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Photo of the Day #235: Spawning Horseshoe Crabs

By laelaps on June 1, 2008.

Two horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) spawning at high tide. Other than one other solitary crab they were the only healthy individuals I saw. Photographed May 17, 2008 at Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware.

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