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melittle.jpg Laelaps is the blog of Brian Switek, a freelance science writer based in New Jersey. This blog frequently features his musings on paleontology, evolution, and the history of science. Switek also blogs for Smithsonian magazine's Dinosaur Tracking.

Switek's first book, Written in Stone, will be published on November 1, 2010 by Bellevue Literary Press.

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Photo of the Day #238: Horseshoe Crab

Category: InvertsPhotography
Posted on: June 4, 2008 6:33 AM, by Brian Switek

Crab

A horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) that was stranded on the beach. My wife turned it over and helped it back into the bay. Photographed May 17, 2008 at Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware.

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OMG, please tell me you didn't really turn it over! Rolling around squirming on their back for 45 minutes r so is necessary to mix the sperm/egg juice for mating! It was having a kind of orgasm and you ruined it!

Posted by: Greg Laden | June 4, 2008 7:19 AM

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My wife turned it over and helped it back into the bay.
A clear violation of The Prime Directive.

Posted by: Herod the Freemason | June 4, 2008 11:51 AM

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