In case you have not had the opportunity to get your hands on the new book, Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms, about animals that have remained unchanged through time (Richard Fortey) here is a video from the BBC on how the horseshoe crab has been able to survive through the ages.
I am particularly fond of this clip because the horseshoe crab expert notes that the horseshoe crab, while an opportunistic and a generalist, is not an aggressive animal.
Please feel free to comment if you’re one of the few that has eaten horseshoe crab eggs.
Reblogged this on Ann Novek–With the Sky as the Ceiling and the Heart Outdoors.
The Horseshoe Crab Fuel Stop
by
stas wnukowski
The drive of life
Pushes them on
Across the ocean floor
They roam
Growing
Knowing
That soon
They must leave,
Climb beyond their wet home
Into the heat
The liquidless environment
Scattered along the shoreline
Squawking birds sense
The tank-like structures
Slowly marching
To the cadence of survival
Depositing in their tracks
Countless caviar
For the bird’s to feast
And their species’ survival.