Within the light organ, bacteria are protected and nourished, and rapidly increase in number. At night, they provide the light n
eeded for counterillumination. But by dawn, as the squid prepares to hide in the sand for the day, it ejects about 95% of the bacteria from the light organ. Which of the following is the LEAST likely explanation for why eliminating 95% of the bacteria present in the light organ is necessary?
At dawn the squid prepares to hide in the sand for the day and it ejects about 95% of the bacteria from the light organ in order to reduce or stop the growth of bacteria population in the squid. This will prevent the bacteria population from reaching a level too high for the squid to support.
