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sergey [27]
3 years ago
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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?
Biology
1 answer:
enyata [817]3 years ago
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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.

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