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The Amazing Horseshoe
An ancient species, astonishingly adaptable, and important to our current ecology-- the horseshoe crab continues to fascinate those who watch their yearly migration to the beaches. But the animal is even more intriguing when one takes a closer look:
Did you know...
The horseshoe crab has TEN eyes and can see UV light? |
They predate flying insects, the dinosaurs and man? |
Their blood protects them (and us) from infection? |
The horseshoes you see on beaches are |
They're essential to migratory birds on the East Coast? |
Delaware Bay is the world's largest spawning ground for horseshoes? |
Photography courtesy of ©Ariane Müller