Large horseshoe crab seen on the beach yesterday.....tip of my shoe
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| Gull and pelicans |
shown for reference.
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| low tide on the intracoastal |
- Horse shoe crabs are not true crabs, and are more closely related to terrestrial spiders than blue crabs.
- Often called "living fossils," horseshoe crabs have existed for more than 300 million years.
- Although their spikes and spines may look dangerous, horseshoe crabs are harmless.
- Just like other arthropods, horseshoe crabs must molt to grow. They leave their old shells behind and grow a new, larger shell.
