Archive for the 'Atlantic Horseshoe Crab' Category
First of all, let’s chat biotechnology, or, ‘biotech’, as those in the industry call it.
The concept of biotech has been around for ages, just, not given the fancy term. For instance, planting seeds to produce food, fermenting juice for wine and churning milk into cheese are all processes that use some derivative of a plant [...]
No. I mentioned in the very first BCS blog entry that the horseshoe crab is a “sweetheart of an animal” and I will continue to defend that statement. Some people may think that the tail spine, or telson, is poisonous. What the telson is simply used for is to flip the animal over when a [...]
Rest assure those crab shells are simply that – shells. Crabs (of all kinds – blue. lady, horseshoe) go through a molting phase and the old shell is basically washed up in the wrack line.
The wrack line is that line of seemingly dead seaweed that entangles lots of fun ocean treasures such as sea beans, [...]
As I mentioned before, the horseshoe crab is a rather frightening looking creature, however quite the opposite is true, they are the steadfast, strong member of the ocean community. This animal, not only is a vital part of the Atlantic coast food chain, but has remained rather unchanged since before the time of the dinosaurs! [...]
I agree the horseshoe crab is quite possibly the scariest looking creature along the shoreline. However, what makes this animal so amazing it that underneath that tough pointy chitin exoskeleton is a sweetheart of an animal. The horseshoe has survived since before the time of the dinosaurs and it is primarily due to the amazing [...]
