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Could be that not being transparent affords an advantage in finding a mate and reproduction. Juveniles might not need to find a mate yet so only need to hide a
by rfreytag 6y ago
Could be that not being transparent affords an advantage in finding a mate and reproduction. Juveniles might not need to find a mate yet so only need to hide and survive.
- billiam 6y agoThis is correct. They go through stages for functional reasons (features to help them float along and catch planktonic food while they are devoting all their energy to growing) as well as reasons we don't much understand related to how they end up in their environments.