Horseshoe Crab Tags

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• Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Good to know. Next time I see a horseshoe crab I won’t just run at it screaming “Can I see your blood?!”

  The crabs react better to it than most Uber drivers though.

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• yesman@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Horseshoe crabs are vexing. We capture millions for their blood (useful for testing the purity of phama). There are alternatives, but biologist worry that the animals will suffer more if they become useless to humans.

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• ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Keep your eyes peeled

  Fun horseshoe crab fact: horseshoe crabs have like five different types of eyes. Even that tail is basically one big eye, covered in photoreceptive cells. Those fuckers are really good at crawling around in the mud.

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• Kyrgizion@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I failed crab in high school :(

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  • Morphit@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Now’s your chance to find crab success!

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• boatsnhos615@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Definitely going to put on the resume

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• recklessengagement@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Does the crab not also get a certificate of participation? They certainly deserve one

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• Peace@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Wow, where do they live?

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  • general_kitten@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Judging by the name probably on the hooves of horses

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  • ShepherdPie@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Image

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  • rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Probably Nantucket, judging by the image credit.

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    • Agrivar@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      That image caused me to do a double-take! I live on Nantucket island, and am well aware of the Nantucket Conservation Foundation, and I’ve NEVER heard of this program nor anyone finding a tagged horseshoe crab.

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• Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Does it need to be alive? I only find dead ones.

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  • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    If it’s tagged I’d still report it

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• Etterra@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Seeing how valuable their blood is for medicine and research I would expect to check to come with that.

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• adj16@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Nice, I understood that reference

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  • SendMePhotos@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    … I don’t.

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    • adj16@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      The OG

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• dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Completely relevant song for your living-fossil, crab-based browsing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxa9xqe4UNA

  Background:

  • dnr.maryland.gov/…/horseshoecrab-medical.aspx
  • abbyventure.com/…/how-to-experience-delawares-hor…
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaughter_Beach,_Delaware

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• IMongoose@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  You can do a similar thing if you see a bird with a wing tag. You get a little certificate but no little bird pin thing sadly.

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