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Horseshoe Crab Tags (mander.xyz)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 50 points 3 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I failed crab in high school :(

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Now's your chance to find crab success!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Definitely going to put on the resume

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Wow, where do they live?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Judging by the name probably on the hooves of horses

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Probably Nantucket, judging by the image credit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

If it's tagged I'd still report it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nice, I understood that reference

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

... I don't.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Completely relevant song for your living-fossil, crab-based browsing: Clutch - Slaughter Beach

Background:

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months 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.