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By John T. Tanacredi,Mark L. Botton,David Smith

Horseshoe crabs, these mysterious historic mariners, lured me into the ocean as a toddler alongside the shores of latest Jersey. interested in their glossy domed shells and spiked tails, i couldn't withstand making a choice on them up, turning them over and staring at the wondrous mechanical move in their glistening legs, articulating with each other as easily because the internal operating of a clock. What used to be it prefer to be a horseshoe crab, I puzzled? What did they consume? Did they continually circulation round jointly? Why have been a few so huge and others a lot smaller? How outdated have been they, besides? What needs to it believe prefer to dwell underwater? What else used to be available in the market, down there, within the cool, eco-friendly depths that gave upward push to such exciting creatures? the single strategy to discover, I reasoned, will be to enter the sea and spot for myself, and so I did, and greater than 60 years later, I nonetheless do.

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