@mckgaston: Some creatures “Hit it and Quit it” because they die. 🪦 Semelparity is a reproductive strategy in which an organism reproduces only once in its lifetime before dying. This is seen across the animal and plant kingdoms. In plants, we also call it monocarpy. Usually semelparity is favored when the probability of surviving to another reproductive season is low. Contrast semelparity with iteroparity where organisms can reproduce repeatedly.