Assertion: horseshoe crab's egg | /r/HasProperty | laid
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text: Once the eggs are laid, the male and female head back to the ocean, and the eggs develop on their own.
text: Thousands of large females make their way onto the shore while males hold onto the back of their shells, so once the eggs are laid, the males can easily fertilize them.
text: Since this practice takes the lives of increasing numbers of adult horseshoe crabs each year, fewer return to the spawning beaches, so fewer eggs are laid and fertilized—which could explain much of the 28-year-long decline in the American red knot population.