills even after hatching until the young bear shells. Others are heterosexual and spew out eggs and sperm which unite and produce independent larvae that swim for a few weeks and then settle on a substrate. See ref
2006-09-05 23:45:49 · answer #5 · answered by Sindebad 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
To get in the mood they go out for a candlelit dinner and eat their favourite aphrodisiac... people!
2006-09-05 23:52:06 · answer #6 · answered by nikkoj1975 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They have to wait for the woman to clam up.
No offence ment lol
2006-09-05 23:45:35 · answer #7 · answered by philipscottbrooks 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
hmm good question alike all sea fish do i suppose.
2006-09-05 23:56:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
they are male as well as female all in one.
2006-09-08 04:32:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
wow i want to know dat too lol
2006-09-05 23:44:29 · answer #10 · answered by vetta b 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋