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What this species does is take that "r-selection reproduction" to the very extreme by spamming babies, literally.

Hundreds of babies might die, but there's a chance one of them will find food, and actually survive.

It's like spamming the lottery - even if the jackpot is a very small chance, if you keep spamming, you'll hit the jackpot eventually. It is this reason that this species does so well in all environments. Sparse, dense, areas packed with predators, whatever, it still manages to survive.

It isn't a "god" species though - it actually has very few predators, but these predators are engineered by @bibiteboi and @ferat77247. Those said predators are either very small or big.

You get the point here, though! (hopefully)

@ThatQuietKid @Kicooi

Not quite! That's k-selection reproduction.

R-selection reproduction is investing minimal energy into reproduction in exchange for a lot of offspring. This usually makes the individual matter less, but the species as a whole matter more.

K-selection reproduction is the other way around. It invests a lot of energy into reproduction, increasing their offspring's chances of survival through adulthood.

In "The Bibites", r-selection reproduction is pretty much the meta due to being favored. It's also favored IRL as well, but k-selection reproduction still exists (us, duh).

r-selection reproduction is a "strategy" which involves focusing large amounts of energy to a small amount of young.

What is r-selection reproduction?