They are not crabs nor crustaceans.
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peopleproblems@lemmy.world 7 months agoWoah. Are horseshoe crabs like other crustaceans in that they eat pretty much anything including/mostly detritus?
If thats the case, than how would it be beneficial to have blood that coagulates so easily?
Wouldn’t every meal lead to a crab version of a stroke?
MeanEYE@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Kedly@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Not a relevant time to be pedantic
MeanEYE@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Well, he asked if they are like other crustaceans, so the answer is they are not crustaceans so no, they are not like others.
Kedly@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Aww fuck you’re right. I’m the one in the wrong here. I apologize, it wasnt a relevant time for me to be an ass
Four_lights77@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Probably so it can detect it as quickly as possible for elimination.
Mercival@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Horseshoe crabs are not crusteceans, they are early chelicerates.
They have an open circulatory system, where the blood (heamolymph) freely spills out of the arteries into surrounding tissues, so a small clot probably wouldn’t cause issues. Think of it like a cyst, sometimes if an infection can’t be removed by the immune system, your body will just enclose it in a capsule, so it can’t spread.
peopleproblems@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Ahhh that makes sense. That’s a pretty cool defense system