Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Happy Horseshoe (Limulus polyphemus)



its the season for these funny looking animals to appear on the beach... looks like some kind of monster to me...

and my Buddie is not to sure of them either... what is it with dogs and loving to stink ... my little buddy will find a Stinky dead bug, frog and in th epic below dead horseshoe crab and rub all over it...

it is the funnest thing to watch... he gets this happy concerned look on his face as he rolls all over the dead thing he finds in the road or on the beach... you can see the happy euphoric look come over his Happy happy little face... saying I'm a dirty little dog happy happy happy dirty dirty dirty little dog...

little does he know its in bath tub when we get back and the smile becomes a OMG I'm in the bath tub..... help meeeeeeee please....... such a goof ball just like his father....(Me)



Horseshoe crabs are among the world's oldest and most fascinating creatures. They are estimated to be at least 300 million years old. The earliest horseshoe crab species were crawling around the Earth's shallow coastal seas for at least 100 million years before the dinosaurs even arrived (which was about 200 million years ago). Since that time, the Earth's land masses have shifted dramatically, thousands of other species have come and gone, but horseshoe crabs have survived and today remain much as they were those millions of years ago. Horseshoe crabs have been used by people for centuries. More recently, they have been instrumental to scientific research that has contributed significantly to human health. Still today, when people see for the first time this strange creature with an armored shell and spiked tail, it is often with trepidation, along with the question, "What is that thing?" Meet the remarkable horseshoe crab!


for more information on the horseshoe crab click the picture...



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