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A horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus), photographed at Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware.
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The remains of a horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) that didn't make it back into the surf. Photographed on May 17, 2008 at Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware.
The picked-over remains of a horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus), the tracks around it being a dead giveaway as to who enjoyed a breakfast of rotting chelicerate. Photographed on May 17, 2008 at Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware.
Gastropods eating the shell and gills of a horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus). Photographed May 17, 2008 at Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware.
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!
A clear violation of The Prime Directive.