crustacean mating!

[holmsie]

Just a quick question!
A colleague at work is dying to know how mussels and shrimps have sex or mate.
I told her that i'm sure someone on here will know.
Anyone?

[timmy30]

Is she coming onto you, in some bizzare sort of way?

[Saied]

Next she'll be asking "care to smell my mussel?"


>> Edited by Saied on Thursday 12th January 13:00

[ukbob]

Dont they suck eachother off first?

[holmsie]

Jesus! She's 65 man. I'm not wayne rooney you know!!!

[chim_knee]

ukbob said:

Dont they suck eachother off first?

[skinnyboy]

now now don't be shellfish

[greg_D]

don't they both release their eggs and sperm at the same time and let nature do the rest

[Einion Yrth]

I believe bivalves (mussels etc) release sperm and eggs into the water at a time governed by the phase of the moon and time of year. Shrimp I'm not so sure about.

[holmsie]

She insists mussels don't have mouths, therefore rendering this impossible!!

[timmy30]

holmsie said:

to know how mussels and shrimps have sex or mate.

I presume it's a plan she's hatched to breed some sort of hybrid mussle/shrimp creature.

A Mrimp? Or a Srussle?

[holmsie]

I'm sure i had prawn balls at the chinese before so they must have winkies as well!!
I suggested the sperm and egg thing as well, the same as fish do, but she's still a bit unsure!
Bless her!

[Einion Yrth]

holmsie said:

She insists mussels don't have mouths, therefore rendering this impossible!!

She is entirely wrong about this
Mussels have mouths


Oh and I found this...

encarta said:

In shrimp reproduction, the male deposits sperm into a gelatinous mass produced by the female and located between her fourth pair of walking legs. The female then lays eggs, in batches of up to 15,000 at a time. The sperm fertilizes the eggs. Females usually care for the fertilized eggs in a brood chamber found on the underside of her tail. In some species, the eggs are scattered in the water and left to develop on their own. As with crabs and lobsters, the eggs hatch to produce drifting larvae. The larvae change shape as they grow, developing an adult body after molting their skin several times (see Metamorphosis). Once the change in shape is complete (from 30 to 160 days, depending on the species), the young shrimp are sexually mature and able to breed. The life spans of shrimp vary among species--some die once they have bred, but others live for six or seven years.

>> Edited by Einion Yrth on Thursday 12th January 13:17

[fido]

i'm surprised no one has made a joke about crabs?

[timmy30]

fido said:

i'm surprised no one has made a joke about crabs?

It seemed like a serious thread so I don't think the jokers wanted to mussel in.

[glocko]

[redacted]

[wolves_wanderer]

Einion Yrth said:

[quote=encarta]In shrimp reproduction, the male deposits sperm into a gelatinous mass produced by the female and located between her fourth pair of walking legs

Sounds like a night out in Peterborough

[focusonme]

There's something fishy about this thread.



>> Edited by focusonme on Thursday 12th January 14:57

[lazyitus]

Einion Yrth said:

She is entirely wrong about this
Mussels have mouths



Thats a cockle.

[Petrol_noggin]

"Oh but darling cant we try a different position tonight??"