Posts Tagged ‘horseshoe crab’

Nesting Crabs and Hooked Pelicans

Every once in a while I get a chance to share my love of the lagoon with someone who can really appreciate it.. but for one reason or another has not yet been able to really experience it.  A good friend of mine, Eric, decided to meet up with me today along with his lovely [...]

A Wave of Dead Crabs! No.. Wait..

Strolling along the lagoon yesterday evening I spotted several dozen molts from American horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus). Horseshoes are some of my absolute favorite animals on the planet. From their incredibly long survival timeline (pre-dinosaur, arising nearly 540 Mya) to their awesome quicksilvery-blue blood there’s just a lot of quirky facts to relate [...]