[hugh3]

Hmm, there's a question: are there any predators on Earth which use the "large numbers of offspring" strategy? Seems to be more common among prey animals than predators.

This kinda makes sense. For a rabbit or fly, food is plentiful and the biggest threat to your survival is predators, so it makes sense to have loads of offspring in the hope that some will survive. For a lion, predators are nonexistent but the biggest threat to survival is lack of food, so if you have too many children in the same territory you run the risk that they'll all starve.

Exception that "proves" the rule: frogs are incredibly fecund predators, but tadpoles are herbivores.

Hmm, I guess I'm forgetting spiders.